Esh Aerial Arts

Rachel Stewart

rachel.stewart@eshaerialarts.com

Height: 5’4″
Weight: 110 lbs/52 kg
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Dark brown

Best Artistic Performance
and
Best Aerial Hoop Performance
at the 2011 Aerial Acrobatic Arts Festival in Denver, CO, judged by Marshall Garfield, Tanya Burka, and Tracy Trotter.

 

Selected Public Performance Highlights
(full list here)

JAX Brewery: New Year’s Eve (New Orleans, LA)	Esh Aerial Arts	Aerial Hoop, Aerial Fabric, Partner Acrobatics, Poi Spinning	2012
Vaudevillainy: A Diabolical Evening of Circus (Boston)	with the Boston Circus Guild	Aerial Hoop, Aerial Rope Duet	2011
Valve: Antique Vaudeville Circus (Boston)	with SHOW Circus Studio	Aerial Hoop	2011
Meeting Planner Showcase at the Hilton Los Cabos (Los Cabos, Mexico) (Boston)	with Cirque Imagination	Aerial Fabric	2011
Reign of Revelry (Boston)	with the Boston Circus Guild	Aerial Lyra, Aerial Fabric	2011
2011 Aerial Acrobatic Arts Festival (Denver, CO)	with Aerial Fabric Acrobatics	Aerial Lyra: Awarded Best Artistic Act and Best Lyra Act	2011
Casino Carnivale at Casino Nova Scotia (Halifax, Nova Scotia)	Esh Aerial Arts	Aerial Silks, Aerial Lyra, Fire Performance	2011
Traniwreck at Club Oberon(Boston)	Esh Aerial Arts with Truth Serum Productions	Aerial Silks, Corde Lisse	2011
Royale Nightclub (Boston)	Esh Aerial Arts and the Boston Circus Guild	Aerial Silks, Aerial Lyra	Ongoing, Friday and Saturday nights, 2011
Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera (Boston)	Esh Aerial Arts	Aerial Silks	2011
Bohemian Bacchanalia	with the Boston Circus Guild	Corde Lisset	2011
America Remixed: Art of the Americas Opening Gala at the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)	with the Boston Circus Guild	Aerial Silks Quartet	2010
Harvest Fest at Arts at the Armory (Somerville)	with Aircraft Aerial Arts and Somerville Local First	Aerial Lyra	2010
Abbey Road at Club Oberon (Boston)	With The Babes in Boinkland and Sugar Coated Productions	Aerial Silks	2010
Summer Saturnalia at Club Oberon (Boston)	With The Boston Circus Guild	Aerial Lyra and Aerial Rope	2010
Breathe (Brattleboro, VT)	With the New England Center for Circus Arts	Aerial Lyra and Aerial Rope	2010
Artists For Humanity Gala (Boston)	With The Boston Circus Guild	Aerial Lyra	2010
Aircraft Aerial Arts Opening Gala (Boston)	Esh Aerial Arts	Aerial Lyra	2010
The Flying Nut (Brattleboro, VT)	With the New England Center for Circus Arts	Aerial Rectangle Quartet	2009
The Quicksilver Cabaret (Jamaica Plain, MA)	Esh Aerial Arts	Aerial Lyra	2009
Wake Up the Earth (Jamaica Plain, MA)	With The Silkworms	Aerial Lyra	2009
The Charm City Kitty Club (Baltimore, MD)	Esh Aerial Arts	Aerial Lyra and Fire Fans	2009
New Designers’ Fashion Show (Providence, RI)	With The Silkworms	Aerial Lyra	2009

Training and Education

-New England Center for Circus Arts, 2011-ongoing: private instruction in aerials, partner acrobatics, and handbalancing.

-Off the Ground Circus, Jan. 2011-present: private instruction in hand-to-hand, hand-to-foot, and advanced partner acrobatics, as well as handbalancing.

-Susan Murphy, Feb. 2011, March 2011: private and group instruction in Laban Movement Technique for Aerialists and choreography.

-Rebecca Rice Dance, Nov. 2010-present: Private instruction in contemporary ballet and modern dance.

-New England Center for Circus Arts, 2010: Completed the Trapeze Teacher Training with Elsie Smith, Serenity Smith-Forchion, and Jamie Hodgson.

-New England Center for Circus Arts, 2009-2010: Completed the 9-month Professional Track Training Program with a focus in Lyra (Aerial Hoop) and Corde Lisse (Aerial Rope).

-Corde Lisse (Aerial Rope): Five months of training under Serenity Smith-Forchion, Elsie Smith, and Deena Marcum-Frank in Brattleboro, VT.

-Lyra (Aerial Hoop): Five months of training under Elsie Smith and Deena Marcum Frank in Brattleboro, VT.

-Additional training in physical theater, static trapeze, aerial fabric, aerial rectangle, duo trapeze, duo lyra, tumbling, and partner acrobatics at NECCA under Elsie Smith, Serenity Smith-Forchion, Aimee Hancock, Deena Marcum-Frank, and Bill Forchion in Brattleboro, VT.

-Mara Neimanis, 2008: Two months of trapeze and physical theater under Mara Neimanis in Baltimore, MD.

Skills

Lyra, silks, rope, Spanish web, static trapeze, duo trapeze, partner acrobalance, fire spinning, fire eating, fire fleshing, horseback riding, whip-cracking, singing.

 

Full Performance List (does not include private events such as weddings and birthday parties)

Circus Saturdays @ Royale Nightclub every other Saturday night, Feb. 2011-ongoing

The Tardis Tease with Geek Girl Productions, Boston 2011

Valve: Antique Vaudeville Circus with SHOW Circus Studio, Boston 2011

Meeting Planner Showcase with Cirque Imagination at the Hilton Los Cabos, Mexico 2011

Artisans’ Asylum Grand Opening in Boston 2011

Firefly Arts Collective in Bethel, VT 2011

Temple at Caprice Nightclub in Boston 2011

Traniwreck: KINK in Boston 2011

Reign of Revelry with the Boston Circus Guild 2011

Traniwreck: GOLD in Boston 2011

2011 Aerial Acrobatic Arts Fesitval in Denver, CO 2011 (awarded Best Hoop and Best Artistic Act)

Casino Carnivale  at Casino Nova Scotia, NS, Canada 2011

Tonya and Nancy; The Rock Opera in Boston 2011

Bohemian Bacchanalia with the Boston Circus Guild 2011

The Quest for the Golden Pasties with Rogue Burlesque, Boston 2010

America Remixed: Art of the Americas Opening Gala at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2010

Harvest Festival at Arts at the Armory, Boston 2010

Abbey Road with Sugar Coated Productions, Boston 2010

Breathe with the New England Center for Circus Arts, Vermont 2010

Artists for Humanity Gala in Boston 2010

Aircraft Grand Opening in Boston 2010

The Flying Nut with the New England Center for Circus Arts, Vermont 2009

The Quicksilver Cabaret in Boston 2009

Wake Up the Earth in Boston 2009

The Charm City Kitty Club in Baltimore 2009

The New Designers’ Fashion Show in Providence, Rhode Island 2009

Arisia in Boston 2008

Mischief in the Machine with the Madcap Rumpus Society 2008

The Fluff Festival  with the Madcap Rumpus Society 2008