Performances
Elle - Ground Movement
Pandora - Aerial Hammock
Amy Ably - Aerial Pole + Vocals
Danie and Bobby - Partner Acrobatics
Kage Rage - Silks
Black Widow - Lyra
Alexey and Emily - Aerial Straps
INTERMISSION
Kati Schwartz - Silks + Clown
Bella - Acro Dance
Amy Tsai - Aerial Rope
Ingrid - Dance Trapeze
Brittany and Jake - Aerial Loops
Alisa Mae - Aerial Straps
Cast
Emily Lesinski, Host
Emily and Sean co-run CirqueHaus and Warrior Bridge. Emily is a physical therapist specializing in treating the circus community. She also trains handbalancing, partner acrobatics, aerial straps, and weight trains. She loves producing the shows in this space!
Elle
Elle is a filmmaker trying to find the joy of life in the joy of doing very difficult things upside down. This is only Elle's second time performing circus. They are incredibly grateful to the beautiful circus guide's in their life, including the many at Warrior Bridge.
Marissa / Pandora
Marisa Brossard is Aerial Hammock Performer and Instructor at OM Factory. She’s had the pleasure of performing at various venues, like The Slipper Room and opening for shows during Winter & Fall NYFW ‘24.
Marisa loves using her aerial performances to create alter egos. Her favorites being the Greek mythological character Pandora and the iconic Barbie.
IG: @aerialbarbiee
Amy Ably
Amy is an NYC-based aerialist, vocalist, and stage manager/tech crew personnel for circus shows. Her primary apparatus is pole; she also practices lyra, is training straps and cordelisse, and is ever-interested in new ways to play. She is passionate about community, authenticity, and efficiency. Follow her for updates @amy.ably on Instagram, or at amyablyaerial.com.
PSA: anyone with a cat who would like a Hartz Delectables Squeeze Up should meet Amy by the restrooms after the show.
Danie + Bobby
Danie and Rob have been performing together since 2019. Danie was a 2024 Artist in Residence at Culture Lab LIC, and they presented People in Public, a new ensemble based contemporart show about the magic of fleeting connections between strangers. In addition Rob co-presents the monthly Cats Eye Cabaret and performs comedic burlesque and Cyr Wheel.
You can find them on the socials at DanieAcro and Bobby_Fishnets, and find their larger body of work:
KageRage
Kaitlin Gould is an actor, writer, and aerialist from Kansas City and based in Brooklyn. She has her MFA in acting from East 15 Acting School in East London, and has performed internationally, including: London, at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, regionally, and here in NYC. Her play 'Mirrors' was recently published in an anthology series with Kansas City Public Theatre titled 'Their Own Devices'. When she isn't acting, devising, or writing, she is training aerial. She is beyond grateful to have found a circus community here in NYC, and even more so to have found space for her to create and share her art.
Kevin or should we say Black Widow (Widow if you're nasty) is a native to New York City. A dancer, aerialist and drag queen.
They began with dance first, later falling into nightlife while studying in school and then during the pandemic picking up aerial and rest is history. For the last 7 years they have been performing on cruise ships as both a dancer and aerialist.
When on land you can find Black Widow performing in various queer locations around the city. Though you have to be quick as the spider is never here for a long time, but instead for a good time. To which they are very excited to be making they're CirqueHaus debut. If you want to keep with adventures follow the on instagram @theblackwidownycIt
Black Widow
Alexey and Emily
Emily and Alexey both began their journeys as dancers before transitioning into the world of circus. As professional aerialists, they have spent years honing their craft, performing on stages both nationally and internationally. Tonight marks a special moment—the debut of their brand-new act and their first time performing together in front of an audience. They are thrilled to share this piece with you and hope you enjoy the show!
Kati Schwartz
Kati is a theater artist whose true passion is in circus arts. Since beginning their aerial journey in 2019, she’s become obsessed with combining theatrical clown work with aerial silks and rope. They've performed in NYC at The Slipper Room, Dixon Place and with Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, as well as Cafe Istanbul in New Orleans and internationally in Cabarete, Dominican Republic.
Bella
Bella Mangretta was born and raised in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. She started dancing at Studio G Dance Center before attending Pittsburgh’s Creative And Performing Arts, grades 6-12. After graduating from CAPA and Studio G’s competitive dance team, she moved on to earn her BFA in dance with a concentration in jazz from Point Park University.
Since then, she’s been working nationally and internationally to share her creativity and passion for dance. During this time she also found the circus community and started falling in love with handstands, partner acro, and learning how to turn her flexibility into strength.
Thank you Warrior Bridge/CirqueHaus for being a huge part of my story <3 @bellamangretta
Amy Tsai
Amy Tsai is a queer, Asian American aerialist. She has performed corde lisse, tissu, and straps at various venues in New York, including the Slipper Room, Brooklyn Art Haus, Streb, and the Muse, as well as in a full-length production called Liquid Light Flight. In addition to working as a full-time creative director, she is part of the work-study staff at Aerial Arts NYC and a movement photographer.
Ingrid
Ingrid Apgar (she/her) is simply happy to be here. Originally from Massachusetts, the bulk of her aerial training was with Susan Voyticky at Circus Warehouse. Current circus endeavors include Parallel Exit's delightful, family-friendly Sunset Circus on March 9th at the Marlene Meyerson JCC, and all other work involves building Broadway shows by day and covering many show tracks by night -- a dream come true.
Brittany and Jake
The first time we climbed the straps together, we felt the shift immediately—two bodies moving as one, yet shaped by different instincts. Brittany came from the world of dance, where movement is storytelling, fluid and expressive. Jake constantly pushes the edges of gravity, strength, and endurance. Through the trust in each other’s foundation and experience, together we pushed to explore the concept of Duality. Suspended in the air, we move as reflections of each other—opposing forces, yet inseparable halves of the same whole. Find them on socials at posas.moves and aerial.x.jake.
Alisa (they/them) performs on straps, lyra, dance trapeze, silks, hammock, harness/bungee, chains, and custom apparatuses. They have a BFA in Dance and English from NYU. Alisa has travelled the world performing aerial and dance for cruise ships (Royal Caribbean), theme parks (Six Flags, Busch Gardens), international tours (Cirque Dreams, Ruddur Dance), and gigs/events (Broadway Bares, Studio 54, Bloomingdales, Cipriani, Joyce SoHo, and LaMama). They currently perform regularly at The Slipper Room and The Box, and have worked at Company XIV, Duane Park, and House of Yes in NYC. Alisa is an aerial coach and NASM-certified personal trainer.
IG: @aerialalisa
Alisa Mae
Special Thanks:
Sean Langhaus, Emily Lesinski, Christina Sage, Elle, Mikhail, Alexey, Helene, Vova, Bobby Fishnets, Billie, Danie Kohn , Mickey, Francesca and Others.