I am returning to the stage , after a two and half year, pandemic inflicted hiatus !!
Catch a performance of the laser ‘Stargasm / Light in Places’ at the ‘Haus of Mince’ in Sydney.
Sunday 17th July 2022.
Picture circa. 2005 by Perou
ZERO CENTRAL CIRCUS
And for my next conjuring trick ……
I am creating a new Mobile Aerial Circus School !!!
Zero Central Circus will provide a positive, inclusive, non-competitive environment where young people and adults, are able to gain skills that promote physical fitness, alongside mind body coordination.
Learning and training aerial skills is fun and challenging. Inverting, balancing, spinning, climbing and twizzling aids in the development of physical and emotional stamina, building trust and confidence in the individual.
Zero Central Circus is starting out as a mobile aerial school, providing access to this activity in places which would not usually be able to accommodate it. The mobile aerial rigs we are using are suitable for learning foundational and transitional style moves, with a focus on building strength, flexibility and good technique.
Zero Central Circus Website
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'Lockdown Video Rodeo'
I am hosting Watch Parties on Facebook !!
Screening some of my old performances in full length or a montage of related shorts.
Join us for a night in on the sofa !!
Join the ‘Lockdown Video Rodeo’ to watch in real time with a bunch of friends, or come back at anytime to watch the video’s on demand.
AERIAL & CABARET WORKSHOPS - SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Balance & Strength with Empress Stah
Saturday 15th February | 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Get ready to tackle all of your Balance & Strength focused moves in Empress Stah’s Aerial Hoop workshop on Saturday 15th February. Stah will take you through a fast paced, dynamic warm up to prepare your body for her packed program of skills and conditioning techniques for Inverting, Balancing and Power Moves.
You will work on various Inverting techniques such as the Pike, Straddle, Needle. Stah will also tackle your Front and Back Balances, Hip Holds and well as Toe and Heel Hangs. Strength based moves will also cover muscle engagement and correct technique for to prepare for power moves such as Meat Hooks, Skinners and Planches.
Some of the training will be in pairs, as we learn spot partners in certain moves. Please arrive focused, rested, full of nutrition and ready to activate full power.
Cost
$75 for a 1.5 hour workshop.
Pre-Requisites:
Must have graduated Pearls Lyra.
What to bring:
Grit and Determination
What to Wear:
Leotard and footless tights or leggings and tight top. Please don’t use moisturiser on your ankles and feet.
Saturday 15th February
4:00pm to 5:30pm
The Dollhouse Classroom
SKY SIRENS SURRY HILLS SYDNEY
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Act Creation with Empress Stah
Sunday 16th February | 4:00pm to 6:00pm
‘Aerial Performance in CabarART’ is a workshop in creating contemporary cabaret with an aerial performance woven into it. This class will work on a group act creation piece, that will teach the fundamentals of performance design. The piece will act as an example that students can apply to their own acts, adopting techniques and structure of conceptualisation, realisation and application.
More Information
The workshop will commence with a talk from Empress Stah, describing her work and what she means by CabarART. Stah will show a video of one of her more infamous acts, and talk about where the inspiration came from and how the ideas were built up to create the finished pieces.
A week before the workshop commences, Stah will give all students one musical track, that will form the centre piece of the act that we will collectively create. Students will be asked to listen to the track, think about what it means to them and how they might interpret it as part of a performance. Students will then take this inspiration and choose a piece of costume and a prop or two, that they would like to work with on the day.
Students will be covering specifically how to build an aerial routine into a cabaret performance that may also have ground based moments. It will incorporate character, narrative and flow, with focus on creating something original, memorable and bookable.
Empress Stah will touch on the implications of rigging in different venues, how to make the act adaptable and how to ensure it is safe.
The second part of the workshop will involve a physical warm up and taking the ideas onto the floor and into the air. The small class size will mean each student will get their ideas heard and feel part of the group devising process.
This workshop is intended to give students solid ideas around creating an original act, it’s not an aerial tricks workshop, nor should they expect to leave with a finished piece.
Cost
$120 for a 2 hour workshop.
Pre-Requisites:
Ability to mount and dismount the hoop and perform at least 3 moves in a sequence, can be any level of moves. Experience of performing cabaret not required.
What to bring:
A costume or a piece of costume and up to 3 props (if you have any, otherwise an idea/mood board), a note pad and pen or digital equivalent.
What to Wear:
Something suitable for doing a physical warm up, working on the hoop and your costume inspiration.
Sunday 16th February
4:00pm to 6:00pm
The Dollhouse Classroom
SKY SIRENS SURRY HILLS SYDNEY
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THERE'S ONLY ONE PEACH WITH A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE.
I am performing my Lazer Beamz in Peaches latest performance spectacular, There’s Only One Peach with a Hole in the Middle.
