Spiral- Hoop Dancer and Circus Artist
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I perform acrobatic hula hoop dance, aerial fabric, aerial hoop, contact juggling, fire arts and living statue. An extensive list of performance credits and formal circus training follows...
Live Performances spanning 2003 to present:
Resident weekly Fire Performer (December 2003-May 2007)
Much Restaurant, Greensboro, NC
fire hoop, fire staff
LACMA- Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art- private event ( June 6, 2008 )
with Lucent Dossier Vaudeville Cirque
hoops, contact sphere
The Edison , with Lucent Dossier- Los Angeles ( May 28, 2008 )
hoops, contact sphere
Lightning in a Bottle Festival, Santa Barbara , CA ( May 26, 2008 )
Lucent Dossier Vaudeville Cirque guest performer
hoops
Private party, Charlotte , NC ( May 17, 2008 )
Mermaid character, LED hoops
Private party, Charlotte Mint Museum ( May 10, 2008 )
Living statue, LED hoop
Kentucky Derby- private party for Thornton Inc. Louisville, KY ( May 4, 2008 )
hoops, fire hoop
Hoop Convergence, National Hoop Conference, Carrboro , NC (Apr. 2008)
Senior instructor and performer
Green Fundraiser- Duke Mansion Charlotte , NC ( Apr. 10, 2008 )
Living statue
Art Outside for SXSW Festival, Austin , TX (March 2008)
LED hoops
Tribeca Ball-Fundraiser for New York Academy of Art, NYC ( Feb. 12, 2008 )
LED hoops, sphere
New Year's Eve Benefit for Carolina Theater, Charlotte , NC (Jan.1, 2008)
hoops, fire hoop, contact sphere
Club Neumos, Seattle , WA (Dec. 2007)
Hoops, sphere
Dante's Lounge- Portland, OR (Nov. 2007)
hoops
The Garden Club- Vienna , Austria (Oct. 2007)
LED hoops, sphere
Forevermark Diamond Show- Hong Kong (Sept. 2007)
LED hoops, flow lights, ensemble piece
Capital City Carnival- Washington D.C (Sept. 2007)
LED hoops, sphere dance
SCI Farewell Shows-Red Rocks Amphitheater, CO (Aug. 2007)
LED hoops, fire hoop, double hoops
Floydfest World Music Festival- Floyd , VA (July 2007)
Hoop dance, sphere dance, fire, workshops
Shentai Carnival (June-July 2007)
aerial hoop, sphere dance, hoops: fire, LED
Health & Harmony Festival- Santa Rosa , CA (June 2007)
hoop dance, sphere dance
NASA- Yuri's Night Gala San Francisco (April 2007)
LED hoops, sphere & hoop
COSM, Alex Grey Chapel of Sacred Mirrors Gallery- NYC, New York (Jan. 2007)
hoopdance
New York City Decompression- NY , NY (Nov. 2006)
hoops, fire hoop
Mortgage Lender's Conference, Orlando , FL (2006)
single, double hoop performance, fire staff
Human Rights Campaign Fundraiser (2006)
single, double and fire hoop performance
Cirque de Cure, Fundraiser for Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (2006)
hoop, sphere performance
Heart Ball Fundraiser for the American Medical Assoc. (2006)
single, double, LED hoops
Nike National Cross Country Invitational, '03,'04,'05
hoop demo and instruction
Furniture Market Expo (2006)
fire hoop
Duke Mansion Conservationists Fundraiser (2006)
hoop, sphere, LED hoop
Picnic People's Talent Expo (2006)
hoop performance and instruction
NBA Team Charlotte Bobcats, pregame (2005)
hoop performance and instruction
Professional Educators Conference (2005)
single, double & LED hoop performance
Hummer H3 Promotion (2005)
hoop performance and instruction
Cirque Night Equifirst Mortgage Gala (2005)
UV hoop performance
NV Nightclub- Cirque Night (2005)
single, double, LED hoops and sphere
Harvest Ball w/ Michael Franti &Spearhead-
Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco , CA (2005)
LED hoop
N Club- Greensboro , NC (various dates 2004-2007)
UV hoops, fire hoop, sphere
Red Room Lounge Greensboro, NC (various dates 2004-2007)
hoop, sphere
Private Christmas Party- Chapel Hill, NC (2005)
LED hoop
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Fundraiser- Chapel Hill , NC (2004)
fire hoop
Martin St. Music Hall Variety Show- Durham , NC (2004)
UV hoop performance
Triad Stage play opening- Greensboro , NC (2004)
UV hoop performance
Charlotte AdClub Addy Awards- Charlotte , NC (2004)
UV hoop, ensemble light show
Absolut Vodka & Flavorpill Magazine Anniversay Party, NYC (2004)
hoops and sphere
NYC Decompression- New York City , NY (2004)
single, double hoops
Miami Winter Music Conference '04
hoops and sphere
Big Summer Classic ‘04
single, double hoops
ARTIST ACCOMPANIMENT-
The strength of my improvisational skills allows my hoop dance to be a powerful visual accompaniment to live musicians. I have had the privilege of performing alongside many talented musical acts including: India.Arie, Michael Franti and Spearhead, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Bassnectar, Fishbone, De La Soul, Josh Wink, Cyro Bapista, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Toubab Krewe, Dubconscious, the Glitch Mob, Zilla, Lucent Dossier Vaudeville Cirque, and the String Cheese Incident.
FESTIVALS-
Capital City Carnival- Washington D.C.- ‘07
Floydfest- Floyd , VA- '04, '06, '07, '08, '09
Smilefest- Harmony, NC- '03,'04, '05
Bonnaroo , TN- '03, '05
Floyd Fandango- Floyd , VA- ‘06
Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival, Silk Hope, NC- '03, '04, '05, '06, '07,'08
LEAF, Lake Eden Arts Festival- Asheville , NC- '04
Evolve Festival- Nova Scotia - '04
Earthdance- Northern California- '05, '06
AllGood Music Fest- West Virginia '07
Sonic Bloom - Colorado '08
Rothbury Festival- Rothbury, Michigan - '08
Lightning in a Bottle- Santa Barbara, CA- '08
Health & Harmony Festival- Santa Rosa , CA '07,'08, '09
I have studied aerial dance and acrobatics at several schools with many gifted coaches. I am currently in residency at NECCA continuing my training. Formal instruction includes:
New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA) Professional Track Program
Sept 2008- May 2009
aerial fabric, lyra, acrobatics, tumbling
instructors: Elsie & Serenity Smith, Deena Markham-Frank, Aimee Hancock
Hollywood Aerial Arts
March 2008
corde lisse, lyra
instructors Sagiv & Maximiliano
School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts, Seattle , WA
Nov 2007-January 2008
acrobatics & pre-professional intensive aerial program (cord lisse, lyra, trapeze, tissu)
instructors: Kari Podgorski & Chuck Johnson
Circus Center , San Francisco
Intermediate Acrobatics
instructor Yu Li
June 2007
Xelias Aerial Dance
instructors Meg Elias-Emery & Nina Black
Feb-March 2005
lessons & private lessons in tissu and lyra
Firefly Aerial Dance
instructor Cypher Zero
private lesson July 2004
classes March 2007
fabric, rope, lyra
Canopy Studios- Athens , GA
December 2003
instructor Nicole Merman
aerial tissu private lesson