Summary
A native of the SF Bay Area, Connie hopes to inspire young and old alike with compelling, powerful aerial performances.
Specialties include solo aerial fabric, corde lisse, lyra, and pole, as well as duo fabric, lyra, and trapeze.
Training
Aerial fabric, rope, lyra, and trapeze
2012 - present with Rain Anya and Sarah Holmes (Paper Doll Militia), Elizabeth Finn, Helene Turcotte (Kinetic Arts/Trapeze Arts), Alex Allan, Emiliano Ron, Cola Claret (J7 Studios/Poletential)
Pole dance and acrobatics
2013 - present with Sergia Louise Anderson, Elena Anischenko, Renee Wu, and Kimmy Fitz
Acrobatic stretching, flexibility, and handstands
2013 - present with Leslie Tipton
Classical Ballet
10 years at Ballet Arts, Oakland Ballet Academy, UC Berkeley, Berkeley Ballet Theater, Western Ballet, and San Francisco Dance Center
Contemporary/Lyrical
1 year at University of California, Berkeley
Performance Experience
Benefit Show, North Bay Fire Relief, Mill Valley, CA, November 2017
Solo lyra performance, set to live string quartet version of “At Last”
Private Event, Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto, CA, July 2015
Duo silks variety performance, set to a compilation of show tunes
Private Event, Cityline, Emeryville, CA, November 2014
Solo aerial silks performance, “Skyfall”
Ascend Aerial Arts, San Carlos, CA, 2014-present
Scratch Shows
2017
Solo lyra performance, “Sentimientos”
Duo lyra performance, “Cooler Than Me”
2016
Duo lyra performance, “Zombie Skeletons”
2015
Solo silks performance, “We Build Then We Break”
2014
Solo silks performance, “Ghost”
Student Showcase
2016
Duo silks performance, “Lucky”
NorCal Pole Presentational, San Jose, CA, August 2015
“Medicine”
Trapeze Arts Student Showcase, Oakland, CA, 2014
Solo aerial silks performance, “Skyfall”
Pacific Pole Competition, Los Angeles, CA, Spring 2013-2014
Championship Level 3, “Say Something”
Championship Level 4, “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room”
Acrosport Student Showcases 2013-2014
“70s”, duo trapeze performance to “Jesse’s Girl”
“Wild West,” group rope performance
“Superheroes”, duo silks performance to “Love Me Again”
Airshow 2012-2014, Redwood City, CA
Group silks performance, “Trust”
Group rope performance, “PJs”
Group silks performance, “Butterfly”
Fundraiser, Redwood City, CA
Solo aerial silks performance, “Skyfall”
Nutcracker, Western Ballet, Mountain View, CA 2011
Teaching Experience
- Staff Instructor, Aerial Silks and Rope, Ascend Aerial Arts, San Carlos, CA, 2015 - present
Staff Instructor, Aerial Silks and Lyra, APEX Movement NorCal, Concord, CA, 2016-2017
Completed Level 1 Aerial Silks Teacher Training, Paper Doll Militia/Born to Fly, December 2017