RESUME
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TRAINING:
Specializing in solo aerial hoop, fabric, corde lisse, flexibility, and dance.
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Aerial Acrobatics: 2007-present
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​Kerri Kresinski, Chloe Axelrod, Leslie Tipton, Kristina Nekyia (Fit & Bendy, Los Angeles), Jaron Hollander
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Classical ballet:
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15 years, company member of the Union County Youth Ballet for seven seasons (Monroe, NC)
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Modern dance:
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5 years, University of North Carolina at Asheville
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Bellydance:
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2 years, Fusion under Kristina Nekyia, Nekyia Dance SF, American Tribal Style with Onca O’ Leary of Baraka Mundi
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Ballroom/Partnering Dance-
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Lindy Hop and Blues
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One season at Herrang Dance Camp under Frankie Manning and others (Herrang, Sweden)
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PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS:
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Kinetic Arts Productions - “Salvage” 2015
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dance choreographer, aerial hoop soloist
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Circus Automatic - “Raised by Wolves” 2015
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hoop soloist, water dance/handloop
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Irish Aerial Dance Festival, Letterkenny, Ireland
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June 2011-present, presented by Fidget Feet Aerial Dance
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Aerial hoop, flexibility, corde lisse, choreography
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Club Med Turks & Caicos, 2014
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Guest artist and Aerial consultant
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Solo aerial hoop performance
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QUEENSRŸCHE Cabaret
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National Tour 2010, 2014
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Vault Houston Festival of Aerial Arts 2014, 2015
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Guest artist, solo aerial hoop 2014-2015
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Creative Director/Performer- ICARUS: a full length aerial theatre piece
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Presented by the New Orleans Fringe Festival, November, 2013
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Creative Director- casting, concept, choreography, October 2013
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CARNEVOLAR: The Haunting, Presented by Emerald City Trapeze Arts
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Co-choreographer/performer- ELEMENTS in collaboration with Natural Wings Aerial Dance
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Perth, Western Australia, Port Credit, CA, Toronto, CA
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Awarded the People's Choice Award 2013 Toronto Buskers Festival
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Aerial Hoop choreographer- THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER
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Presented and performed by Fidget Feet Aerial Dance, Ireland 2013
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RAW Artists featured performance, Seattle WA 2013, duo aerial hammock
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awarded Seattle’s “Performing Artist of the Year”
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Resident Aerialist- The Pink Door, Seattle, WA 2009-2013
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Resident Aerialist- Supperclub, San Francisco Feb-March 2014

Rachel Strickland Vann
415.518.4118
madamerexentertainment@gmail.com
5'6"
145 lbs
Eyes: Green
Hair: Blonde. And a lot of it.