Busking in Burlington, VT, summer 2018
I am in love with street performing. I didn’t really expect to like it or be particularly good at it — I did it mostly… Read More »Busking in Burlington, VT, summer 2018
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Upcoming shows and performances
Farm to Ballet, summer 2018
I spent the summer of 2018 in northern Vermont rehearsing and performing classical ballet as a soloist in Ballet Vermont’s Farm to Ballet Project. I… Read More »Farm to Ballet, summer 2018
Recent trapeze performance in Tangle’s show RetroAct!
(A Story of Injury and Victory, Told with the Help of My Instagram Training Journal)
Photo by Michael Ermilio
“Etude of Left Hand” by Megan Gendell amazes with delicate balances and intense techniques managed without using her left hand. –phindie
It Began…
Photo by Michael Ermilio
Last month marked my third year joining inspiring Philly circus company Tangle in their spring show; this time, I performed a solo static trapeze piece in RetroAct. I was in a short arm cast for the month of March (no broken bones; its purpose was to heal instability in my right wrist — the reviewer quoted above accidentally listed it as the left wrist), but this limitation may have inspired me more than any particular ability has in the past. The creation and rehearsal process excited and exhilarated me as I trained hands-free skills I’d never considered before and learned to navigate transitions one-handed.
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Recent NYC shows: SummerStage and Dixon Place
It was such an honor to be invited to perform our evening-length ensemble show Tinder & Ash on August 15 and 16 in Harlem’s Marcus… Read More »Recent NYC shows: SummerStage and Dixon Place
New duo trapeze act (falling in love ten feet in the air)
I’m so happy to share with you the full video of the most recent contemporary duo trapeze act I made with Lauren Feldman, “The Falling… Read More »New duo trapeze act (falling in love ten feet in the air)
My current handbalancing act
Yesterday I had the pleasure of performing my handbalance act, “The Way Things Are,” in Portland, OR, as part of Jack StockLynn’s Sir Cupcake’s Queer Circus… Read More »My current handbalancing act
Sir Cupcake’s Queer Circus Goes Back in Time!
Photo by Kendall Whitehouse
Lauren and I will be performing in Portland, OR, in just over a week! We’re sharing our duo trapeze act and my solo handbalancing act May 8 and 9 in the show Sir Cupcake’s Queer Circus Goes Back in Time.
Buy tickets here!
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Tinder & Ash in Brattleboro, VT, April 18
This past fall and winter, I cocreated a full-length ensemble circus-theater show with 4 friends, Tinder & Ash, during 4 months in Montreal through a residency from the circus-mecca TOHU. We performed a work-in-progress showing at the end of our residency at ENC in January, and now we’re ready to debut it in the states! Get tickets here, and visit our Facebook event page for more photos and info.
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NYC performance August 2
I’ll be performing my new solo handbalancing act on canes August 2 as part of Dixon Place’s annual HOT! Festival in NYC. (Here’s a photo from my June debut of the act in San Francisco.) Get tickets here, or read all about it on the Dixon Place web page for the event.
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Recent Performances in Vermont and San Fran
My trapeze partner Lauren and I just finished a fantastic weekend of performances in San Francisco with Topsy Turvy Queer Circus, where we performed a… Read More »Recent Performances in Vermont and San Fran