Rita is a static trapeze and chains artist who wants to take the audience into a world of fantasy and out of reality. She wants everyone, no matter what education or age, to enjoy a performance.
Since the age of seven, Rita has been training trapeze, and in the years 2019-2022 she was a student in NECCA's ProTrack Program.
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Rita grew up in a small rural town in Georgia that is composed of one stop sign! It is on her family’s beautiful, lush, farm where she dreamed of fantasies that only performing could provide. All the lights and excitement of watching performances filled her with joy, and she wanted to give people the same experience. She practiced aerials by herself in the massive oaks and poplars with the dream of becoming a circus performer! She began studying aerials at a nearby studio at the age of seven. Starting out with dance trapeze and fabric, she eventually began training static trapeze and fell in love with the apparatus. She became a student at Empyrean Arts in 2016 where she took lessons once a month and between lessons, she would return to the farm to train everyday, where her father built her a 22 foot rig on which to practice. At Empyrean Arts, she received coaching in static trapeze, lyra, and fabric and also took several contortion workshops with guest coaches. Over the summers, she took workshops and lessons in static trapeze with Aimee Hancock in Vermont. In 2019 she was accepted into the New England Center for Circus Arts Professional Track Program, where she is currently finishing her third year. Rita’s goal is to entertain audiences and take their minds off of their reality, even if it’s just for the length of a show.
Growing up in a rural area, yet training in a liberal arts community, she never really felt like she fit into any group. She felt a very large divide among people from different social statuses. Those who were not educated in new artistic standards found it hard to relate to some performances. As she grew up and saw how hard people’s lives were, Rita wanted to create performances that people of every socioeconomic area could enjoy. She believes art should be enjoyed no matter what education or income you have. If something is art, it should be visible to all people.
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