UPSWING AERIAL DANCE COMPANY CELEBRATES “SOLSTICE!”

Berkeley, CA. December 21 , 2022

Who: UpSwing Aerial Dance Company

What: Solstice! A show celebrating winter & the return of the sun with aerial dance, music

Where: STUDIO 12, 2525 Eighth Street, Berkeley, CA

When: Winter Solstice Dec 21 @ 5PM and @ 7:30 PM

How Much: $30 adults/$25 seniors 65+/$15 kids 17 years & under

Purchase in advance http://www.upswingaerialdance.org/upcomingevents/

For more info: www.upswingaerialdance.org or 510.388.2489

Press contact: Cherie Carson, cherie@upswingaerialdance.org 510.388.2489

Berkeley, CA. UpSwing Aerial Dance Company announces its celebratory Winter Solstice event “Solstice!” Performance is held on Dec. 21 at 5 PM and at 7:30 PM at Studio 12 in Berkeley CA. Tickets may be purchased in advance at www.upswingaerialdance.org. Join UpSwing Aerial Dance Company this holiday season as we celebrate the return of the sun and the birth of a New Year.

“Solstice!” is an East Bay favorite holiday alternative since 2005. Produced every other year, this is the 10th production. “Solstice!” celebrates the longest night of the year with music and dance by some of the Bay Area’s finest performers.

This year enter into a winter’s celebration, complete with dancing stars, a moon goddess and live snow globe. Experience David Worm’s soaring, blues-inflected vocals, Amar Singh Khalsa’s magical flute and Sahib-Amar Khalsa’s deeply moving viola.

Aerialists performing in this show are UpSwing Company members Vera Belaia, Helen Fitanides, Kiran Satellite Haithcox, Chris Spiteri, and Helium Valentine.

“Such a wonderful, joyful performance by both the dancers and singers.” Jim Tobin - www.BayAreaDanceWatch.com

Celebrating its 12 year, UpSwing Aerial Dance Company performs dynamic, original dances in the air and on the ground, using aerial rope and harness, bungee, trapeze, lyra, silks and more. Upswing has showcased its repertoire at New York Aerial Dance Fest, YELP East Bay Summer Splash, Open Air Fest on Vashon Island on Puget Sound west of Seattle, Festival of Aerial Arts in Houston TX and has workshopped aerial dance on ropes in San Antonio/Austin/Houston, TX, at the Floor to Air Festival in Santa Barbara and in Atlanta, GA. For more information, visit our website at http://www.upswingaerialdance.org or contact Artistic Director, Cherie Carson at 510.388.2489.

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