“To mark the 20-year stage anniversary of the musician and artist Peaches, the Summer Festival and the Kunstverein in Hamburg present different facets of the artistic universe of the queer feminist pop-ikon” - Kampnagel
Witness it alongside Drag Freak Christeene, in Hamburg, Germany,
15th - 17th August.
Tickets available from June on kampnagel.de or directly at Kunstverein
Be Astounded the Lazer Beamz have made it to the actual,
Royal Festival Hall in London !!
28th August - Tickets Here
‘A Prismatic intersection of Sex, Circus & Special Effects’ - The New York Times on the Lazer Beamz
Over the past 20 years, the musician and artist Peaches has created a comprehensive artistic oeuvre that focuses on music, performance and cross-media practices. She has made thousands of people dance in clubs with her electronic music, transgressively appropriating traditionally male-dominated genres such as rock, punk, heavy metal and rap. Her lyrics about social inequality, body images, gender equality and age read like postmodern poerty, and her concerts are highly explosive Gesamtkunstwerks, comprised of music, sound, fashion, visual- and live arts. Peaches is a master of the uncompromising popularization of the avant-garde and has, like this, implemented sex-positive feminism into the concert halls of this world.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of her stage debut, the Summer Festival is now showing the whole spectrum of her artistic universe: Peaches will open her first solo exhibition at the Kunstverein on August 9th; at KMH she will present three club nights; and with THERE'S ONLY ONE PEACH WITH THE HOLE IN THE MIDDLE, she creates a futuristic stage happening as a world premiere for the Summer Festival featuring 13 musicians, 10 performers and guests such as New York drag rapper Christeene and London-based aerial performer Empress Stah. Inspired by the variety shows of 1970s LGBTIQ* icons such as Bette Midler and Liza Minelli and with costumes by avant hair and fashion designer Charlie Le Mindu, Peaches catapults her vision of the past, present and future of queerfeminism onto the grand stage of the Kampnagel factory.
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DOWN UNDER CIRCUS - PERFORMANCES NOW IN LONDON !!
DOWN UNDER CIRCUS is a cabaret and sideshow explosion !!
Sunday 21st July is a Family Show with our Aerial Rig in the Back Garden at The Aeronaut in Acton !!
Yes we do family shows …. Suitable for Kids … Perfect for Parents.
The July edition is hosted by True Blue Aussie and Global Super Star, Dusty Limits !!! We have Bendini, who is an actual star of the latest Dumbo Film by Tim Burton, performing Contortion and Sword Swallowing, Jess Love of Le Soiree and Circus OZ fame spinning her Hula Hoops and Skipping Rop to the theme tune from Skippy, Suzie Smith in a Polka Dot Bikini performing Aerial Silks and Fire Poi and Empress Stah on an LED Aerial Hoop and Plate Spinning to Land Down Under !!
Set to a rockin’ Aussie soundtrack, the show features some of the world’s best Circus Artists, Drag Idols & Sideshow Freaks, doing their thing to songs from ACDC, Nick Cave, INXS, The Divinyls, Xanadu and more.
FACEBOOK EVENT - Join for Daily Updates
BUY TICKETS - 12pm - 5pm Tickets from £4 - £45
VENUE AND MENU - The Aeronaut in Acton has a menu of fantastic pub food and a great outdoor area !!
Produced by Zero Central
Aerial Chandelier @ Money 2020 Europe
I am going to come back and add to this post very soon, but for now I want to upload a sneak preview of an new act I performed at the world's largest fintech expo last week in Amsterdam's Equiviant of Earls Court.
Bringing some Love to the proceedings with Donna Summer and a new Gold Shinny Jumpsuit made by my gorgeous Graham Sugarlump Power.
Hannah Choose 2 of the songs I created news acts to, Money Money Money by Abba and Money Honey by Gaga and I choose I feel Love by Donna Summer.
" Empress Stah performed at our European event and we were really impressed with the flexibility and professionalism of her performance. Stah was open to music and costume suggestions before the event, and designed her performances to suit with the needs of the audience. The aerial acrobat performance added to the delegate experience and judging by the number of photos and videos taken by the attendees they really enjoyed it! "
Hannah Gribbin
Operations Manager, Money20/20 Europe
BOXING NIGHT @ ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
It's a Dinner, It's a Show, It's a Boxing Match !!
Taking my Laser Beamz to this pop up Restaurant come Theatre in the Swiss Alps !!
SPLORE FESTIVAL NEW ZEALAND
I had the honour and privilege of performing at Splore Festival in New Zealand this 2018 !!
I headlined the Living Lounge tent with performances of Stargasm & Nothing is Sin and was a highlight of the opening spectacle on the Main Stage with the Starship Trooper.
PRESS INTERVIEWS Here are a few links to interviews and articles that I did leading up to the event !!
PRIDE FESTIVAL AUCKLAND
Empress Stah headlining the Pride Party at the Q Theatre in Auckland 2018 !!
