Ever wonder what owner Carmen does?

By Carmen Curtis, Owner and Managing Director of The Aerial Studio
Founder and Creator of AiReal Yoga
Professional Aerialist
Harness specialist
Yogi and Mom to the two best kids in the world:)

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Ever wondered about who owns the studio or what I did before Gregg & I opened the studio?  

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I started out as a gymnast, and received a full ride scholarship to UCLA where we won the NCAA National Gymnastics Championship in 1997.  

While at UCLA I also trained to be a personal trainer and started taking yoga.

After college I moved to NYC to perform with the show De La Guarda. This led to me touring around the world. 

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De La Guarda was the thrilling off-Broadway aerial show Gregg and I both performed and toured with:

This was one of my fave acts to do:)

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After De LaGuarda, I co-founded AiRealistic, an aerial performance and rigging company. If you go to airealistic.com you'll see videos of our work. These are some of the pieces I have helped, create, develop and perform.  

- Andre Chenier Pastorelle was an opera in Austria
- Spinning Ring was also an act I developed for the Opera Andre Chenier in Austria
- Dancing with the Stars I performed in, awesome split screen of the aerial dancers and riggers. 
- LA Philharmonic

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Franco Dragone asked me to help create a new show for him,  Le Reve at the Wynn hotel in Las Vegas.

Le Reve, http://dragone.com/en/shows/le-reve#the-show

I was a part of the research and development of this show, helped create the aerial acts and was the dance captain and performer for many years. 

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These are just a few fun videos and images to get a sense of where aerial and acrobatics have taken me. Most recently I've recently finished production on MTV's new show Beyond Dance, so stay tuned!

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