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Iron Heart Circus is a burlesque/cabaret troupe that utilizes dance, live music, drama, circus skills & comedy to create fun, moving and often very sexy stories for stage, dinner theatre, and corporate events. It is our mission to empower men and women in their sexuality through fun and artistic means, and to fight sexual discrimination. Along with Tricycle Dance, Iron Heart Circus also fights against breast cancer by donating a portion of each show to breast cancer research through the Save-The-Tatas Foundation Christine Trayner (Veronica Pepper), Co-owner, Executive Director, Dancer Christine began dancing with Ballet New England at a young age. She danced in a handful of performances put on by BNE including Swan Lake, the Nutcracker and several other small productions. She has tried her hand at several different dance styles, finding a permanent home with Tricycle Dance Company. Christine holds a degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of New Hampshire. She puts her knowledge of the human response to exercise to good use teaching several classes including yoga, aerial fabric and a weight training intensive at Dover Yoga. Christine lives in Newmarket, NH with her partner Gary and their two dogs Francesca and Oscar. Christine enjoys international travel and most outdoor activities. She and Gary spend their summers kayaking and hiking through NH and ME and their winters skiing. Carrie Tyler (Maggie Mae), Co-owner, Dancer In addition to being a Cabaret/ Burlesque dancer, Carrie is the co-owner and founder of Dover Yoga and Dover Pilates and the creator of the Rasamaya Method of Movement. As a dancer she has been shaking her groove thang all over the United States since she could practically walk, studying various forms of dance and movement throughout her travels before settling into the Seacoast Community. She is also an artist and a 'once again' college student who does her best to live her life by her studio's mantra: live well, laugh often, love much. In addition to her certification as a professional yoga therapist, Carrie also holds certification in Pilates and Pilates Apparatus from the esteemed Power Pilates Institute, as well as certifications in Prenatal Yoga, Thai Bodywork, Circus Yoga and Reiki, and is currently completing an apprenticeship in the Gyrotonic Method of Movement. knowledge of anatomy and alignment. She specializes in working with individual clients and creating programs for those with medical concerns, injury rehabilitation and structural issues. Currently she can be found teaching Yoga, Pilates, Gyrotonic, Aerial Fabric, Beach Body Bootcamp, Structured Contact Dance and Bad Kitty (cabaret/ Burlesque style dance) at various studios in the Seacoast area as well as running workshops and 200hr & 500hr yoga teacher trainings in New England and abroad. For more on Carrie and her travel and teaching schedule please visit her website at www.rasamaya. com Yori Senser (Violet Riot), Artistic Director, Dancer Yori earned her B.F.A. in Theater and Dance Education from Emerson College in 2002. She also holds an M.Ed. in Arts and Learning from Endicott College, where she specialized in weavings and found-object art. While living in Boston, she danced in productions such as Ex Dance; and starred as the token "real" girl in a drag comedy theater company. In addition to serving as a regular classroom teacher, she has taught theater and dance to children of all ages in schools and extracurricular programs throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine; and has directed and/or choreographed many productions. Born and raised in New York City, she has grown to love the New England outdoors, and enjoys rock climbing, skiing, and kayaking. Cassie McCracken, (Cassidy Sundance), Rehearsal Director, Dancer Cassie’s dance career began at the age of 3, as a ballet dancer wearing a light blue tutu playing leap-frog across the stage with other dancers of the same caliber, shoes flying left and right and an unrehearsed tumble, artistically improvised or accidentally placed when needed. Since then she’s increased her repertoire to include Jazz, Tap, Modern, Latin, and Burlesque (usually as a man). In High School, Cassie had the opportunity to study modern dance under a Martha Graham Company member at Dartmouth College. She then went to New York to study with the Graham and Cunningham Schools before enrolling in the dance program at Connecticut College. After college, she continued her study of how and why the body moves like it does by receiving her Doctorate of Chiropractic from Logan College of Chiropractic. While pursuing her Doctorate she still found the time to perform professionally with Dance St. Louis in 2005. This is Cassie’s first show in the New Hampshire area after moving here in April 2007 to open a Chiropractic office with her patient and hard-working husband, Brian. She loves to incorporate her passion for dance and movement into her role as a health care provider, always keeping in line with her philosophy that Life is Motion! Lorelei Marquis (Inga Morning), Costume Designer & Director, Dancer & Singer Lorelei Marquis is very excited to be making her debut with Tricycle Dance Company! A multi-talented dancer/singer/actress/choreographer/seamstress BA Dance graduate of DeSales University in Center Valley, PA, she has been in numerous classical ballet productions, including "Viva Vivaldi!"