About Rachel

Rachel Barringer is an aerialist and contortionist based in New England. She performs on aerial hoop, silks, rope, multi cordes (12-strand vertical apparatus), and aerial straps. Rachel performs with companies including the Boston Circus Guild, Nimble Arts, and Seaside Circus. Rachel has performed in Boston Circus Guild’s Cirque of the Dead, and right before pandemic she went on tour in the Midwest with the Boston Circus Guild in collaboration with the band Cordis. Currently Rachel is performing aerial hoop and contortion with the Shanghai Circus in Branson, Missouri.

When Rachel is not in Missouri she coaches aerials and contortion/flexibility at Esh Circus Arts in Somerville, MA, Commonwealth Circus Center in Jamaica Plain, MA, and L’Eglise du Cirque in Natick, MA. Her main coaches include Jacob Skeffington (handstands), Serchmaa Byamba (contortion), and Michael Lanphear (aerial straps).