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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.
»
visit David's site
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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.
» visit Karyne & Sarah's
site
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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, where she recently won 1st place at the state level.
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Gia-Rose Strada
Dance & Creative Movement/
Studio Coordinator
Ms. Gia-Rose started dance at the age of 2, and has since incorporated creative expression into all aspects of her life. Her love of performance and costumes brought her to costume design and production. She discovered the art of burlesque in Denver in 2005 and performed, choreographed and costumed shows with Ooh La La presents, continued her burlesque work performing in and producing shows on Hawaii's Big Island, and has recently started dancing and costuming for burlesque shows around Los Angeles. In addition to dance and circus, her life experiences have ranged from managing a mortgage company to living in a mango tree on Kauai. She is a creator, an artisan. One of her favorite things to make is raw organic vegan dark chocolate! As a new member of the Kinetic Theory Circus Troupe, Gia-Rose focuses on contortion and dance and seeks optimal health through proper diet, exercise and positive thinking.
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