AERIAL:
Ariyana La Fey is a classically trained dancer and a shameless performer. Her love of dance has cast a wide net, and when she is not aloft in the aerial tissu, you might find her performing burlesque upon the stage, go-go dancing on a box, or even waltzing the night away.  Ariyana La Fey is a member of the Hubba Hubba Revue and the PEERS Flying Circus, as well as the go-go troupe Poor Impulse Control.

Hannah Griffith has been training and performing aerial circus arts since 2006. She toured for 9 months as an aerial showgirl in 2006 and has been performing on Aerial Tissu since 2007. In addition to tissu, she is currently training on the Swinging Trapeze at the SF Circus Center. Hannah has a background in dance and is also a CMT and a Certified Hatha Yoga Teacher.

Oliver K. Pavick: Training in the performing arts of Fire, Acrobatics, Dance, Rope Climbing, Lyra, and Silks, Oliver K. Pavick has dedicated many years of his life to his skills and technique. Continuing his adventure he strives to create new pieces of work with the help from the people around him.

Sasha Harrington & Oliver K. Pavick: Loving life in the Circus world, these two decided to join forces to play on a hoop together, Sasha Harrington and Oliver K. Pavick combine both grace and strength to an Aerial Hoop.

BDSM:
Selina Raven and Family: Selina Raven has been plying her trade as a professional Domina in the San Francisco Bay Area for well over a decade. Her love affair with the City by the Bay was finally reciprocated in 2007, when the San Francisco Bay Guardian awarded her with the title of “Best Dang Dominatrix” as part of their Best of the Bay awards. Selina has had many remarkable mentors during her tenure as a top, most notably Sybil Holiday and Cleo DuBois. Selina has been a member of the faculty of Cleo DuBois’ Academy of SM Arts since 2004, specializing in teaching the fine art of whipping and impact play. She’s also a beloved guest speaker at UC Berkeley’s Female Sexuality Program. Selina has been lucky enough to follow her bliss, and revels in guiding others through their explorations with BDSM.

BELLY DANCE:
Tansy has been charming snakes and audiences since 1995.  She was a founding member of Troupe Kashar, appearing in many years of Tribal Fest, Rakkasah, the Living Goddess Dance-Theater, and assorted other festivals and private events.  These days her serpents are her main dance partners, with whom she performs at various restaurants and events, and as part of the strange and wonderful Boiler Bar Theater.

BURLESQUE:
Ariyana La Fey is a classically trained dancer and a shameless performer. Her love of dance has cast a wide net, and when she is not aloft in the aerial tissu, you might find her performing burlesque upon the stage, go-go dancing on a box, or even waltzing the night away.  Ariyana La Fey is a member of the Hubba Hubba Revue and the PEERS Flying Circus, as well as the go-go troupe Poor Impulse Control.

St James Infirmary’s own Ginger Virago has been featured in Big Butt magazine, The pilot of “Hustler ” the series( A you tube exclusive) is a former member of San Francisco’s Fat Bottom Revue and is a regular on the website Busty Baby Dolls dot com among others. most recently her image can be found both in the pages of Lenard Nimoy’s Full Body project: Portraits of beauty in XXL and by internationally known Ruben Esq’s yearly sketchbook of plus size beauties, immortalizing her in pen on paper for a lifetime.

Dottie Lux of Red Hots Burlesque

DRAG:
Be Be Sweetbriar
Snatch
Suppositori Spelling

FIRE DANCE:
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Copper Lantern Fire Theatre (Oliver, Bridget, Alysia, Morgan, Shaina, KT)has entertained audiences throughout North America and overseas with a stylized fusion of acrobatic fire performance, custom flame effects, and live chamber and electronic music. Founded in 2004, Copper Lantern is a 15-strong company of performers, musicians and crew who lovingly combine their diverse training in circus and movements arts to bring innovative productions to the stage.

Meco: Since being dropped into California in 2002, from the strange alien planet that is Southern West Virginia, this small town girl has been wallowing and engrossing herself in the San Francisco dance and music scene.  Bureaucrat by day, teacher by night, and dazzling Fire Mistress on any given weekend, Meco can be found shaking her ample booty with her fire and light toys anywhere in this fine city that can offer her delicious, soulful, sultry beats… as well as a fire permit to burn it down!

Ruby Sparks is a gem of a gal with many facets to her. She believes in living life the fullest and pushing her limits. This has led her to acquire talents as a power tool tamer, fire enchantress, broken glass wrestler, and Tahitian dancer.  She has been demonstrating her talents as a performer and model since 1999 all over the Bay Area and U.S.

PERFORMANCE ART:
Kirk Read is the author of “How I Learned to Snap” and cohosts the open mics Smack Dab and K’vetsh. He’s toured with the Sex Workers Art Show and created the show “This is the Thing.” He’s worked at St. James Infirmary as an HIV counselor, phlebotomist and volunteer coordinator.

Sadie Lune is a multi-media artist, absurdist, sex worker and pleasure activist. She is currently working on a book and a performance show, both projects with the title “WhoreLover”. “WhoreLover” is  an anthology of essays written by the personal partners of sex workers, and “Whore Lover: Sex Workers Queering Love” features performance and video exploring love and romance by sex workers and partners for the National Queer Arts Fest on June 18. She is excited for this summer’s European Queer X  Show, a queer women’s  performance and porn-making tour.  She identifies as a mermaid is currently looking for collaborators, patrons, and a wife. Sadie lives in the Mission District of San Francisco with her three snakes and beloved roommate, Irene.

POLE DANCE:

Catherine Rose , owner of Slinky Productions, (and former Exotic Dancer) has been teaching exotic dance in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2000.  She is a former exotic dancer and has studied low flying trapeze and acroyoga. (note: Catherine was one of the original members of EDA ‘Exotic Dancers Alliance’ and designed their first website.)

VOCALS:

Jennifer Bryce with Drummer Barbara Borden

Jennifer Bryce was moved to sing at age 7 when she first heard a recording of Ella Fitzgerald.  Since then her musical influences have ranged from StevieWonder, Dianne Reeves, Etta James to Meredith Monk.   Her mother, Julia Banks Bryce, a well-known regional painter and father, writer, A.W. Bryce, gave her a childhood steeped in the contrasts of high-culture urban New York and the lush forests of Vermont on her grandparents farm.  The contrast of the natural world and the urban mosaic continue to inform her sensibility to this day: a sense of color and balance, rhythm and stillness.