Lyskei (Kelly Maryanski)

Ambient aerial performances: Breathtaking beauty, lines, and flexibility in the air on dance trapeze or hammock while your guests enjoy the event. Ambient aerial performance is meant to heighten the room with spectacle.
Ambient sets typically range from 10-30 minutes off/on for the duration of your choosing.

Aerial bartending performance: Similar to ambient aerial performance, wine or champagne (or any drink in similar bottle) can be poured while in the air on dance trapeze or hammock. Ambient sets typically range from 10-30 minutes off/on for the duration of your choosing. A porter (assistant) on the ground will be required for aerial bartending (Lyskei can also provide an assistant for an additional fee).

Solo Act Performance: A 5-6 minute fully choreographed mainstage aerial performance combining artistry, flexibility, and high level skill on dance trapeze or aerial straps. Don't have a stage? A solo act performance can also be performed anywhere at your event (depending on rigging) with a 10 ft footprint. This is a great selection to break up sections of your event, or add a surprise element at a wedding reception for example!

Kelly Maryanski is a Los Angeles based multidisciplinary artist; a dancer, circus artist, athlete, aerialist, storyteller, actor, singer, musician, illustrator, and choreographer with formal training in ballet, contemporary dance, musical theater, world dance, precision jazz, piano, competitive sports, and circus acrobatics. Her work has been featured in numerous stage, opera, film, and tv productions.
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She trained with Diane Rawlinson in the Hubbard Street DIAMOND program in Chicago Illinois and under Rawlinson's mentorship, Kelly has had the opportunity to dance in pieces by choreographers such as Melissa Thodos, Angela Mollison, Katie Callandra, Keith Elliot, Harrison McEldowney, Christine Baltes, and Eddy Ocampo. She has been a three-time performer in Dance Chicago (New Dances, Best of New Dances, Dances from the Heart) and has performed at the AAHPERD National Dance Convention and Walt Disney World.

Kelly graduated from Denison University with a BFA cum laude in Studio Art and Dance where she was a three-time Vail Scholar, Marimac Scholar, Mary K. Campbell Scholar, Founder's Scholar, and member of the Dean's List. Since then she has been performing regionally as a musical theatre performer, aerialist, singer, dancer, freelance choreographer, teacher, and illustrator. She has been a principal actor with Lyric Opera of Chicago for the past five seasons as well as in the latest RING Cycle as well as an aerialist and performer nationwide. In spring of 2020, Kelly was set to make her aerial fabric debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago when the production of the long-awaited RING cycle was cut short just before opening night due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.

She is a 2018 graduate of the Professional Circus Training Program at The Actors Gymnasium where she majored in dance trapeze and minored in aerial hammock.

Theater credits include: CATS, XANADU, Legally Blonde: The Musical, Evil Dead: The Musical, A Christmas Story, Cabaret, Guys and Dolls, South Pacific, The Merry Widow, Oliver!, Damn Yankees, Big Fish, Showgirls: The Musical, Once More With Feeling, Leader of the Pack, Urinetown, La Cenerentola, Romeo et Juliette, the RING cycle.

Circus credits include: Aloft Loft, Aerialogists LLC, Alhambra Palace, The Grand Shanghai Circus, Bircus Brewing Company, Chicago Park District, Chicago Sport and Social Club, CircEsteem, Cirque International, Cirque Dreams at the Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade, Daley Plaza Chicago, Embarc Chicago, Four Winds Casino, In Paris Restaurant, Fly By Night Circus, Le Haggis, Lyric Opera of Chicago, New Moon Chicago, Q Productions Las Vegas, Susan G. Komen Foundation, Unbridled Variety Show at UNTITLED, Wunderbar Chicago.

Kelly also is certified in Aerial Fitness from AIR and current teaching aerial dance in Los Angeles. She also is a proud member of the American Guild of Musical Artists, EMC (AEA), and is SAG-Eligible.

Equipment offered by Lyskei:

Trapeze with 8 ft ropes
Trapeze with 9 ft ropes
Aerial straps (9 ft long)
Aerial hammock 6ft long
X-Pole Stage (lollipop lyra) - freestanding

Rigging options:
*Lyskei does not provide her own aerial rig but is happy to perform with one if provided.
*For dead rigging on beams, beam clamps and spansets will be required. All beams must be inspected by professionals (IATSE preferred).
*For X-pole/lollipop lyra, this is a freestanding rig and does not require further rigging from venue/client)

Foot print needed: at least 10ft square

My apparatus equipment can be adjusted depending on the ceiling height of your venue.