Aylla Casarin
Aylla Casarin Pessoa da Silva
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1983
Acrobat, contorcionist, trapezist and icarian, she had her first acrobatic lessons at home with her great grandmother Coracy Alciati. After finishing high school at Instituto de Educação she went to Escola Nacional de Circo in 1994. There she had trainings with teachers Abelardinho, Edson Silva and Neusa Mattos. By the time she started performing icarian and trampolin. She married Nehemias Rezende, one of the founders of the acrobatic clowns Irmãos Brothers. Since then she has continued to act and produce shows with the group. Brothers have been very successful in national and international festivais and they have won Prêmio Carequinha. Since 2010 they have been working together in art education as instructors at Ponto de Cultura Arte na Serra, in Petrópolis, Rio Janeiro.