About Janelle

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PERFORMANCE RESUME

Performance Experience (recent):  

September 2022 - St John’s International Circus Festival

  • To Wonder - Aerial Hoop

January, 2022 - Rocky Horror Circus Show - Vespertine Circus

  • Brad Majors- Duo Contortion, Duo Aerial Silks, Aerial Hoop, Physical Theater

August 2021 - Phantom Circus

  • Ain’t No Sunshine - Aerial Hoop

  • Baralku - Contortion

May 2021 - Quark Circus

  • Original Score - Contortion

August 2020 - Vespertine x BOOMEO - The Vespertine Circus

  • Piece of Your Heart - Contortion

July 2020 - Vespertine x Shayna - The Vespertine Circus

  • It Sometimes Snows in April - Contortion

June 2020 - Vespertine x UnWoman - The Vespertine Circus

  • You Don’t Own Me - Site specific contortion

May 2020 - Sanctuary in Place - Aloft

  • The Ugly In Between - site specific contortion

February 2020 - High Tide - The Vespertine Circus

  • Lake Monster - Solo Aerial Hoop

  • Octopus - Solo Contortion

  • Sailor - Ensemble dance, acrobatics and theater

December 2019 - The Cicrus Nutcracker -MOTH Contemporary Circus Center

  • Waltz of the flowers- Ensemble Aerial Silk

April 2019 - Alice In Wonderland - Ballet Wyoming

  • Cheshire Cat - Contortion

March 2019 - Circus Alice in Wonderland (season 2) - MOTH Contemporary Circus Center

  • The Lori - Ensemble Acrobatics

  • A Rose - Duo Aerial Ladder

January 2019 No Graves No Masters - The Vespertine Circus

  • Shoe-eating zombie - Aerial Hoop

  • Shoe-eating zombie - Contortion

November 2018 The Circus Nutcracker - MOTH Contemporary Circus Center

  • Angel Doll - Aerial Hoop

  • Chinese Tea - Contortion

June 2018 The Luther Vandross Experience (Tribute Tour) - Gainesville Circus Center

  • Duo dance and Partner Acro

  • Aerial Rope Solo

  • Contortion Solo

  • Duo Aerial Hoop

May 2018, Circus Alice In Wonderland - MOTH Contemporary Circus

  • Bill the Lizard - Aerial Rope

  • Ensemble

March 2018, The Phantom Circus

  • Contortion Solo

  • Rope and Spanish Web

December 2017, The Circus Nutcracker - MOTH Contemporary Circus

  • Arabian Coffee - Contortion on Aerial Rope

  • #winemom - Character Acting

October 2017, Worst Witches Cabaret - Queers and Femmes

  • Zombie Contortion

October 2017, Ascend Scratch Show- Ascend Aerial Arts

  • Dance/handbalancing

  • Duo Aerial Hoop

  • Audience interaction

September 2017, Rocky Horror Circus Show - Vespertine Circus

  • Brad Majors (Asshole!) - Contortion and Aerial Hoop

October 2016, Rocky Horror Circus Show – Vespertine

  • Brad Majors - Contortion and Aerial Hoop


  • October 2016, Ascend Scratch Show – Ascend Aerial Arts

  • Duo Aerial Hoop feature act

August 2016, Midsummer Night’s Dream – Vespertine Circus

  • Fair Hermia

  • Adapted Shakespeare – silent acting

  • Contortion Ensemble

  • Aerial Hoop solo

  • Ensemble

July 2016, Two Houses – Vespertine Circus

  • Adapted Shakespeare character (house of Capulet)

  • Aerial silk ambient sets

April 2016, Silks and Strings

  • Aerial Silk Improvisation

  • Experimental music/performance event

March 2016 – Seducion Feroce

  • Contortion feature act

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COACHING RESUME

Teaching and Program Management Experience:

March 2020 - Present - Private virtual flexibility, contortion, and act development lessons and group classes

January 2019 - March 2020 - MOTH Contemporary Circus Center Denver CO - Education Director

November 2017 - January, 2019 - MOTH Contemporary Circus Center Denver, CO - Instructor

December 2017 - March 2020 - Iluminar Aerial Broomfield CO - Instructor

January 2014- November 2017 - Ascend Aerial Arts San Carlos CA - Aerial program lead instructor/manager

Summer 2017 – Kinetic Arts Center, Oakland CA.

Summer Camp Director and Coach (Sky High Aerial Camp and Circus Skills Camp).

2015 – November 2017 - Aerial Artique – San Francisco CA.

Substitute teacher, and guest instructor.

2013- 2015 – Poletential, Redwood City CA - Instructor