The Carpetbag Brigade
The Carpetbag Brigade is a touring physical theater company based in Oakland, California, best known for its breathtaking acrobatic stilt choreography. The Carpetbag Brigade will be long-term, featured performers at the 2007 Universal Forum of Cultures, an international event taking place in Monterrey, Mexico. 2 to 3 acrobatic stilt shows will be performed daily in Fundidora Park from september 20, 2007 to december 8, 2007.
History
The Carpetbag Brigade, directed by Jay Ruby and Kristen Greco, began in Arizona in 1998 and relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2004. Performing both indoors and outdoors, The Carpetbag Brigade is known for fostering a sense of psychic intimacy, poetic dialogue, and mythic imagery in its work. The company has evolved acrobatic stilt work to include pioneering new partnering techniques, and applied modern dance and physical theater forms to create socially reflective performances.
Current Carpetbag Members
- Jay Ruby
- Kristen Greco
- Varrick Grimes
- AnnaJo Doerr
- Shawn Lavoie
- Anson Smith
- Leslie Castellano
- Isabelle Kirouac
- Isabella Coehlo
- Daniel Davis
- Eric Arturo
- Osvaldo
- Emma Leek
- Aurelia Cohen