Sandia Sexton’s performance arts collective El Circo Dia collaborates with Benjy Young’s aerial arts collective Vertigone, to create a stunning and mind bending site specific performance of 9 KInds of Accidents. Featuring Artistic Direction and Choreography by Sandia Sexton and Set Design, Lighting Design, and Rigging by Benjy Young.
9 Kind of Accidents is a journey through the entire life cycle of an inquisitive being, addressing the enthusiasm of being alive and the fragility of life itself.
El Circo Dia is an aerial theater collective that cultivates working relationships between dancers, musicians, and theater tech artists based in the San Francisco Bay Area. El Circo Dia seeks to maximize a collective voice to create productions that serve as a launching point for meaningful, socially-relevant conversations.
Sandia is an accomplished Aerial Artist, Coach, and Performance Art Director, and skillfully walks the line between stunt woman, fine artist, teacher, and business owner.
Benjy Young is a filmmaker, master rigger, sculptor, and theater director. He was a founding member of Theater Artaud in 1973 and is now Artistic Director of Vertigone Aerial Theater.