Rope Venture
We celebrate beauty in synchronicity,
Harmony in shared experiences,
Resistance in suspension,
And the collective understanding that the rope will not climb itself.
Community is creativity and rope is life.
Who are we?
Mercury Bergren
Amy Funbuttons
Randi Morrison
Daniela Travieso
Tessa Vanderwielen
Alexis Vergalla
with special help from Hilary Bethancourt, Emma Cady, Jenni Newman, and the SANCA artist in residence progra
With an extra special opening performance by
Harlow Riker
performing “Beyond”
Harlowe is tiny and mighty and she loves dinosaurs. She has been learning aerial for 1 year and her favorite apparatus is aerial hoop.
Mercury Bergren
Mercury is a multidisciplinary artist with an obsession with all things rope (aerial rope, trick rope lassoing, catch rope lassoing, knitting, knot tying, threading narratives etc). They love being involved in ensemble work and creative processes and strive to help narratives and meaningful choreography crystalize through the lenses of their many former lives as an actor, a poet, a literary editor, and now, a circus human. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Amy Funbuttons
Amy is a multidisciplinary circus artist specializing in aerial rope. She loves sharing her love of dynamic movement and creating with her friends.
Randi Morrison
Randi is a part-time aerialist but in love with rope full-time. Training on rope is fun and challenging and satisfying but also hard and exhausting and sometimes lonely. She found joy and inspiration in collaborating with friends to create this act, and she is grateful you have come to share in the process.
Daniela Travieso
aka “Traviesa” is a silly little clown doing silly little things like performing circus arts, coaching, training in massage therapy, costuming, writing poetry and dancing from the heart from time to time. Traviesa has been working the aerial rope since 2021 and loves to blend storytelling with circus arts.
Tessa Vanderwielen
Software engineer by day, circus-enthusiast by night. She’s a newbie performer and this is her first time collaborating on an ensemble piece.
Alexis Vergalla
Alexis took her first aerial class in 2019 and now plans her life around Wednesday night classes with Jill and the onsie squad. This is her first ensemble piece and her second rope performance (and third performance overall!)