Amber Rachel is a multi-discipline performance artist who began her aerial training with The Beckys, a Los Angeles based collective of artists, innovators and creators. After years of participating in transformational festivals while based in Southern California, Amber returned to her hometown of Marquette, Michigan on the shores of Lake Superior in 2013 and brought with her the beautiful and challenging art of the aerial lyra (aerial hoop). As the director of E.A.R.T.H. Angels, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, Amber choreographs performances containing messages of environmental activism. In 2014 her original children’s play Becky Saves the Bees brought together 49 youth and 33 adult volunteers to teach participants and audiences the global importance of pollinators health via singing, dancing and flying bees and butterflies.

Amber’s artistic expression is driven by her passion for sustainability. This is reflected in her current project of developing an off-grid aerial studio from a foreclosure property surrounded by green space. The accessible practice and performance facility will operate on a sliding scale to offer aerial skill sharing and supervision regardless of one’s physical or financial ability.

Amber’s many styles of aerial dancing range from graceful & feminine to edgy & sexy. Her signature move ‘The Ambular’ is naughty + nice while showing off her desire for smooth yet interesting transitions. She loves connecting with her audience through eye contact, mindful breathing and sometimes smiling. There are hundreds of performers and acts that have influenced Amber’s creativity, her favorites being Quixotic Fusion, The Lucent Dossier Experience and Crazy Horse Paris. Currently Amber is working on a multi-sensory performance including graphic visual projections with aerialist as the screen.

Amber has performed at YouTopia (San Diego Decompression), Electric Forest Festival in 2013 & 2014, Halloween Spectacle 2013, Burning Man 2014, on Xuza Art Car at the Las Vegas 2014 Halloween Street Fair and for private fundraising events for arts and environmental organizations in Upper Michigan.

In 2015, EARTH Angels will host a week-long workshop series called ‘The Sustainable Circus’ featuring touring and local performance artists alongside guest instructors teaching alternative energy methods, permaculture and water conservation. Amber hopes the final performance from this event will put Marquette, MI on the map for producing high quality performance art with a deeper message of environmental activism.

Amber’s personal aerial goals include adding rope, sling, trapeze and cyr wheel to her repertoire and performing at Electric Forest Festival, Burning Man and Phases of the Moon Festival in 2015.

UPDATE: This summer Amber will be participating in the Chicago Contemporary Circus Festival (http://chicagocircusfest.com/) and Aerial Dance Festival (ADF) in Boulder, CO.

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

So that I may spend my money on professional development rather than accommodations.

Intereses

Circus

• arts
• singing
• performing arts
• festivals
• dancing
• flying
• bouldering

Música, películas y libros

Electronica

Algo increíble que he hecho

https://vimeo.com/129998757

Enseña, aprende, comparte

hula hooping

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

metaphysical discussions

Países que he visitado

Costa Rica, France, Germany, Italy, Morocco, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Países en los que he vivido

Virgin Islands, U.S.