Caroline Calouche is an aerial and dance performer, choreographer and teacher based in Charlotte, NC. She began her training in ballet, jazz, modern dance and tap under Pat Wall at Gaston Dance Theatre in Gastonia, North Carolina. She furthered her dance education at Texas Christian University where she graduated with two B.F.A. degrees in Ballet and Modern Dance. After graduation, Caroline danced with Contemporary Ballet Dallas and Contemporary Dance Fort Worth. From 2003-2006, she lived in Rome, Brussels and Salzburg dancing and studying with contemporary choreographers. In 2006, she completed the ICE program (International Choreographic Exchange) at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in Austria.
Her travels brought her back home to the Charlotte area where she found it was time to begin her dance company, Caroline Calouche & Co., and the Charlotte Dance Festival.
In 2007 Caroline began her aerial dance training with anyone who passed through the area. She enjoys all kinds of apparatus from silks, to rope & harness, bungee, cube and apparatus she invents.
Caroline is known for her fluidity of movement and ability to seamlessly dance from the ground to the air and back.
For me, the air has added another level of expression to my dancing.
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What I Offer
PERFORMANCES
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-Solo Aerial Performances on Silk, Trapeze, Lyra/Aerial Hoop, Corde Lisse/Rope and Sling
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-Solo Contemporary Performances in Contemporary Dance and Musical Theater style Jazz
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-Duets in Contemporary Dance and Aerial Silks, Sling, Trapeze, Lyra and Spanish web
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-Collaborations with orchestras and musicals to add aerial and/or dance to their productions
WORKSHOPS
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- Dance Workshops in Ballet, Contemporary Dance, Partner Acro, Pilates and Gyrokinesis®
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-Aerial Dance Workshops in Silks, Sling, Trapeze, Lyra, Partnering, Corde Lisse/Rope, Spanish web, Bungee, Rope & Harness
CHOREOGRAPHY
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-Create new works for ensembles, duets, solos
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-Coach current works-in-progress
CONSULTING
- Aid in how to begin a non-profit arts organization.
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-Can help organizations work through various sticky situations like dancer management, board management, marketing and image creation
Some of my influential teachers are below:
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Dance
Jennifer Archibald, Archibald Dance
Trisha Bauman, SEAD Body Mind Centering (BMC)
Fernando Bujones, TCU
Brenda Daniels, NC School of the Arts
Ed Campbell, Gaston Dance Theatre
Mary Cochran, TCU Guest Choreographer from Paul Taylor
Leah Cox, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Elizabeth Gillaspy, TCU
Andrew Harwood, Contact Improvisation
Melissa Hayden, NC School of the Arts
Susan Douglas Roberts, TCU
Joao da Silva, SEAD Contemporary
Patricia Wall, Gaston Dance Theatre
Rebekah Wright, NC School of the Arts
David Zambrano, SEAD Flying Low Technique
Aerial and Circus Arts
Tanya Burka, Lyra and Silks
Allie Cooper, Corde Lisse
Carlos Alexis Cruz, Partner Acro
Serenity Smith Forchion, NECCA, all apparatus
Juliana Hane, Silks (the gal who got me flying!)
Jamie Hodgson, Silks, Lyra, Trapeze and Aerial Partnering
Nicole Mermans, Trapeze and Silks
Susan Murphy, Dance Trapeze and Choreography
Kevin O’Connor, Corde Lisse
Cheetah Platt, Silks and Aerial Partnering
Elsie Smith, New England Center for Circus Arts, all apparatus
Nancy Smith, Frequent Flyers, Invented Apparatus
Christine van Loo, Silks
Caroline Wright, Silks, Lyra and Trapeze
Contact Info
Email: info@carolinecalouche.org
Caroline Calouche & Co. Website
Charlotte Dance Festival - Website
www.charlottedancefestival.org
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Choreography - CV
2014
Lingua, dance theater work with cube, trapeze and corde lisse (30 minutes)
Black Coffee, contemporary dance with invented large trapeze apparatus (18 mins)
The Glass Ceiling, contemporary dance trapeze duet (8 mins.)
