Kevin Ruddell
Kevin retired from Microsoft, where he wrote systems software, in 1997, to be an at-home dad. He has two children, who took classes at SANCA for many years. After watching his kids have fun for so long, Kevin signed up for an aerial class in 2013 and has been having his own circus fun ever since. He performed for the first time on rope in 2017. He also has taken classes at SANCA in trampoline and Cyr Wheel.
Kevin was on the Board of Northwest Girlchoir for seven years, including two years as Board President. He has degrees in Physics from Caltech and UC Berkeley, as well as in Computer Science from UW. In his twenties, his main focus was Modern Dance, and he is pleased to now find artistic expression in circus.
Kevin enjoys photography – he has taken formal and performance photographs for Northwest Girlchoir for many years, and many of his photos from the fly tent have appeared on the SANCA website. Other hobbies include Alpine skiing, open water swimming, martial arts, hiking, travelling, and languages (French, Italian; some Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese; a little Irish, Japanese).