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Katherine Nevidonski is a sixth-generation circus performer who was immersed in the circus business the day she was born. Her father founded Big Apple Circus and her mother is a fifth-generation equestrienne from a world renowned Danish circus family. She debuted in the circus ring at age five, riding alongside her mother. As a company member of the Big Apple Circus, she performed many roles including equestrian, elephant rider, handstand artist, acrobat and dancer. In more recent years, she and her husband Sasha Alexandre Nevidonski have performed several aerial ballet acts, which often incorporate their equine partners. Nevidonski took a brief departure from circus life to study and graduate from Barnard College of Columbia University in Manhattan with a degree in Psychology. This is her third summer with Circus Flora as a performer and Company Manager.