Alisa Mae

My name is Alisa and I perform and teach on straps, lyra, dance trapeze, silks, hammock, and harness. Creating character-driven aerial acts, I aim to impact the audience with both tricks and stories, ranging from gender-bending and political straps acts to aerial burlesque routines in a shrimp costume.

I have traveled the world performing as an aerialist/dancer for shows and companies including: NYC Circus Festival, France’s Got Talent, Company XIV, Royal Caribbean Productions, Broadway Bares, Six Flags, Cirque Dreams, The Box NYC, The Slipper Room, Duane Park, Red Pavilion, House of Yes, The Muse, Busch Gardens, Ouagadougou International Dance Festival, Studio 54, Paramount Hotel, Ailey Citigroup Theater, Joyce Soho, Danspace Project, Vassar College, La Mama, and the Spring of Culture Festival in Bahrain.

As a dancer, I have performed contemporary, modern, ballet, musical theater jazz, experimental dance-theater, and ballroom. I founded my own dance company, Fingerprints Projects, was the Resident Choreographer for Boxed Wine Productions, and was the Assistant Choreographer for Grounded Aerial. I danced for Racoco Productions, Timelapse Dance, and General Mischief Dance Theater.

My goal is to give you the shortcuts and tools I’ve learned over the years to fast-track your career as an aerial artist. I’ll help you level-up your straps skills with proven techniques, while encouraging you to push your creativity.

Using the knowledge I’ve gained through earning my BFAs in Dance and English from N.Y.U., taking multiple college-level anatomy courses, and being a NASM-certified personal trainer for five years, I will help you understand how to unlock your aerial potential efficiently, both through exercise science and creative coaching.

I have taught at Cirque Haus, Vital Climbing Gym, Body and Pole, and The Muse Brooklyn, and have watched my students launch aerial careers of their own. Maybe yours will be next!

See Alisa on Instagram @aerialalisa. Website Aerialisa.com