For Zita

New mix tape; revisiting the music I’ve performed to as Zita the Aerialist. http://neevita.net/performance-gallery/ http://neevita.net/category/events/ Thank you, Zita. You saved my life. (if player doesn’t load, please install/update flash) http://journal.neevita.net/mp3mixs/ForZita/Embodied.mp3 | titles=SILKS 2008: The Obsidian Show 2008 – Maurice Chevalier and Lisa Gerrard,DOUBLES TRAPEZE 2006: Chimera featuring Beverly Rose – Massive Attack: Live With Me,SLING… Continue reading For Zita

Full Circle Zita

My signature (nude) aerial silks piece started as a homage to sexual relationship, to not giving up on loving someone, even when you get bucked off. The act began as a physical illustration of the struggle to shed the defenses that bind us, finding strength in being vulnerable, and how sex can contribute to the… Continue reading Full Circle Zita

For the love of

What happens when an overworked artist gives herself food poisoning a few days before the gig that she’d planned to rehearse primarily in the days leading up to the event? Well, it means that you do all the rehearsal you’d planned in the afternoon before the evening gig – and this is what it looks… Continue reading For the love of

When I was just a little girl…

Want to help me flesh out some specifics from a scene in my newest show? Please respond with what immediately comes to mind when presented with the phrase “Inner Child”. Mine was: Inconvenient asshole.

Rise

When I was contemplating what I might call the most recent incarnation of my signature aerial act, (“Zita Begins” doesn’t really fit, now that I simply perform as myself without a persona) I thought about what the act represents for me at its core more than anything. These are the things I realized (and a… Continue reading Rise

Mirror

I’m slowly preparing for my performance on Friday, and been thinking about my act a lot. How it’s matured and shifted over the years, mostly in subtle and internal ways that only I have really noticed. How rarely I perform it and why that’s how it should be. How differently I view and judge my… Continue reading Mirror

The Mask

My choreography for my (public, and for charity) performance on the 22nd is basically already written, and basically always was. Though I haven’t had the chance to perform my favorite act very often, I know it like the curve of my own hip. I also know whatever changes I do make, or whatever snafu’s happen… Continue reading The Mask

Red Room Masquerade: Feb 22, 2013

[singlepic id=2006 w=240 float=left]What: I’m performing my signature aerial act on red silks. When: February 22 at 8:00pm Where: EM Fine Arts in Seattle, Washington, 410 Dexter Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109 Why: Fundraising for the Center for Sex Positive Culture How: $25 general admission $50 VIP The Foundation for Sex Positive Culture Board of… Continue reading Red Room Masquerade: Feb 22, 2013