We would like to thank the following for supporting our programs and Dance Company BUSINESS SUPPORT Berkeley Moving Arts, Ha Ha This A-Way, Buddy Club, Monkey Business Camp, Mays Cleaners, Mays Flowers, Montclair Bistro, Namaste Yoga Studios, Powell's Sweet Shoppe, Sur La Table, Vee Horticulture, Chef Pascal, Studio 12, Tequila Jorongo
INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT
Donors ($1-$29) Sue Arendt, Larry Abel, Jessica Allard, Jennifer Ames, Arielle, Jerilyn Bedingfield, Blair, Ruth Botchin, Erica Bowman, Budinger and Scarpelli, Amy Calhoun, David Chee, Chris Crane, Aryanna Downey, Hannah Dworkin, Samantha Farbman, Jonathan Greenwood, Annie Groeninger, Kevin Hamilton, Summers Henderson, Sandra Hughes, Jade, Jesse Johnson, Fran Katsuranis, Kevin Keller, Carla Koopal, James Kennedy, Linda Lamerdin, Claire Lavery, Patrick Leaper, Laylabu, Gillian Leslie, Jay Marlette, Margaret Mulligan, Daryn Nakhuda, Nancy Ng, Jordan K Paul, Lynn Pfaender, Marsha Quick, Linda Riccardi, Deborah Sanborn, Mark Segura, Lisa Smeraldi, Debra S, Theron Shaw, Catherine Stern, Marcy Straw, Blanka Soltys, Bernie Talerico, Kate Tanaka, Penny Taylor, Ruby Thomas, Jessika Vermette
UpSwing Trekkers ($30-$49)
Judy Boe, Dan Bornstein, Anne Capelli, J. Tanner Cusick, Linda Elkin, Daniel Evans & Jennifer Pesek, Ashley Foster, Flux Foundation, Steffan Haithcox, Janet Kaplan, Evangel Ging, Kimberly Markison, Mark Pasley, Rachna Ram, Roy Anthony Shabla, Annie Stine, Beth Zuckerman
UpSwing Foothold Donors ($50-$99)
Dr. Jan Alden, Jason Anderson, Vanessa Berkmark, Deborah Cavanaugh, Jim Chappelow, Brian Estlin, Molissa Fenley, Karin Golde, Vicki Gunter & Peter Brown, Marilyn Haithcox, Barbara Hendrickson, Sabine Jeske, Anita Kahn, Nancy Leatzow, Deena Levy, Luxzia, Linda Mauskopf, Margaret Medina, Sabra Melamed, Mona Meline, Leah Miller-Freeman, Rosanna Poret, Sanctuary for the Arts, Debra Sanborn, Laura Schatzkin and Kevin Stamps, Sue Schroeder, Ashvin Shah, Amy Sheridan, Sola Takahashi, Tara, Celeste Vasti, Cara Zeisloft
UpSwing Action Donors ($100-$199)
Anonymous, Teri Angst, Annie Archbold, Cindy Lopez/Azure Salon, Dina Basile, Sarah Bowman, Marion and Ruth Carson, Mark Crow, Kevin Haithcox, Bina Jangda, Bhavneet Kaveeshar, Vanessa Kuemmerle and Lee Steinmetz, Anne Lowry, Joe Lutz, Robert MacGowan, Leah Mann & Ela Lamblin (Lelavision), Heather Mitchell, Rosanna Poret, Todd Pritchett, Matt Proud, Sana Noble, Mark Ray, Allen and Karen Ronquillo, Douglas Scott & Marcelo Roman, Elena Ronquillo, Deena Smith, Diana Steinhagen, Andrea Weiner, Sue Carol Witt
UpSwing Flyers ($200-$499)
Margie Beeley, Sarah Kurtz, Leah Mann and Ela Lamblin of Lelavision, Linda Riccardi, Regina Schaffer, Sandra Tillin, Mary Ware
UpSwing Guardian ($500-$999)
Barbara Barnett
UpSwing Angel ($1000+)
Anonymous
InKind Donations
Kim Adams, Roya Arasteh, Hadas Aranow, Jim Beatty, Andrej Diamantstein, Hannah Dworkin, Ashley Foster, Suzanne Gallo, Beth Gelfand, Mindy Ha, Kiran Haithcox, Judith Justiz, Bina Jangda, Bhavneet Kaveeshar, Vanessa Kuemmerlee and Vee Horticulture, Carla Koopal, Bryan Kato, Elaine Lee, Robert MacGowan, Brent McCullough, Rondi Phillips, Catherine Trowbridge, Yolanda Vasquez, Claudia Venn and Venn Accupuncture, Suzie Vlcek-Lee, Sydney Walker, Judy Wenning, Isabella Wilke
Special Thanks to our FRIENDS OF UPSWING CIRCLE
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STUDIO 12 "Best Way to Learn How to Fly" by the SF Weekly's 'Best of 2006.'
