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Stephanie Abrams
Contortion/Mime/Physical Theatre
& Artistic Director
Stephanie has been teaching, directing and choreographing circus and theatre for over a decade. Drawing from her own experience training and performing solo and doubles contortion
and acrobatics as well as over 20 years in theatre and mime, she has created a unique approach to both
circus and physical theatre training and performance.
» read more about Stephanie
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David Garcia
Aerial Arts/Acrobatics/Contortion/
Costume & Make-up
David is an experienced tissue artist and one of the only men worldwide specializing in aerial contortion.
He has performed with AcroSports
City Circus, Velocity Circus,
Make-A-Circus and the Vau
de Vire Society to name a few. He has also been coaching gymnastics and circus arts for the past
8 years and was the head aerial coach and circus program director at AcroSports, one of San Francisco's
top circus schools. David is also a renowned costume designer and make-up artist and is known for single
handedly "beautifying" the Bay Area circus community.
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Karen Golden
Performance Studies
Karen Golden began telling stories at the dinner table at the age of three and
playing the saxophone at eight. Today her table is the size of North America! USA today said, "Karen's
mesmerizing stories marry age-old values with rollicking saxophone and amazing sound effects. You'll
find the tunes, the tastes and the traditions of Jewish people from Eastern Europe to the Santa Monica
Pier." Karen tells Jewish, multicultural, personal and family stories and has developed and presented
over thirty commissioned works on the history of cities, organizations and people. Audiences from coast
to coast have applauded her work as a performer, published author, teacher and award winning recording
artist. Funny, inspiring, outrageous and real! www.karengolden.com
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Kennedy Kabasares
Aerial Arts
Kennedy Kabasares has been a performer in one form or another for most of his
life. Since 2003, he has trained under several inspirational aerial coaches, learning a diversity of
styles and approaches to aerial arts. He has also trained and performed with the Kinetic Theory Circus
Arts Troupe. He has performed his aerial skills at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica, the Zeum
Theater in San Francisco, and dangling above a sidewalk in an industrial neighborhood (also in San Francisco).
He is also an accomplished actor and can be seen performing in theatre productions, television and film
projects.
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Lauren Michelle Librandi
Acro-Dance
Lauren, a Florida native, has studied modern, ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary,
Hip-Hop, gymnastics, partnering, ballroom, breaking, and aerial arts . She received her Bachelors of
Fine Arts in Dance Choreography from Florida State University in 2007. Lauren has performed with Instruments
of Movement, Millicent Johnny Dance Company, Street Beat Drum Eclectic and has guest performed for NYU,
CAP 21, and APAP in New York City. Currently Lauren teaches dance and gymnastics while also performing
in with Cirque Montage, Lux Aeterna, and Antics Performance.
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Alison Lockfeld
Aerial Arts/Youth Circus
Alison began her circus training at the age of 8 at AcroSports in San Francisco.
Her passion for circus grew and at the age of 13 she became a performer with AcroSports's City Circus
Troupe. She has now trained and performed as an aerialist, acrobat and juggler for over 10 years and
specializes in aerial rope and physical comedy. Although she is following a different career path, currently
a pre-med student at Occidental University, Alison continues training, performing and sharing her love
for circus with her students.
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Jacob "Kujo" Lyons
Acro-Dance/Acrobatics/Performance Studies
One of the most respected names in the b-boy world for 18 years, Kujo is internationally
recognized for his explosive, unorthodox, and pioneering style. After bursting on to the international
scene in the world-famous music video "It's Like That "by Run DMC, Kujo (along with his legendary
b-boy crew, Soul Control) helped to blaze trails in power moves, creative freeze transitions, and the
unorthodox side of breaking, inspiring countless numbers of b-boys and b-girls worldwide. He has competed
in major international competitions in Germany, England, Korea, and Japan, and now judges some of the
world's biggest b-boy battles, such as Battle of the Year, Eurobattle, and Red Bull's BC One. A creative
daredevil as well as a dancer, Kujo can be seen in numerous TV commercials and films including: back-flipping
into a pair of jeans in a national commercial for Levis, the film Step Up 2: The Streets, and recently
choreographed an underwater dance commercial in India for the detergent company Nirma, featuring the
dancers from his award-winning dance company, Lux Aeterna. In addition to dance he works as a circus
acrobat, recently performing a solo on aerial straps in Cirque Montage.
Kujo also teaches world-wide, spreading awareness of the dynamic art of breaking through master classes
and workshops in dance conventions and colleges throughout North America, Europe, Japan, South Africa,
and Colombia. He has also taught at the elite level, with special workshops for the Red Bull Beat Riders
and Cirque du Soleil's Quidam.
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Carrie Simmons
Aerial Arts/Conditioning
Carrie Ann Simmons began her aerial training at the Philadelphia
School of Circus Arts in 2003. After finding a serious passion for the training, she began to perform
with Air Play, Philadelphia's own company of professional aerial acrobats.
After moving to the Los Angeles area 2008, Carrie found Kinetic Theory. She continues to push her skills
as an aerialist performing and training with the Kinetic Theory Circus Troupe.
Carrie is also a certified personal trainer and competitive bodybuilder. She now combines her love for
the gym with acrobatics and dance competing at fitness competitions. She won 1st place in California
and 4th in the U.S. in 2009 and took 2nd place at the 2010 NPC Fitness Nationals, making her an International
Federation of Body Building Pro Fitness Competitor.
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Karyne & Sarah Steben
Aerial Arts
Identical twins, Karyne and Sarah have been performing their whole lives. As daughters
of a Canadian TV personality, they were introduced to acting and theatre at a young age. Karyne and Sarah
joined Cirque du Soliel at
the age of 16 and spent the next 15 years touring and perfecting their doubles trapeze act. Their signature
doubles act, the first to feature a foot to foot catch on the swinging trapeze, was a highlight of Cirque
du Soliel shows Saltimbanco and O as
well as Teatro Zinzanni and
numerous festivals. Now Karyne and Sarah share their vast knowledge of aerial performance with the next
generation of circus artists.
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Eric Yu
Aerial Arts
Eric began his trapeze training 4 years ago at the Circus Center in San Francisco.
He moved back to his hometown of LA in 2009 and has since been an integral part of Kinetic Theory...
wearing many hats around the studio from performer with the Kinetic Theory Circus Troupe to coach to
janitor. Eric thrives on pushing his creative and physical limits as trapeze artist. He has performed
at many venues such as Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica and Hearbst Theatre in San Francisco.
Eric is also a graduate of UC Berkeley and, when he's not swinging around by his ankles, he is a math
teacher and will be starting a job with the LA Unified School District this fall.
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