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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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Dmitrious "Tree" Bistrevsky
Youth Circus Arts
"Tree" joined Kinetic Theory's Pre-Professional Program after being recruited by director Stephanie Abrams in a Starbucks. In addition to being an aspiring stunt man and B-boy Dmitrious is a natural performer and jack-of- all-trades. When he's not teaching kids classes he is working on his hand-balancing, partner acrobatics, juggling, contortion one-man-show!
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Kennedy Kabasares
Aerial Arts/Conditioning
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
Chinese Pole
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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Eric Newton
Aerial Arts/Pilates
Eric recently finished a 3-year stint in the Cirque du Soleil production Believe at the Luxor in Las Vegas as a principal performer and artist coach. He has performed across America and internationally with Cirque
du Soleil (Quidam); Cirque Eloize(Cirque Orchestre); Teatro ZinZanni; as well as innumerable performances of his original acts. He has coached at the SF Circus Center, throughout Los Angeles and Seattle, in London, Israel and Las Vegas. In 2002, he founded Eye of Newt Circus and created solo, duo and group aerials, ground acrobatics and character driven comic acts and innovative theatre productions.
He began his training in trapeze, rope and hand balancing with Chinese master Lu Yi at the San Francisco Circus Center and with Make*A*Circus, Cirque du Soleil and Cirque Eloize (with Jacinthe Trembley and Kristof Sorojenski) in Montreal. In acting, clowning and dance, Eric trained with American Conservatory Theatre, SF Mime Troupe, Ringling Bros. Clown College and SFSU. He is recognized as a master coach/teacher and act choreographer. Eric recently added Pilates instruction to his bag of tricks, developing a synthesis of classical Pilates with aerial technique. He has been profiled in the LA
Weekly, on news shows on KNBC in Los Angeles and KOMO in Seattle.
» visit Eric's
site
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Lexi Pearl
Aerial Arts/Youth Circus Arts
Lexi Pearl grew up in Topanga California & has been performing since she was a child. She received her BFA in dance from UC Santa Barbara & has worked as a dancer/ aerialist/ actor, with; Cirque Du Soleil, AntiGravity, Diavolo, LA Circus, Eye of Newt Circus, Dream World Cirque, Wonder World, Cirque Berzerk & the Theatricum Botanicum, on stage, screen & television. Lexi has performed throughout the world; Japan, China, Brazil, Italy, Bahamas, Mexico, Canada & all over the US. Ms. Pearl is inspired as an artist by being able to “create a tangible experience out of the invisible”.
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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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Joshua Ryan Zehner
Physical Theatre/Clown/
Act Development
Joshua was an original cast member and writer for Cirque du Soleil's Kooza, staring as a member of Director David Shiner's hand-picked clown trio. He also was Director & Writer of Cirque Berzerk's: Beneath. The show was loved by audiences and critics and was placed on The Los Angeles Times list of summer must-sees. With ZEHNER/BERRENT, he has directed performances for some of the top entertainment companies, including Cirque du Soleil, NBC/Universal, Walt Disney, Subtopia, The Second City, The Late Show with David Letterman, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey, FunnyBones, and Manegen Entertainment. Joshua has personally performed in over 10,000 live performances, internationally, in: Great Britain, Sweden, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Norway, Mexico and throughout the United States and Canada. Joshua is a proud graduate of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College and, in addition to performing and directing, has been teaching improvisation and physical comedy since 1998. He has taught at prestigious institutions including: the Ecole Nationale de Cirque, Manege Center for Circus, Music Hall & Street Performance, The Second City Training Center and Camp Bravo.
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Guest Teachers
Nella Von Zerboni
diabolo/artistic development
www.trespace.com
Rachel Walker
Trapeze/Artistic Development
www.rachelwalker.me
Xiaohong Weng
Hand-Balancing/Partner Acro/
Chinese Acrobatics & Pole
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