circus artist, acrobat, aerialist
NATALIE ABELL
Specialty Acts Available: Vertical Rope, Hand Balancing, Hula Hooping (solo and duo)
Additional Ground Skills Include: Tumbling, Partner/Group Acrobatics, Clowning/Character work, Table sliding, Acrobatic Chair, Basic Ball and Club Juggling
Additional Aerial Skills Include: Aerial Silks, Aerial Straps, Cloud Swing, Static Trapeze
Sports: Gymnastics (uneven bars, floor, balance beam, vault), Swimming, Cheerleading, Roller Skating, Inline Trick Skating, Track and Field (sprinting, long jump, hurdles, shot put and discus), Softball, Rock Climbing (indoor and outdoor), Swimming, Volleyball
Athletic Skills
2010 - present
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Music: Recording Artist Singing credits, Music Studio Production
Other: Mechanical Engineering, Apparatus Exploration and Invention
PERFORMANCE Experience
2010 - present
2022
Unbridled Cabaret - Chicago - Hula Hoop
Absinthe Minded - Chicago - Hand Balancing
Drifter - Chicago - Hula Hoop
Viva Fest - Las Vegas - Hula Hoop
Ghost Light Odyssey - GLO - Las Vegas - Hula Hoop
Cirque Olympia - Texas Renaissance Festival - Houston - Hula Hoop, Hand Balance, Aerial Silks
Corporate Performance - Main Electric - Los Angeles - LED Hula Hoop
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2021
M is for Magic - Las Vegas - Magician's Assistant, Hula Hoop
Atomic Circus - Chicago - Acrobatics, Hula Hoop, Yodelling
Elf on the Shelf Experience - Los Angeles - Hula Hoop, Acrobatics, Juggling, Tumbling
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2020
Sanctuary in Place - Online Performance April 2020 - Hand Balancing
Sanctuary - Chicago - Hand Balaning, Partner Acrobatics
Unbridled Cabaret - Chicago - Hand Balancing, Partner Acrobatics
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2019
BRAVE SPACE - Marché International de Cirque Contemporain (MICC) - Montreal Cirque Festival - Representing Aloft Circus Arts
BRAVE SPACE - Rochester Fringe Festival - Full Length Show - Hula Hoop, Hand Balancing, Acrobatics, Rope
BRAVE SPACE - Arts in the Park - Chicago - Hula Hoop, Hand Balancing, Acrobatics, Rope
BRAVE SPACE - Summer West Coast Tour - Hula Hoop, Hand Balancing, Acrobatics, Rope
BRAVE SPACE - Spring Midwest Tour - Hula Hoop, Hand Balancing, Acrobatics, Rope
GenCon - Indianapolis - Partner Acrobatics
Sanctuary - Hand Balaning, Aerial Rope, Invented Apparatus
Unbridled Cabaret - Chicago - Hand Balancing, Partner Acrobatics
Columbia Fest - Chicago - Aerial Silks
Mysteriousa - Chicago - Silks, Hand Balancing
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2018
Hysterical by Alter Circus - NECCA Residendy - Full length show: Ensemble, Dance, Hand Balancing, Acro, Hula Hoops
Lollapalooza Music Festival - Chicago - Hand Balancing, Character
Hendricks Gin - Chicago - Hand Balancing, Character
GenCon - Indianapolis - Hand Balancing, Rope
IndianaComicCon - Indianapolis - Hand Balancing
Zoo Lights - Lincoln Park Zoo - Chicago - Hula Hoops, Hand Balancing
12 Hour Project - Chicago - Director
Unbridled Cabaret - Chicago - Hand Balancing, Parnter Acrobatics
Sanctuary - Chicago - Partner Acrobatics, Hand Balancing, Rope
Communion - Chicago - Hand Balancing, Rope, Hula Hoop
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2017
A Fool's Journey - Misfit Circus - Co-owner, Producer, Played tarot card "Strength" - Rope, Partner Acrobatics, Hand Balancing, Singer
Moment of Circus Festival - "1,2" A Featured Collaboration with Yuri Lane - Beatbox, Acrobatics, Hula Hoop
Moment of Circus Festival - "Rope Battle" - Luchador style match, best tricks & most flare wins - Division Winner - Featuring Terry Cran & Emiliano Ron
DIRTT - Chicago Theater - Aloft Circus Arts - Teeter Board, Rope, Hand Balancing, Hula Hoop
Sanctuary - Aloft Circus Arts - Chicago IL - Hand Balancing, Rope, Singing
Haunted a Halloween Experience - Chicago, IL - Hand Balancing, Contortion, Character
AI After Dark - Acrobatica Infiniti - Chicago, IL - Partner Acrobatics, Hand Balancing
Misfits at Kelvyn Park - Chicago Park District - Hand Balancing
El Circo Cheapo Cabaret in The Little Apple - Manhattan, KS - Hand Balancing, Rope
Le Nue with Michelle L'amour - Chicago, IL - Hand Balancing
Inferno with Michelle L'amour - Chicago, IL - Partner Acrobatics
NYE Uncensored with Michelle L'amour - Chicago, IL - Partner Acrobatics
Carnivale Corporate Party - Chicago, IL - Flat Lyra Duo
