Ariel Schmidtke is an interdisciplinary artist, performer, and educator. Drawing on a childhood background in gymnastics and an academic education in creative writing, she has spent her adult years crafting circus theater shows fusing acrobatics, trapeze, shadow puppetry, and storytelling. She began her circus training in 2009 with the Bellingham Circus Guild and has travelled as far as France’s Academie Fratellini to improve her skills. In 2022 Ariel completed a master’s in teaching at Evergreen State College and is now the co-owner of Sparrow Studios. When she’s not sharing her art on stage, she finds herself working with young people to help them develop their creativity and find their own unique ways to tell their stories. See more of her work at: alengthofrope.com and afrayedknotcircus.com
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