Star Gazer: A Trek Into Outer Space, full-length dance and aerial production
Le Moment du Partir: contemporary dance solo (6 mins)
Woven: contemporary dance and trapeze trio (5 mins)
2013
Rouge, full length cabaret aerial and dance show
Clara’s Trip: A Nutcracker Story, full length aerial and dance version of The Nutcracker
Free to Live: aerial and dance work (30 mins.)
The Tie That Binds: aerial silk and dance duet (6 mins)
Arthropod: rope and harness solo (5 mins)
oo-ee-ah-uh, contemporary dance (8 mins)
Duo: Aerial Silk duet (5 mins) / premiere
2012
The Macabre Masque: full length aerial and dance show
Clara’s Trip: A Nutcracker Story, full length aerial and dance version of The Nutcracker / premiere
Free to Live: aerial and dance work / premiere
The Nightingale: aerial and dance (25 mins)
Solo con: contemporary dance and dance trapeze solo (6 mins)
2011
Misterioso: full length aerial and dance show
Clara’s Trip: A Nutcracker Story Act 2
pi: personal integrity: full length aerial and dance show
The Tie That Binds: aerial silk and dance duet / premiere
what bring us close: contemporary dance quartet with lyra / premiere
Catch Me: contemporary dance trio / premiere
2010
pi: personal integrity: premiere
2009
Temperature Rising: contemporary dance trio (7 mins) / premiere
Koi: aerial silk solo (4 mins) / premiere
The Macabre Masque: premiere
2008
Misterioso: premiere
st op ti me: contemporary dance quartet (11 mins) / premiere
Enraged Rose: contemporary dance and aerial silk duet (6 mins) / premiere
Arthropod: premiere
Taking Flight: premiere
2007
The Taming of the Shrew: full length contemporary show / premiere
At Odds: contemporary dance duet / premiere
Juxtaposition: contemporary quintet (12 mins) / premiere
2006
Risk: full length contemporary dance show / premiere
E=applec2: contemporary dance (premiere
Il Gioco: premiere
Le Moment du Partir: premiere
Guest Performances
2014
Charlotte Vision Awards
Ulysses Dance Project Festival: A Symphony of Brotherhood
2013
First Night Charlotte (New Year’s Eve)
Charlotte Symphony’s Magic of Christmas
Carolina Voices Singing Christmas Tree
Romare Bearden Park Opening
Charlotte Dance Festival Dance Charlotte
2012
First Night Charlotte (New Year’s Eve)
Fresh! Festival
2011
First Night Charlotte (New Year’s Eve)
Charlotte Dance Festival Dance Charlotte
Carolina Medical Center Annual Meeting
NC Dance Festival
Washington and Lee University
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N.Charleston Arts Festival
2010
First Night Charlotte (New Year’s Eve)
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N.Charleston Arts Festival
2009
First Night Charlotte (New Year’s Eve)
Charlotte Dance Festival Dance Charlotte
Washington and Lee University
2008
Charlotte Vision Awards
Charlotte Dance Festival Dance Charlotte
NC Dance Festival
N. Charleston Arts Festival
2007
Charlotte Dance Festival Dance Charlotte
EVIE Awards
Fort Worth Dance Festival
Greensboro Fringe Festival
2006
Greensboro Fringe Festival
Awards
Regional Artist Award by the Charlotte Arts and Science Council
2011: Aerial Dance Festival
2005: American Dance Festival Winter Intensive and Workshops in Brussels, Belgium at The Loft
2000: American Dance Festival Scholarship
Teaching
Host of Sparrows Aerial Dance (Richmond, VA)
Flojo (Durham, NC)
Foxxy Fitness (Cary, NC)
Legacy Dance Studios (Durham, NC)
Washington and Lee University (Lexington, VA)
Halestone Dance Studio (Lexington, VA)
UNC Charlotte Dance Department (Charlotte, NC)
Winthrop University Dance Department (Rock Hill, SC)
Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX)
The School of North Carolina Dance Theatre (Charlotte, NC)
Certifications
BASI Pilates Mat and Equipment
Gyorkinesis®
Photos by Michael Church
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