Unbridled Cabaret at Untitled - Chicago, IL - Hand Balancing, Partner Acrobatics
The English Beat at Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL - Hand Balancing
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2016
Sephira - Full Length show - Detroit, MI - Hula Hooping, Duo Lyra, Group Acrobatics, Dance
Dinner of Our Discontent - Circus Now: International Contemporary Circus Exposure - New York, NY - Aerial Cage, Table Slide, Acrobatics
Atlanta Aerial Arts Festival - Atlanta, GA - Aerial Cage duo
Adler After Dark - Hand Balancing
The Greatest Promise on Earth - Milwaukee, WI - Vertical Rope
El Circo Cheapo Cabaret - Aerial Cage duo
El CIrco Cheapo Cabaret - Trident (Invented Apparatus)
El Circo Cheapo Cabaret - Hula Hoops
Acrobatica Ininiti After Dark - Clown
Acrobatica Ininiti After Dark - Hand Balancing
Heels Over Head at Improv Olympic - Hand Balancing
For the Love of Chocolate - Hand Balancing & Hula Hoops
Aloft Cabaret at Purina Farms - St Louis, MO - Hula Hoops & Vertical Rope
Acrobatica Infiniti Cabaret for American Express - Clown & Hula Hoops
2015
Hi Res Artist Residency Program & Grant - Chosen Finalist - Director & Artist
Ballet Legere presents The Nutcracker - Tumbling & Dance
Fashionably Loud Fashion Show - Vertical Rope
Unbridaled at Untitled - Acrobatic Chair
Nightmare on Chicago Street - Vertical Rope
The Nerd Circus Gala - Acrobatica Infiniti - Vertical Rope
Park 205 Grand Opening Event - Ambient Hand Balancing & Hula Hooping
Chicago Contemporary Circus Festival Works in Progress Showcase - Trident (Invented Apparatus)
We Are Cosplay Chi Fi - Hula Hoops
C2E2 - McCormick Place - Hula Hoops
El Circo Cheapo Cabaret - Vertical Rope
Laguiniats Beer Circus - Stilt Walking
Ms. Pixy’s Big Fucking Party - Uptown Underground - Hula Hoops
Embark Gala - Hula Hoops
Circus Smirkus Showcase - Vertical Rope & Partner Hula Hooping
Untitled Cabaret - Acrobatic Chair
Fulton Street Collective Fundraiser - Partner Acrobatics
2014
Dinner of our Discontent - Cloud Swing, Acrobatics, Table Slide
Adler PlanetariumWinter Wonderland - Hand Balancing, Stilt Walking, Flexibility
El Circo Cheapo Cabaret - Trident (Invented Apparatus)
Fulton Fest - Aerial Rope - Representing Aloft Circus Arts
Circus Circus New Year - Human Candelabra, Flexibility
Circus Extravaganza!: A Hope of the Day Benefit - Flexibility, Hand Balancing
Wing Dings 36 "Light Up the Lake" - Group Acrobatics, Synchronized Aerial Silks
Solar Vortex - Trident, Group Acrobatics, Dance, Juggling, Hula Hooping
El Circo Cheapo Cabaret - Aerial Silk Trio
El Circo Cheapo Cabaret - Aerial Rope
2013 & Earlier
El Circo Cheapo Cabaret - Aerial Rope - Aloft Circus Arts
The Gross Show: a Benefit for Aloft Circus Arts - Aerial Rope, Character - 10/2013
Aloft Showcase - Aerial Rope - Aloft Circus Arts - 10/2013
Pocketbook Guide to Hell - Hand Balancing, Hula Hoop, Walkabout - Salvage One - 06/2013
Ethereal Ball - Aerial Rope, Static Trapeze - 04/2013
The Feast - Aerial Silks - Darkmoon - Fort Wayne, IN - 10/2012
Aloft Showcase - Aerial Silks - Aloft Circus Arts - 05/2011
Aloft Loft - Adult Recreation - Rope, Silks, Tumbling, Hula Hooping, Acrobatics and Hand Balancing, 2013 - present
Aloft Loft - Adult Professional Program - Rope, Tumbling, Acrobatics, 2015 - present
Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour - Children's Summer Camp - Rope, Hula Hooping, Summer 2016
Circus Smirkus Camp - Children's Summer Camp - Acrobatics, Duo Rope, Hula Hooping, Hand Balancing, Summer 2015, 2016
Instruction
Training
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Private Training:
Vertical Rope with Shayna Swanson, 2011 - 2014
Hand Balancing with Nourbol Meirmanov, 2014 - 2016
Hand Balancing with Charlotte Greenblatt, 2015 - 2017
Contortion and Partner Contortion Acrobatics with Oyuna, 2013 - present
Group Training:
Aloft Loft Full Time Training Program - August 2013 to June 2014
Intensive aerial and acrobatic training with emphasis in rope, hand balancing, hula hooping, acrobatics, composition, dance, and physical improvisation. Coaches: Shayna Swanson, Matt Roben, Jan Damm, Leah Leor, Nourbol Meirmonov
Recreational Group Circus Classes - 2010-2013 - Aloft Loft - aerial silks, rope, flexibility, and acrobatics
Competitive Swimming specializing in butterfly, freestyle and 200IM
Competative Gymnastics - Wright’s Gymnastics, Indianapolis, IN - USGA Level 8
Ballet & Modern Dance Classes - 2014-present