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UpSwing Aerial Faculty and Adjunct Faculty |
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Cherie Carson, UpSwing Company Director, dancer, choreographer, yoga teacher & aerialist has choreographed performances in planetariums, swimming pools and sculpture gardens and on stilts, roller blades, ropes, trapeze and bungee cords since 1987. Aerial Dance Director, Ms. Carson, teaches classes for kids and adults. She has choreographed widely, including Moving in the Spirit Dance, an inner city youth dance company in Atlanta. Ms. Carson has taught aerial dance for Monkey Business Camp and served as guest aerial choreographer for San Francisco University High School production of Olanthe. As a principal teaching artist for five years at Center for Creative Education in Florida, she taught movement and yoga to both students and classroom teachers. Cherie’s first performance of aerial dance was in 1990 in Joanna Haigood’s “Sleep” set on Several Dancers Core in Atlanta, GA. She has been pursuing aerial dance ever since. In 2000, Cherie moved to the Bay Area and began her studies with Terry Sendgraff, pioneer in aerial dance & the creator of Motivity, the low flying trapeze aerial dance form. In 2005, Terry retired and Cherie took over her aerial business thus creating STUDIO 12 flys. In 2011, Cherie introduced her new company UpSwing Dance Company.
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Hannah Dworkin, Director of Youth Programs, is a skilled performing artist and educator with a strong background in modern and aerial dance and opera. She is a fully credentialed classroom and music teacher, and she holds a Masters Degree in Music and Music Education from Columbia University. Hannah is Aerial Camp Director and teaches Kids Who Fly, Girls Who Fly and the Aerial Family Jams with UpSwing and may be reached at
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Ashley Foster became addicted to aerial dance through classes with Terry Sendgraff and eventually began performing as a part of 'Terry Sendgraff's Aerial Dancer's' and the Technomania Circus. Ashley continued developing her aerial dance and performance skills after Terry's retirement with Cherie Carson and as a solo artist and has been teaching aerial dance at STUDIO 12 for 3 years now. When not dancing, Ashley works with clients, by appointment, as a costume and custom clothing designer. To contact Ashley
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Suzanne Gallo (Adjunct Faculty) has danced with The San Francisco Opera Ballet, Lines, ODC, and Project Bandaloop, and has performed with many local choreographers. She is known and admired for her quality and interpretation of movement on the ground, on the sides of buildings and cliffs, and in the air. Suzanne has given workshops in dance technique while in residency at Middlebury, Swathmore and Dartmouth Colleges, and has been faculty member and performer with San Francisco’s Zaccho Dance Theater, under the direction of Joanna Haigood. Suzanne teaches Girls, Teens and Camp classes and may be reached at
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Kimberly Adams, (Adjunct Faculty) Aerial Dancer and Teacher,has been studying movement arts for 15 years including yoga, martial arts and dance. She earned a B.A. in Psychology and a B.A. in Theater Arts from Sonoma State University home of Modern Dance, Contact Improv, Ballet and Theater. She studied under and worked on projects with Anne Bluethanthal and Dancers, Scott Wells and several small performing companies through out the Bay Area. She began studying aerial dance during her college years and after a few years off she continued on studying circus arts, specializing in aerial tissu. She runs 7th Heaven Yoga in Berkeley California.
Phil Weglarz (Adjunct Faculty) has been faculty at Studio 12 since 2006 and helped develop the first aerial dance "Family Jam" and programs for younger children. Prior to teaching, Phil studied Motivity Aerial Dance with Terry Sendgraff and trained in both static and flying trapeze at Circus Center in San Francisco. Currently, Phil Weglarz is a full-time expressive art therapist and licensed psychotherapist who believes that play is essential to health and well-being. He created "Active Imagination" interactive arts programs, which offer engaging, structured creative outlets for people of any age to explore various common themes. Phil has experience offering arts-based therapies and social services for children, adults, couples, and families in a variety of settings, including medical hospitals, welfare agencies, residential and day treatment programs, and privately. More about Phil at: www.philweglarz.com
Rima Miller (Adjunct faculty) is a very creative artist who lives in New Mexico. She comes to the Bay Area once or twice a year and teaches Inversion Swings. We are very happy to host her and promote her work.
 STUDIO 12 "Best Way to Learn How to Fly" by the SF Weekly's 'Best of 2006 UpSwing Aerial Dance is an aerial dance program specializing in low flying trapeze, sling, and rope and harness work. The studio is located at 2525 8th St. in Berkeley near the corner of Dwight and 8th.
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