- a staple of the Joffrey Ballet that was restaged by Trinette Singleton (a former principle at Joffrey), "Sleeping Beauty"- performed by Repertory Dance Theatre in Emmaus, PA, and "The Nutcracker"- in which she has held numerous roles over the years. Aside from her 18 years of classical ballet experience, Lorelei fell in love with modern dance, tap, jazz and West African dance, which helped her realize her passion for ethnic cultural dance forms. When not silking across the stage in fishnets, Lorelei runs the Outreach Program for Ballet New England, holding classes in York and Kittery, ME. Lorelei also teaches for Musical Arts in Exeter and is a full-time substitute teacher with the Rollinsford/Somersworth school district. In her spare time, Lorelei joined forces with Aaron Katz, to combine West African movement and drum rhythms with Caribbean, Latin and modern dance to form Hybrid Dance, which they have begun to teach throughout the Seacoast area. Stephanie Bramlett (La Duchess Fatale), Marketing Co-Director, Dancer Stephanie began taking ballet and tap at just two and a half-years-old in Tulsa, OK. She loves hearing her mom tell the story about how she nearly fell off the stage during her first dance recital. A few years later, she had better coordination and added modern jazz to her routine. Stephanie fell in love with old school hip-hop dance in the early 1990's and has been shoulder- shakin' and booty-poppin' ever since Stephanie moved to New England for college in 2001 where she captained and choreographed for both her college's competitive dance and cheerleading teams. She is now a doctoral candidate in the Sociology department at the University of New Hampshire where she studies college recruitment and retention techniques for students of color and first-generation students. She also does team choreography and teaches hip-hop workshops around the Seacoast area. Stephanie is also an avid yogi and has been a member of Tricycle Dance Company since 2008. She lives in Dover with her husband and is a proud mom to a handsome Jack Russell named Bodie. Michele McCauley (Juicy Lui), Marketing Co-Director, Dancer Michele's love for dance is undeniable. Styles like jazz, salsa, tango, hip-hop, and burlesque are among her favorites and she dances every opportunity she gets. As a Pilates and Yoga Instructor, Michele enjoys passing her passion for practice to others. Running, cycling, swimming, and skiing fullfil her love for outdoor sports. Michele is excited to expand her dance experience with Tricycle Dance Company. Jocelyn Carey (Tempting Jomama), Rehearsal Manager Jocelyn Carey has a B.A. in Dance from Connecticut College. She lived in New York for six years before returning to New England and was a member of Dance Anonymous for three years. Jocelyn has also performed pieces by Luis Lara Malevicias, Ruben Edwards, and Rebecca Moran. Jocelyn is a massage therapist, fitness instructor, and oyster farmer. Thanks to Tricycle for bringing her back to dance! MUSICIANS Jacob Day (Henrik von Limerik), Guitar, Vocals, Theremin, Accordion, Band Director Jacob Day was born in Manchester New Hampshire on a cloudy April morning and has lived in NH ever since. Jacob picked up the guitar at the age of twelve and has studied music theory and performance at Berklee College of Music and the University of New Hampshire. Although guitar is his primary instrument he has recently picked up the Theremin and the accordion to add to a new and strange set of sounds to his band Jack Bandit. He enjoys the smell of pencil shavings and rain falling on hot pavement in the summer Gregory Rothwell (Jules D'Amour), Electric & Upright Bass, Gregory Rothwell (electric and upright bassist/song writer) was born in Massachusetts and grew up in New Hampshire. This is where he picked up the bass guitar at age 12 to play grooves, punk rock, metal, ska,and classic rock with his friends. Time passed and the music started turning experimental blending itself with world music, jazz, folk, and hip hop. Many, many bands, practice, concepts, compositions, and improvisations later Gregory lives in Dover, NH where he works with the original r&b group Moon Minion, and a collection of musical projects. Brian Canning, Drums Brittany Fecteau (La Babette Rouge), Piano, Sax DANCERS Lauren Burnham (Lola Coquette) Lola’s dance ambitions were sparked when her age was in the single digits. He first dance memory was of her older sister dressing her up and video taping her bopping around to L.L. Cool J. Although discouraged to take dance classes since it was not a “sport”, Lola’s dancing abilities were evolved by living in the cultural melting pot of Long Island, New York. Always wanting to be some ethnicity other than Caucasian, Lola enjoys salsa and Middle Eastern Dance. Ironically, Lola was inspired by the Americana style of dance, classic Burlesque. Lola taught herself to tassel twirl and joined the Amesbury Playhouse’s annual “Sweet Tease Burlesque”. At this time, Ms. Coquette (French translation: flirt) learned how to coyly remove her clothes and developed her specialty “Sex-a-tary Strip”. Permitted to personalize her specialty, Lola Coquette became the “classy stripper” seen today. Looking to further develop her character and to have a continuing outlet for her lingerie and rhinestone fetish, Lola sought out the very talented troupe famously named Iron Heart Circus. When she is