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Inside the Circle, 2007

2008 Season

  • IMPROV NIGHT
  • Free Performance at STUDIO 12
    August 6, 2008
    7:00 PM
    Pot Luck dinner afterwards
  • Third annual event! Celebrating our summer flight plans with an all flying cast of dancers and choreographers improvising with musicians and singers. Special Guests: Circle Singers, Sahib Amar Kaur and Amar Singh, Dave Worm and more!
  • DANCEARAMA
    Sunday, May 4
    FREE
    3-4 PM
    Performances/Choreography by Bay Area aerialists including Cherie Carson, Ashley Foster, Alissa Kaplan, Kiran Haithcox and the "Girls Who Fly"
    STUDIO 12
    2525 Eight Street
    Berkeley, CA

2007 Season

  • Winter Solstice Celebration-
  • December 21, 2007 ~one night only
    Celebration of the longest night of the year and the return of the sun

    Musical  Performances by Michael Da Silva, David Worm & Mark Vickness, Amar Singh Khalsa, Eric Black and Kelly Callahan, Ardas Kaur & Cherie Carson

    Dance Performances by Kiran Haithcox – Aerial, Alissa Kaplan – Aerial, Sumati Ganeshan and Friends- East Indian Dance puja

    Interactive Winter Solstice Altar by Alissa Kaplan
     

  • Sky Dancers - Festival of Aerial Dance
  • Mission Dance Theater
  • November 9, 10 at 8 PM and 11th at 6PM
  • featuring Cherie Carson's new aerial work "Inside the Circle"

  • Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th St (at Mission), San Francisco, CA 94110                       

  • Halloween Aerial Show
  • “Flightmare on Eighth Street”
  • an aerial Halloween performance
  • STUDIO 12, 2525 Eighth Street, Berkeley, CA
  • Preview night, October 31 at 7 PM
  • November 2 and 3

  • Flightmare on Eighth Street offers frisky Halloween fun with a twist.  This performance features the work of aerial choreographers/performers Cherie Carson, Roberta Marguerita Chavez, Hannah Dworkin, Jessica Ferris, Ashley Foster, Alissa Kaplan, Sarah Kurtz, Kiran Haithcox, Lindsay Hassett, Brian, Brent McCullough, Sana Noble, Maya Prickett, Lolo Plouvier, Susan Putney, and Terry Sendgraff.

  • IMPROV NIGHT
  • Free Performance at STUDIO 12
    July 11, 2007
    7:30 PM
    Pot Luck dinner afterwards
  • Second annual event! Celebrating our summer flight plans with an all flying cast of dancers and choreographers improvising with musicians and singers. Special Guests: Lauren Carley, Sahib Amar Kaur and Amar Singh, Sylvia Bagge and more!

  • Bay Area Celebrates National Dance Week
  • DANCEARAMA
    Sunday, April 22
    FREE
    4-5 PM
    Performances by Bay Area aerialists including Cherie Carson
    STUDIO 12
    2525 Eight Street
    Berkeley, CA

2006 Season

  • UPSwing
  • Dec 1, 2, 3, 2006
  • STUDIO 12, 2525 Eighth Street, Berkeley, CA
    Dec 1-3, Fri-Sat at 8, Sun at 2
  • UPSwing flys off the stage and lands gently back down with original choreography. Flying, jumping, swinging spinning on trapeze, ropes, hoops, bungees, hammocks, the show explores the relationships of heart, breath and fairytales In this show ordinary objects become extraordinary and you will feel your spirit fly up, up and away! UPSwing features the work of aerial choreographer/performers Cherie Carson, Jessica Ferris, Ashley Foster, Mindy Ha, Kiran Haithcox, Alissa Kaplan, Nadia Kayyali, Sana Noble, Theron Shaw, and Kate and Phil Weglarz. Special musical guests Akosua, John Eric Fritz, Amar Singh, David Worm, and Theron Shaw . From the whimsical to the fantasical to the deeply moving, UPSwing is a performance not to be missed.

