Danielle Butler

I offer currently created or custom aerial and ambient acts for your events. I perform on the aerial ladder, rope, tissue, trapeze, lyra and with fire or on stilts. Ambient can impress from the air or consist of dance, stilting, or contortion. Depending upon location rigging services or rental of a free standing aerial rig are available. My work is unique, passionate and interesting in conveying emotion or story. My demeanor is professional, organized and enthusiastic. I love sharing my work and helping people make their visions come to life.

Danielle  is a vertical story teller. She is a performer, teacher and circus theorist.  In 2008  her passion for creating surreal art, movement and stories converged in circus.  Since then Danielle has bent her body and will to the study of aerials, hand balancing, partner acrobatics, physical theater and dance.  As an accomplished aerialist Danielle combines stunning strength, seamless transitions and unique choreography in the creation of aerial ladder, rope, lyra, tissue and trapeze acts.  Danielle is an avid collaborator, lending her body and brain to dance, circus and photography projects, including Christine Germaine's The Cloud Factory, Willy Woggle Circus, The Vespertine Circus, and Cielo Vertical Arts.  She teaches kids and adults in the San Francisco Bay Area and offers workshops internationally.

Aerial acts require a safe rigging point a minimum of 17ft off the ground and at least 6ft of clearance to either side. Aerial hoop or ambient acts can potentially be customized to fit shorter ceilings.