Shoshana Bass grew up touring with her parents' puppet theater, Sandglass Theater. She began dancing at age 13 with styles including tap, jazz, ballet, modern, salsa and hip hop. As a freshman in high school she branched out to circus, beginning with flying trapeze and soon falling in love with many other aspects of circus as well. She has been an actress with the New England Youth Theater in Brattleboro, Vermont since age 11 and now teaches and choreographs as an alumni. She also danced with the Kunstplatte in Germany and 3 years ago discovered a passion in traditional cultural dance forms, which took her to Senegal to study Sabar and Djembe dance, as well as traditional indian dance, Kathak. She is currently continuing her studies Naropa University and is excited to join Frequent Flyers Productions in Boulder.

Valerie Claymore has been a dancer since 1980 and became an aerial dancer in 1996 with Frequent Flyers. She has had the pleasure of performing with Movement Laboratories, Lancaster Ballet, Boston Ballet, CU Dance Department, Boulder Ballet, Frequent Flyers Productions, Wellingon Circus Trust (faculty and board member, NZ), AeroTerra (director, NZ), and Empress Stiltdance (NZ). She has happily returned to Frequent Flyers Productions after a four-year hiatus in New Zealand. Her secret life as a scientist keeps her busy during the day, using stable isotopes to unlock the secrets of global climate change.

began long ago as a student in the Frequent Flyers low-flying trapeze classes. Upon discovering that she felt most grounded while in the air she refused to get off the equipment. She now teaches classes and performs with Frequent Flyers Productions. Miss Bedell has also performed with Art As Action, Aircat Aerial Arts and Bob Davidson.

Nicole Dagesse, dancer, is currently a graduate student in dance at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Nicole graduated summa cum laude from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a BFA in dance and BS in Environmental Science. Nicole was a dancer for Wire Monkey Dance of Holyoke, Massachusetts for five years, exploring the vertical dimensions of dance using mobile scaffolding. In Boston, Nicole was a member of BoSoma and Bennett Dance Company. This is Nicole's first exposure to aerial dance and is reveling in the joys of flight with Frequent Flyer Productions.

has been dancing with The Frequent Flyers for ten years. Her background in choreography and dance began at a very early age. She graduated with a BFA in dance from Ohio University in 1995. After moving to Colorado, she quickly fell in love with aerial dance. Angela is also a massage therapist and lives in the mountains with her husband and son.

is a dancer, aerialist, and performer originally from the Minneapolis, MN area. He has been performing for many years and has had the pleasure of working with and/or performing for wonderful people such as Mel Wong, David Gordon, Ping Chong, and many others. His early training was from the University of Minnesota. In 2007, he moved to Boulder to work with Frequent Flyers Productions, and is happy to call FFP and Colorado home.

Heather Gray is from the San Francisco Bay Area. She grew up training in jazz, tap and ballet and later moved to modern and hip-hop. While in California, Heather danced with Visual Rhythm, Phaze II, De Anza Dancers and Booftroop Dance Company. She moved to Boulder, Colorado to attend CU and is working on a BFA in Dance and a BA in Art History with plans to attend graduate school in the near future. Since coming to Boulder, she has been privileged to perform works by Rennie Harris, Onye Ozuzu, Gabriel Masson and Nancy Cranbourne. Heather currently dances with Evolving Doors Dance Project, Frequent Flyers Productions and is a contributing artist with Art as Action.

spent her childhood climbing fences, trees, balance beams and rooftops in Fresno, California. She earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in Kinesiology and Dance from the University of Colorado at Boulder where she graduated in 1999. Danielle is currently a certified Pilates Instructor and teaches at Pilates Aligned, Inc. in Denver, CO. She is fortunate enough to have studied and performed with David Dorfman Dance, Gabriel Masson, Boulder Ballet, Helander Dance/Theatre, Evolving Doors Dance, Hannah Kahn Dance, Kim Olson/Sweetedge Dance, Jennifer Fagan Archer/Ascential Dance, and Katie Elliott/3rd Law Dance/Theatre. This is her seventh year dancing, choreographing, and teaching with the Frequent Flyers and she looks forward to many more!

(Performer/ Choreographer/ Rehearsal Director) Darden joined the company in 2000 and she has been training, teaching, and performing with Frequent Flyers Productions ever since. When she's not swinging around in the air, she spends her time over at the CP+B factory herding very talented folks. She prefers pickles to ice cream and Fred Astaire to anyone who has ever been on So You Think You Can Dance.

Andrea Moon has been teaching playwriting and physical performance for over a decade. She spent fourteen years studying approaches to physical acting, ensemble performance creation and circus techniques with Pacific Performance Project. She started swinging with Frequent Flyers in 2007 to maintain her sanity while getting a PhD in theatre. She went up and just never came back down. When she’s not teaching for FFP she writes and directs plays, performs, teaches theatre at universities in the area and throws pots.

Previously dancing in NYC and working in an Environmental Science laboratory, Nicole is now pursuing a Master's in Dance at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She has danced with Interweave Dance Theater, Fred Benjamin Dance Company, Steps on Broadway Scholarship Ensemble, Liss Fain Dance, Moving Arts Dance Collective, as well as performed choreography by Susan Marshall, Robert Battle, Joe Goode, Rhonda Miller and Ginger Thatcher, among others. She is very excited to have the opportunity to fly for another season!

is the founder and artistic director of Boulder, Colorado, based Frequent Flyers Productions since its inception in 1988. Based in Boulder since 1985, she has taught low–flying trapeze and releasing technique around the US. Her work with Frequent Flyers Productions has been seen in Boston, New Orleans, Utah, San Francisco, Montreal, the Bahamas, and throughout Colorado. She has received numerous awards and honors including the 2007 Women Who Light the Community, 2005 Cutting Edge Award from the Colorado Dance Alliance, the Boulder County Pacesetters Award for Arts and Entertainment, a Neodata Endowment Fellowship in Dance, and the Arts Innovation Award from the Colorado Federation of the Arts. Along with co-author, Jayne Bernasconi, she has written the first book on Aerial Dance.

has been flying with Frequent Flyers for 2-1/2 years now. She's had the absolute pleasure of spinning as a vampire, dancing with crutches, and even being stuffed in a baker's shelf! A graduate of CU Boulder, Kim now performs and manages at Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret in Denver.

is co-director of ELGY productions, a multi-discipline company that focuses on original video, dance and music compositions. Lynda received her MFA in Performance, Choreography and Teaching from the University of Colorado in 2003. She has performed with a variety of Colorado dance companies; Evolving Doors Dance Project, Interweave Dance Theater, 3rd Law Dance/Theater and Helander Dance Theater. She is currently also performing with kimolson/sweetedge. Her love of modern dance, contact improvisation and release has blossomed under the instruction of and performances by Kim Olson, Gabe Masson, David Capps, Onye Ozuzu, Toby Hankin, Taryn Packheiser, Wade Madsen, Nancy Cranbourne and Michelle Ellsworth. She is a certified massage therapist, business owner, sculptor, videographer, burlesque dancer and clothing designer. This is Lynda's first season with the Frequent Flyers and her head is spinning joyously with the experience.