  • What's Up!?
  • March 24, 25 and 26, 2006
  • Celebrating Women's History Month with an all woman cast and choreographers, Carson and Friends take to the air premiering new aerial work. Performance includes, Cherie Carson, Jessica Ferris, Ashley Foster, Mindy Ha, Kiran Haithcox, Alissa Kaplan, and Seattle guests Esther Edelman, Leah Mann and Lynelle Sjoberg

    Location:STUDIO 12
    2525 Eighth Street
    Berkeley, CA
  • Aerial Workshop
  • YogAerial InterPLAY
    Sunday, March 26, 9 AM - noon
  • FUN! PLAYFUL! Melding yoga and thai massage style stretches with structured swinging, hanging and flying on cloth slings for a fun, play-filled aerial experience!" All levels - no experience necessary. Wear comfortable clothing that covers legs and armpits.
  • Instructors:
    Esther Edelman, actress, aerialist with 20 yrs experience. Artistic Director of UMO Ensemble Movement Theater. Lynelle Sjoberg, dancer and certified yoga & Thai massage practitioner. Leah Mann, performance artist, certified InterPlay leader, Co-Director Lelavision Physical Music.
  • Location:
    STUDIO 12
    2525 Eighth Street
    Berkeley, CA
  • Bay Area Celebrates National Dance Week
  • DANCEARAMA
    Sunday, April 23
    FREE
    3-4 PM
    Performances by Bay Area aerialists including Cherie Carson
    STUDIO 12
    2525 Eight Street
    Berkeley, CA

2005 Season

  • SPIN CYCLE
    December 3 @ 8 PM and
    December 4 @ 1 PM
    Studio 12
    2525 8th Street, #12
    Berkeley, CA
  • An informal showing of new aerial and non aerial dances by advanced students and aerial faculty.
  • Bay Area Tribute to Terry Sendgraff
    Sunday May 8, 2005
  • CounterPULSE
    1310 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
    2pm
  • A Mother’s Day gift to Terry Sendgraff, aerial dance pioneer, visionary choreographer, performing artist, and master teacher. The aerial dance community will say ‘thank you’ to Terry for years of forging new ground and inspiring so many. Performers: Joanna Haigood, Anne Bluethenthal, AXIS, Keith Hennessy, Cherie Carson, Elizabeth Randall, Nancy Smith, Wendy Diamond, Susanne Gallo, Kim Epifano, Ramona Kelley, Sonya Smith & Courtney Moreno, Eat Cake Productions, and more.

  • Bay Area Celebrates National Dance Week
    Sunday, May 1, 2005
    FREE
    2 PM
    Performances by Bay Area aerialists including Cherie Carson
    Motivity Studio
    2525 Eight Street, #21
    Berkeley, CA
    unday May 1
  • A Day of Health, A Day of Caring
    Feb 13, 2005
    Motivity Studio, 2525 Eight Street, #21
    Berkeley, CA
  • A Day of Health, A Day of Caring is a twelve hour day of yoga classes, meditation, chanting, dance performances and speakers on the issue of cervical cancer here and abroad. All the proceeds go directly to the National Cervical Cancer Coalition. The instructors include well known talent from the East Bay as well as invited guests from outside the area. Speakers at lunch will discuss local as well as international issues of cervical cancer.
  • This benefit will feature three dance works choreographed by Cherie Carson-including the two aerial dances "Kiting" and "Trikona" and a yoga/dance demonstration performed by Cherie Carson and Mark Pasley.

    For details call the NCCC at (800) 685-5531 or visit the National Cervical Cancer Coalition website at www.nccc-online.org

2004 Season

  • Aerial Dance sponsored by Motivity
    December 19, 2004
    2 & 6 PM
    Motivity Studio
    2525 8th Street, #12
    Berkeley, CA
  • An informal showing of new aerial dances by Terry Sendgraff, students and aerial dance community. Included in the showing is Carson's newest aerial dance called "Trikona".
  • Dress Up/Dress Down
    March 13 and 14, 2004
    Montclair Women's Cultural Arts Club
    1650 Mountian Boulevard
    Oakland, CA 94611
    March 13 Sat @ 8 PM
    March 14 Sun @ 4 PM - 2004
  • "Dress Up/ Dress Down" is a multi media performance presented in a gallery setting. This is collection of stories about the connections between clothing, the female body and self-image, the nature of women and their lives through the fantastical dresses they wear.
  • Come celebrate Women's History Month with this fantastical show. Choreography and performance by Cherie Carson with special musical guests, SoVoSo.
  • SoVoSo is a highly imaginative a cappella ensemble that sings a unique, rhythmic mix of jazz, gospel, world and R&B music, all rendered in their trademark improvisational style.

    "SoVoSó is tight, soulful, and a whole lotta fun."     -Bobby McFerrin

2003 Season

  • Landscapes
    A Dance for Camera Event
    September 19 & 20, 2003
  • 8 PM
    848 Community Art Sapce
    848 Divisadero
    San Francisco, CA
  • Presenting dance for camera works by Jared Cardon, Cherie Carson, Amber Ellison, Elizabeth M. Frye, Carrie Noel and Leslie Seiters