Shoshana Bass grew up touring internationally with her parents' puppet theater, Sandglass Theater. She began dancing at age 13 with styles including tap, jazz, ballet, modern, and salsa. As a freshman in high school she branched out to circus at the New England Center for Circus Arts, 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 has a deep 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 recently graduated with a degree in Interdisciplinary studies: performing arts, peace studies and tai chi from Naropa University, which instilled her with a faith in the cultivation of creativity for social action, cultural exchange and transformation. In Boulder she teaches and performs with Frequent Flyers Productions and the Salsako dance company.

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.

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!

Previously dancing in NYC and working in an Environmental Science laboratory, Nicole moved to Boulder to complete an MFA in Dance/Interdisciplinary Performance. 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. Ever since wandering in a FFP Low-Flying Trapeze class in 2005, she's been hooked on flying!

Josh Rigo has had a love for the arts his whole life. He started performing at the age of 10, singing in choirs, and performing in plays and musicals. He started studying circus arts when his high school took on the musical 'Barnum' his sophomore year. He continued his training once the musical ended, specializing in dance trapeze and aerial fabric. In the summer of 2008, he received a scholarship to study fabric at Frequent Flyers'Aerial Dance Festival. His love of being in the air then brought him to Brattleboro, Vermont, where he completed the Professional Training Program at the New England Center for Circus Arts. Along with singing, acting, and aerial dance, Josh enjoys following other passions including song composition, comedy improv, piano, and dance. This is Josh's first year performing and teaching for Frequent Flyers Productions.

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.

has been dancing with Frequent Flyers now for almost three years and her only answer to the question, "What is your favorite apparatus" is still "All of them." She received her MFA in Performance, Choreography and Teaching from the University of Colorado in 2003. She has performed nationally and internationally with a variety of companies and artists; kimolson/sweetedge, Michelle Ellsworth, Evolving Doors Dance Project, Gabriel Masson, Interweave Dance Theater, 3rd Law Dance/Theater, Taryn Packheiser, Onye Ozuzu, David Capps and Helander Dance Theater. She is a certified massage therapist, business owner, sculptor, videographer, burlesque dancer, clothing designer and also Co-produces the Ten10 Performance and Art Gallery in Denver.