Aerial Arts America in cooperation with the Ruby Karen Project is hosting a special workshop by guest artist, Kevin Holland. He will be teaching TRAPEZE and SILKS.
When: Saturday May 18, 2024.
Time: 3:30pm- 5pm
Where: Aerial Dance Theater, 3001 Red Hill Ave. Building 1 Suite 107, Costa Mesa, CA 92626.
Cost: $85.
Pre-Requisites: Able to straddle invert and pull-over the bar, and able to straddle climb to the top
Skill Level: Level will be intermediate and further adjusted based on the attendees skill level.
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ABOUT KEVIN:
A local artist from Long Beach, Kevin judged the most recent 2023 West Coast Aerial Arts Festival. A head choreographer for Nathalie Gauthier’s Le Petit Cirque, he is an aerialist, dancer, and choreographer specializing in artistic act creation. He has taught aerial workshops and created acts for students of all ages for a decade. In 2022, he graduated with his BFA in dance from Cal State Long Beach. Kevin has performed his aerial chains number on the national US tour for Vampire Circus, and for Terry Beeman’s Mental Head Circus. He also has danced for DIAVOLO: Architecture in Motion – TRUST show throughout Los Angeles county, and his own choreography has been commissioned by dance companies throughout California. He loves to combine his aerial and dance knowledge together to make work that is not only visually impactful but also meaningful. His specialty includes artistic act creation on any aerial apparatus with original sequences and choreography. He grew up training aerial since the age of 14 and started dancing in college. He graduated from California State University of Long Beach with his BFA in dance.
While in college he had the chance to do harness work for a Dixie Consumer Products national commercial, and perform his chains act in Terry Beeman’s Mental Head Circus. He also performed for the Chase Center’s groundbreaking ceremony, choreographed by Cirque du Soleil’s Ben Potvin. Kevin’s dance choreography throughout college was also selected to be performed in the American College Dance Association Gala.
To see more of Kevin, visit his Instagram @kev_michael15
