After an argument with her mother over unfolded laundry, former
Jr. Olympian Catie Brier decided she would fold herself instead.
Finding limited self-folding instruction in Florida, she moved two
thousand, three hundred and ninety-five miles away from the comfort of
her mother's home to live on her own in San Francisco, California,
home of the San Francisco Circus Center.  There she found Master
trainer Lu-Yi of the celebrated Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe and Serchmaa
Byamba, world renowned Mongolian contortionist, both experts in the
art of self-folding.  

Now, five years later, Catie has blossomed into
a fierce performer, working for premier companies in the San Francisco
Bay Area and across the United States. She brings to the stage a fresh
take on a discipline steeped in tradition, combining the strength and
power she developed as a world class power tumbler with the grace and
fluidity cultivated in years of dance.  Every movement imbued with her
passion for the art, once witnessed, Catie Brier is a contortionist
that will not soon be forgotten.