Ciarra D'Onofrio

Ciarra D’Onofrio (they/them) is a queer dancer, aerialist, choreographer, and educator with a passion for using dance as a means of storytelling, social analysis, and community building. They specialize in vertical dance, dance trapeze, and contemporary dance. They have performed suspended in the 200-foot dome of SF City Hall, on a 100-foot ladder arching into the rafters of Grace Cathedral, and in other wild and breathtaking environments. As a choreographer and director, they build work from the heart, and are particularly drawn to storytelling through the use of unique objects, spaces, and aerial apparatuses. Ciarra’s work has been presented at Zaccho Studio, Bandaloop Studios, in the San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival, the Tenderloin Arts Festival, and the CounterPulse Festival. Ciarra performs with Zaccho Dance Theater, and Amelia Rudolph Movement Arts, and other favorite collaborations include Nina Sawant, Epiphany Dance Theater, Olallie Lackler, and Helen Wicks Works.