not burlesquing, Lola likes to disregard her BS in Animal Science from the University of New Hampshire and work as a Radiology Assistant. In her spare time, she can be found reading, weight training and practicing Danse du ventre (literal French translation: dance of the stomach (a.k.a belly dance)) in her undergarments. Genevieve Cox (Gingerbeve) Genevieve holds a BA in English Literature with a Theater minor from Ohio University, an MA in Applied Social Research and a graduate certificate in Women's Studies from West Virginia University. Her dance training background includes elements of tap, jazz, ballet, modern, butoh, stilting, contact improv, and capoeira. She has been involved in over 40 theater and dance productions ranging from companies such as the Charleston Light Opera Guild in West Virginia to Ohio University to participation in dance festivals and performances in Portland, Oregon and San Francisco, CA. She is currently a PhD student in Sociology at the University of New Hampshire specializing in artist communities. Hannah Cooper (Nomanda Love) Hannah is a student at the University of New Hampshire with a biology major and pre-med focus. She began dancing at the age of two in South Berwick, ME and continued her dance career at Colorado College, Boston University, and UNH. Hannah primarily focuses in tap, jazz, and ballet dance, and this is her first burlesque experience. In addition to dancing, Hannah also is a waitress and bartender in a local restaurant, and also a volunteer at a nearby hospital. She also enjoys just about anything that would make her mother gasp or her father cringe (including helping out her older sister at joust shows by throwing around a lance or two). Hannah hopes to continue to dance her way through undergraduate school, grad school, and whatever comes after that! Courtney Chirstyne Ducharme (Tiffany Cocktail) Courtney started training in Jazz and Modern dance when she was five and has dappled in capoeira, tap and theatre dance. She is an alumni of New Hampshire Dance Institute and was a varsity cheerleader and gymnastics coach for four years, and is also a graduate of culinary school and a chef. Courtney loves dance, the human body and the emotions one can portray through movement. When not indulging her devious side, Emily is a studious graduate student at the University of New Hampshire. Already a Master of Science (a degree she finished in September), she is beginning her PhD in the Natural Resources & Earth Systems Science (NRESS) program. She studies fishery science and long-term marine ecosystem change. Before attending UNH, Emily received her Bachelor's degree from the University of California at San Diego in 2003. Following graduation, she worked for various field research projects across the country and abroad. She tracked Canada lynx in Yellowstone National Park, studied the effects of forest fires as a management tool and the abundance of river otters in Kentucky, and studied birds on the Big Island, Hawai'i and in Whitehouse, Jamaica.In 2006, she returned to her first love, the ocean, when she enrolled at UNH. Emily was born in Albuquerque, NM, and grew up in Park City, UT. In addition to fisheries, marine biology and ecology, Emily also enjoys horseback riding, swimming (preferably naked), backpacking, skiing, and vodka. She is also a practitioner of Ashtanga yoga at Dover Yoga and Yoga East in Portsmouth. Her practice is important to much of her life, not just on her yoga mat. In addition, she loves very tall mountains and wide open spaces, good friends and good food, dancing, driving too fast with the windows down and the radio up, going to sea, chocolate, and vodka. Jennifer Lake (Bubbly Chardonnay) Lulu Lemons What she lacks in professional dance training, Lulu Lemons makes up for with the many hours she has spent gracing stages all over the East Coast. Lulu Lemons lives in the Boston area where she is a teacher of the method developed by the late, great ballerina Lotte Berk. Lulu is a radical feminist and student of Women’s Studies at Lesley University in Cambridge, where she is currently completing a thesis on neo-burlesque and pro-sex feminism. She is also co-producing a documentary on neo-burlesque, which is currently in production. She spends as much time as she can on the beach in her home town of Ogunquit, Maine. She enjoys writing, playing the ukulele, and is rumored to own a gorilla suit. Amy Murphy (Wanda Lei-Me) Amy began dancing at the age of 3 when her mom had hoped that dance may help her klutziness. Unfortunately it didn’t, but it did spark a love for dance! Amy found that ballet & jazz-especially lyrical were what she thrived on. She studied in the Wells, ME area, also taking classes at many of the New England area dance companies. She danced with the First Class Dance Repertory Company and began teaching ballet & jazz to children & teens while in college. Amy has a Bachelors of Science in Nursing and has worked the last 11 years in labor, delivery, post-partum & pediatrics at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NH. Amy took time off from dancing to grow her own family and is so excited to be on the stage again. She is very excited to be exploring burlesque & helping to Save those Tatas! She lives in Wells with her husband Chad, son Jonathan, daughter Reese & son Riley (almost 3 yr old twins!), 3 dogs & 2 cats |
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