I have been training in disciplines to use my only tool, my body, in pursuit of artistic and philosophical expression in performance since I was four years old- ballet, gymnastics, jazz, voice, acting, martial arts, acrobatics, music, modeling, tribal percussion, meditation, yoga, and ritual. With an education in traditional theater I began to explore the alternative spectacle and interactive character work of a genre known as the Circus. Choosing to develop skills in clowning, mime, stilt-walking, and fire dancing, I have worked solo and with many different collectives in the past ten years such as The Ever-Changing Festival of Now (Olympia, Wa), Freedom Tribe, the Moorish Orthodox Fire Shrine (Tucson, Az), Mystic Family Circus (San Francisco), Pleasure Elite, Magmavox, and Pure Cirkus (Seattle). My performances can be described as passionately mytho-poetic, as well as sensually neo-ritualistic as I revel in the depths of vulnerability yet empower the inner essence of all who bear witness. My sole motivation in living is to inspire the human race to see a little beyond it's taught perceptions by fully embracing freedom, exhibiting a conscience understanding of the universal consistency of the human condition, the pain in separation, and the will to love without reason.

oh yeah, and my name is Asraiya and I just signed up on 4/26/07... peace

Tony "Chillin"	liz "working on new contests!"	Kaitlin	Erin	Miss Akasha
Stefan	The Dish	keith	Jason	Tara Ashley