CHEESE! Feb 6, 7pm
Now offering REDUCED PRICE tickets, for people who don’t want to multitask by eating food while they watch the show! $15, available on Brown Paper Tickets and at the door.
Saturday, Feb 6, 7pm!
Who: Friends of Vita Arts, 21+
What: Fundraiser for http://vita-arts.org
When: Saturday, Feb 6 at 7pm!
Where: Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, 4408 Delridge Way SW
How Much: $30
Juggling, singing, aerials, clowning and other performances, all infused with the cheesiest of sentiments. Will it be silly? You bet your fluffy cotton socks it will be!
Join us at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center on February 6th at 7 p.m. for a night of fun and frivolity, with all the proceeds going to Vita Arts.
Snacky-food will be provided, and a cash bar with beer and wine will be available.
Seating is limited! Tickets are $30, available RIGHT NOW through Brown Paper Tickets! Don’t miss out!
Our generous volunteers!
Levity
Levity is a collaboration of sara sparrow and graeme quinn. they have been working together for three years to develop their own joyful and dynamic style of partner acrobatics that includes elements of risley, adagio, and acrobalance work. they perform often in and around seattle, but have also been seen on stages at the bonnaroo music festival, and in japan. they teach weekly acro classes in seattle and olympia…levity.circus@gmail.com.
Dangerous By Kirsten “Da Boss” Lauzon with Megan “Biff” Hooker, Sharon “Da Bruiser” Pointer, Adrienne “Tricky” MacIain, and Thomas “Slim” Heasley. Called “A stunning tribute to the King of Pop Himself.”
Dyno the Aerialist
Dyno The Aerialist (Jon McClintock): Jon moved to Seattle almost four years ago, and immediately got sucked into the wondrous world of circus arts. He started aerial training with Lara Paxton in 2004, building on the strength and body dynamics developed while sport climbing. He continues the downward spiral into pancratic proclivities and studies acrobatics at the burgeoning School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts, and is a Founder of Vita Arts.
Eddie Moonglow
Eddie Moonglow (Marcus Wolland): a third rate Las Vegas lounge singer who frequents such unrecognizable establishments as the Desert Bloom Oasis or Cactus Pete’s Casino! Come see Eddie croon and charm your lacy socks off as our master of ceremonies! In real life, Marcus is an actor, singer, writer, director and producer currently working on a webisode series called “Turning Left” (www.turning-left.com) which is scheduled to debut late spring of this year.
Tamara the Trapeze Lady
Tamara The Trapeze Lady is a Professional aerial entertainer producer and instructor in Seattle. She can be seen monthly at the Columbia City Cabaret as well as many fabulous events and fundraisers, and teaches aerial arts at Versatile Arts Aerial Gymnasium in Greenwood. Tamara has two sage bits of wisdom which have served her well these many years; “Never Give Up, Never Surrender!” (from Galaxy Quest) and “Give Till It Hurts. Because We Like It That Way!” Learn more about her at trapezelady.com.
Jenn Quattrocchi
Jenn Quattrocchi has been performing aerial in Seattle for just shy of a year. Jenn’s work has been very well-received at numerous local showings, including Vita Arts’ Rip Roarin’, Soul Soarin’ Summer Spectacular in the summer of 2009. Jenn has the ability to perform both dramatic and comedic routines on static solo trapeze and aerial rings. Her website, quattrocchicreative.com, sports a collective portfolio of fine art, aerial performance, crafts and graphic design solutions. Her work has been described as exciting, playful and experimental.
Just Sage
Just Sage and his partner at the time birthed the interactive theatrical ambient troupe known as the Petting Zoo Players, that’s mission statement is to stop the world for a moment and let it breathe in Life. In 2005 Sage was personally selected as 1 of 15 to audition for physical clown by Cirque du Soleil. Since then Just Sage has continued to share his array of characters and skills helping to heal humanity with humor and integrity one smile at a time since 1999, to learn more visit www.sagealicious.info.
Lauren Kehl
Lauren (aka the Sling Maven) has been learning aerial since January 2008. She has dabbled in dance for most of her life, and more recently studied Wushu and Tai Chi Chen. Her apparatus of choice are the sling and static trapeze. She quite enjoys teaching, because she wants to share her love of aerial with everyone, and also because she is, at heart, very bossy..!
Nickolai Pirak
Nickolai Pirak has been juggling for seven years. In addition to performing, he will soon be taking over as the director of the youth performance company at the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts (SANCA). Nickolai has performed throughout Washington state and Germany, and has been a great help to Vita Arts as a workshop teacher.
Adrienne Krieger has been a member of The Cabiri performance troupe since 2009, as both a performer and choreographer. She has a minor in Dance from Colorado State University and has studied aerial dance since 2006 under a variety of instructors including Sam Alvarez, Shayna Swanson, Robert Davidson, and Susan Murphy. Adrienne enjoys training and choreographing in a style that blends floor movement with aerial dance.
Our backstage and kitchen Volunteer staff will have a bright shiny mention here soon!
Cheese is directed by Courtnee Papastathis, Creative Director of Vita Arts and aerial performer Zita the Aerialist. Snacks are provided in part by Beechers Handmade Cheese, the University and West Seattle Farmers Markets (Thanks for being open year round, guys!), Stellar Cheesecakes, and Trader Joes. Vita strives to purchase organic, sustainable, and local whenever possible.