artist biographies
Andrea Burkholder has performed and choreographed professionally since 1995 with companies such as Seize the Day! Mixed Abilities Performance Company, This Body This Earth and Air Dance Bernasconi. Inspired by the physicality of aerial work, she draws on her skills as a certified Pilates instructor, teacher trainer and co-owner of Pure Joe Pilates Studios in Reston VA and Washington DC. She holds BAs in dance and in Spanish translation from the University of Maryland.

Sharon Witting has performed professionally since 1992 with companies including Virginia Ballet, Carla & Company and Air Dance Bernasconi. She began her formal aerial training at the San Francisco School of Circus Arts and has fifteen years of experience as an event planner, museum educator and freelance costume designer. She holds a BA in anthropology from Washington & Lee University and an MAT in museum education from George Washington University.