About
Hello, hello! Namaste. Allow me to introduce myself:
So my name is Asraiya and I live to dance but my body wasn't built to professionally do ballet so I did acrobatics and cheerleading instead in my early teens then discovered I'm a natural at acting which became my major pursuit when I went to college. After 4 years of focus on theatre I became less than inspired as it artistically limited me to pre-determined scripted characters interpreted through the vision of a director and I wanted more expression than that and determined I wasn't being taught that. I also discovered that all my superiors as a Starbucks barista had worthless art degrees and I was recommended for promotion without one so I decided to earn money instead of pay more and spend a year or two reconsidering how the world works and hoped I'd find a middle line between passion and occupation. Never really did.... lol
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Yes, I took a vow of poverty and passion won the day I found the circus troupe called 'The Ever-changing Festival of Now' based at Evergreen State College which I immediately up and ran away with becoming a clown, stilt walker, fire dancer, and choreographer in 1997. The Now didn't last long so I moved on but remained committed to the calling so Burning Man would be where I belonged. First year there I met and formed the fire troupe MagmaVox in Seattle who went on to inspire the eventual creation of Circus Contraption but not by me, I moved to San Francisco in 99 and eventually worked for Burning Man LLC and performed quite a bit solo, or with bands, as well as the Mystic Family Circus.
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At this point I'm name dropping because you already know my life story since I'm sure you're living it (work + art + relationships x repeat x infinity) so I'll conclude with a list but be sure to remember the last one because that one is mine and not one I joined so it is my instrument of investing in myself for my art and describes precisely my intentions ~ PURE Cirkus, Spinergy Arts, AraKus Productions, Super Geek League, SSP, Wreckless Freeks, and Heartsinspyre Entertainment.
Light your Heart on Fire!