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Ari

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About Me

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Ari is currently living and working in London. He trains regularly at The Circus Space of which he is a member and is performing throughout the U.K and Europe.


An aerial circus performer who makes Magic with inspirational and edgey performance both as a solo artist and with various groups. He collaborates with various talented performers from Australia and Europe performing for corporate events, clubs and festivals. With years of performance and worldwide travels he creates innovative and exciting performance for audiences over the world using physical skill, costume, sound and light.


Ari has performed for the past 11 years, captivating audiences throughout Australia, Asia and Europe. With skills ranging from harness work, fire dance, pole dance to the aerial circus arts; aerial silk, spanish web, corde lisse, static trapeze and aerial ring, his style moves from traditional to radical. He is also a member of Norway..s Fabulous Circus Ensemble, Cirkus Kha-oom!.


Highlights: Performing for events such as the Glastonbury Festival in the UK, Edinburgh Fringe Festival Scotland, the Storas, Moon Festivals and Jessheim live evening concert series in Norway, at festivals throughout Australia and at the grand opening of the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong. He has also dazzled audiences at events for major international corporations including MTV, IBM, Motorola, Coca Cola and Sony to name a few.


Other than solo projects with his own company, Circus Supernatural, Ari has worked with Australia..s Webber Brothers Circus, Norway..s Cirkus Kha-oom and Brasirkus and also regularly with The Sydney Aerial Theatre Association and Australian Theatre for Young People.Being an accomplished private tutor and teacher, Ari was recently invited by The Flying Fruit Fly Circus as guest aerial teacher for The 2007 National Youth Training Project. He teaches regularly with Aerialize, (Sydney Aerial Theatre) and Australian Theatre for Young People, teaching skills in aerial arts, mini-tramp, acro-balance and building performance skills for children aged 5-14yrs and advanced aerial skills to adults. He has also worked in a range of other settings varying from teaching underprivileged children in remote areas of Australia, to working in schools in Sydney and Oslo.Ari has appeared in feature films, short films, radio interviews, television commercials, editorial campaigns and in photographic exhibitions worldwide.World domination is next!.. MySpace Layouts......Ari is also a trained Tarot Reader who started the journey with tarot Cards at the age of 13. At 23 he studied with Ly de Angeles, 'Queen of Tarot' in Byron Bay, Australia. (www.myspace.com/lydeangeles)
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My Interests

The Earth, Stars, Planets, Stone circles, Forests, Oceans, Mountains, Rivers etc... Music, Magic, Martial Arts, Mystery....


Being happy, living life, making money and working.


I'd like to meet:

I know myspace is full of friend requests but Id like to meet people I can work with all over the world, ie: other aerialists/performers, also event co-ordinators and agencies.Im also interested in working with musicians for live concerts and music videos....And anyone that may have a job for me! Or who is HOT!Or may want there cards read!




Music:

Curve, Sheila Chandra, Tori Amos, Miss Kitten, Mazzy Star, Har Mar superstar, Goldfrapp, Marilyn Manson, Josh Rouse, Chemical Brothers, Jeff Buckley, Gary Numan, Nina Hagen, KMFDM, The Cult, Rufus Wainwright, Royksopp, Peaches, Edie Brickell......violins, cello, piano, electronica, drums, celtic, world.... anything that makes me dance/cry or get goosebumps!

Movies:

Me doing spanish web... Some snippets...Me doing aerial ring! some snippets...Me doing Aerial Silk / Tissu...thats right, more snippetsMy earlier showreel from 2003...

Television:

E!.Heroes. Medium. Supernatural

Books:

Peices of paper with words on them bound together. Yes! I read them! .... Charles de lint, Manda Scott, Ly de Angeles, Sheri S Tepper, Stephen Lawhead, Carlos Castenada.....AmazingAri does Poseidon king of sea 2004

Heroes:

Superman, Thor

My Blog

driian - www.driian.blogspot.com

LOST CITY by Driian
Posted by Ari on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 05:19:00 PST

New Art by Amazing Artists

Some brilliant work by French Artist Driian - So magical and dreamlike.... Im speachless. And also by another Artist in Brazil who is affectionately known as Jungleman - Brilliant and also very talent...
Posted by Ari on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:26:00 PST

Aerial Sequence I choreographed

The music video I choreographed the Aerial sequence for has finally come out. Jolin Tsai is Asias number 1 recording artist and is lovely to work with.Here is the link to the video... the aerial is ab...
Posted by Ari on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:51:00 PST

Circus - Soho Revue Bar

Performed at Circus on friday night...club was packed, the tunes by Jodie Harsh were hot, the crowd was styling and my show was saucy.A fun night had by all....
Posted by Ari on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 02:18:00 PST

Aerial Pics

Some new aerial pics from my recent trip to Belfast Community Circus.Thought I would make the most of the black silk and white wall.More to come soon...
Posted by Ari on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:07:00 PST

Spirit of Life

My blood is the tree, my mind is the sword.My heart is the grail, my strength is the word.My soul is the fire that awakens the seed.My eyes are the light of all suns free.My body is the earth, the tem...
Posted by Ari on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:37:00 PST

Remember Me

Remember me I am a thing of fur and horn and hoof, of scent and wild and free. I am a thing of man and magic and blood sap from a tree. I am a thing of water and soil, emerging as seasons from the...
Posted by Ari on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:52:00 PST

Road trip - Ireland

Just returned to Dublin after driving over 1000 km all over Ireland and Northern Ireland. Was my mission to visit some amazing ancient places including stone cirlces and burial mounds and anything tha...
Posted by Ari on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:36:00 PST

Circus - Soho Revue Bar London

Was invited to perform at Circus- Soho Revue Bar last friday. Was a great crowd and great music. They responded well to my show and my friends and I had a really good and slightly drunken time.The pic...
Posted by Ari on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:20:00 PST

Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Here are some pics from my recent visit to Edinburgh Scotland where i performed as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Vaudeville Cabaret Club. Was really happy with the show response and it was a great oppo...
Posted by Ari on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:57:00 PST