Lift (2001)

Lift was performed August 26, 2001 at Orton Park, Madison, WI.

Press Release
Awakening
Sujato Nartana
Crash
Bossa Cubana
Pata Pata
Authenticity
Passage
Sandhyia
Other

Note: All photos by Andy Kraushaar

Press Release

Cycropia Aerial Dance to Perform at the 33rd Annual Orton Park Festival

Cycropia Aerial Dance will bring their mesmerizing style of dance and movement to the 33rd annual Orton Park Festival for the debut of their new show "Lift". Cycropia will be doing two performances, one on August 24 and one on August 25, 2001. Both performances will begin in the park at 8:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served, so come early to stake out your spot!

Returning to this popular eastside neighborhood festival with a full-length performance of all-new works, this year's offering will feature latin-influenced dance and comedy, ethereal spiritual epics, experimental dance improvisation, and much more. Always striving to explore and experiment, Cycropia will be working with a variety of new apparatus, including quadruple trapeze, hand-loops, Spanish web, and harnesses. This, combined with original live musical accompaniment is sure to leave audiences rapt and astounded!

One of only a handful of aerial dance troupes in the country, Cycropia Aerial Dance was born in Madison in 1989 and has been performing publicly since 1991. Utilizing the single point shoulder-height trapeze rigging style typically used in aerial dance, Cycropia's performances create the breathtaking illusion of human flight. Volunteer run and collectivist in structure, the troupe not only performs live, but conducts trapeze classes for children and adults, as well as educational workshops.

Jennifer Ruef is the artistic director of this year's performances.

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Awakening by Atala-Nicole Loud

Holly Buchholz and Kenneth Loud	Amy Bethel, Rebecca Bock, Holly Buchholz, Tonya Leholm, Kenneth Loud, Marcia Miquelon, Angela Richardson, Jenny Ruef, Chiron Stevens and Lisa Wilber

Amy Bethel and Lisa Wilber and musicians

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Sujato Nartana by Patrick Crean and Jenn White

Patrick Crean and Jenn White

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Crash by Brandon Vance

Kenneth Loud, Jenny Ruef, Julia Weldon

Kenneth Loud

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Bossa Cubana by Marcia Miquelon

Kate Hewson

Kate Hewson, Tonya Leholm, Angela Richardson and Brandon Vance

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Pata Pata by Angela Richardson, Julia Weldon and Kate Hewson

Angela Richardson and Julia Weldon

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Authenticity by Marcia Miquelon

Marcia Miquelon and Holly Buchholz (front) and Jenn White, Amy Bethel and Jenny Ruef (back). Not pictured: Brandon Vance	Marcia Miquelon, Holly Buchholz and Amy Bethel

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Passage by Amy Bethel

Amy Bethel, Kate Hewson, Atala-Nicole Loud, Marcia Miquelon, Brandon Vance and Julia Weldon

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Sandhyia by Jenn White

Jenn White and Atala-Nicole Loud (not pictured: Linda DiRaimondo, Holly Buchholz)

Jenn White and Atala-Nicole Loud

Jenn White and Atala-Nicole Loud

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Other

Kristin Smith, our lighting and stage managing goddess	Kristofer Meyer-Ruef, announcer extraordinaire	Pete Bajzek, one of our amazing musicians