Rasa Vitalia Dance – Music – Voice
Cell: 415.407.8006 [email protected] Biz: 415.857.2725 [email protected] Cell: 212-804-8932 http://www.RasaVitalia.com http://facebook.com/RasaVitalia
Selected Performances Show Role Location
Liberty City Kings Show Special Guest Solo Philadelphia, PA 2014 Performance Artist in variety, drag, circus, & burlesque show Teaseday Show 2014 Special Guest Solo Boston, MA Performance Artist in variety, circus, & burlesque show Circus of Dreams 2014 Special Guest Solo Brooklyn, NY Performance Artist in variety, circus, & burlesque Show Bindlestiff Cirkus Show Special Guest Solo New York, NY 2014 Performance Artist in variety, circus, & burlesque festival Yerba Buena Night - 2012, Solo Performance Artist full- San Francisco, CA 2013, 2014 (pres) length concert Las Vegas Burlesque Special Guest Solo Las Vegas, NV Festival – Nov 2014 Performance Artist in variety, circus, & burlesque festival Slipper Room Show 2014 Special Guest Solo New York, NY Performance Artist in variety, circus, & burlesque nightly variety show
Burlesque Idol - July 2014 Won Competition- Solo The Triad Theater, Stage Performance Artist & 773- New York City, NY Competitor
Burlesque Idol Finals - Nov Solo Performance Artist & The Slipper Room- New 2014 Finale Competitor York City, NY Supperclub Dinner Theater Artist in Residence 2011- Supperclub – San San Francisco 2014. Solo Performance Francisco, CA Artist in variety, circus, & burlesque shows New York City Burlesque Headliner and Solo The Bell House Theater- Festival 2014 Performance Artist in New York City, NY variety, circus, & burlesque festival Toronto Burlesque Festival Special Guest Solo Virgin Mobile Mod Club – 2014 Performance Artist in Toronto, Canada variety, circus, & burlesque festival
Filthy Gorgeous Circus Won Annual Competition- Coney Island – Brooklyn, Talent Show 2014 Solo Performance Artist & NY Competitor Serenity Palace - 2005 Solo Performance Artist Serenity Palace, headliner and artist in Stratosphere Casino – Las residence Vegas, NV Diva or Die Burlesque & Solo Performance Artist in Exit Theater – San Volare Variety Shows variety, circus, & burlesque Francisco, CA shows Hubba Hubba Revue – Solo Performance Artist in DNA Lounge & Uptown 2011- 2014 (pres) variety, circus, & burlesque Nightclub – San Francisco shows & Oakland, CA Red Hots Burlesque - 2011- Solo Performance Artist in El Rio, Cat Club, 2014 (pres) variety, circus, & burlesque Supperclub, AT&T Ballpark shows – San Francisco, CA Lil’Minsky’s Burlesque- Solo Performance Artist in Club Deluxe – San 2011- 2014 (pres) variety, circus, & burlesque Francisco, CA shows Goo Goo Dolls Music is Art Solo Performance Artist full- Delaware Park/Albright Fest 2013 & 2014 length concert Knox Art Museum – Buffalo, NY Vaudezilla 2014 Solo Performance Artist in Stage 773 – Chicago, IL variety, circus, & burlesque shows Kiss Kiss Cabaret 2014 Solo Performance Artist in Greenhouse Theater – variety, circus, drag & Chicago, IL burlesque shows Michigan Burlesque Special guest Solo Hastings Street Ballroom – Festival 2014 Performance Artist in Detroit, MI variety, circus, drag & burlesque festival RonKat Spearman’s Special guest Solo Boom Boom Room, 19 Katdelic (funk, r&b, rock) Performance Artist opener Broadway, Cloverdale with solo shows & Festival, Café du Nord – dance/vocal/percussion San Francisco Bay Area, performance with live band CA La Gente (world Special guest Solo Elbo Room, Neck of the salsa/cubia/reggae) & Sila’s Performance Artist opener Woods, The Chapel, Boom Afrofunk Experience with solo shows & Boom Room, New Parish – (afrofunk) dance/vocal/percussion San Francisco Bay Area, performance with live band CA Yuval Ron Sacred Music Special guest Solo Cubberly Theater, Esalen, Ensemble (world) & Performance Artist opener Temple Beth El, Open Sukhawat Ali Khan Qwaali with solo shows & Secret, 1015 Folsom - San Band (world) dance/vocal/percussion Francisco Bay Area, Ca performance with live band
And many more… http://www.RasaVitalia.com/tour
Dance & Music Training • San Francisco Circus School San Francisco, CA 2013-2014 (pres)- Mime, Theater, Method Acting, Contortion, Handstands, Prop, and Tumbling Classes. • Suhaila International Belly Dance Studio San Francisco, CA 2005-2013– Completion of the highest level of achievement in Suhaila & Jamila Salimpour Belly Dance Format • Middle East Camp Mendocino, CA 2009-2014 (pres) – Intensive Middle Eastern Music & Dance education. Training in dance, voice, instrumentation, percussion, rhythm, & theory. Includes Egyptian, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Moroccan, Lebanese, Syrian, Palestian, Jewish, Spanish, Brazilian, Afghani, Iraqi, Quwaiti, Saudi Arabian, music and dance. • San Francisco Carnaval San Francisco, CA 2001-2014 (pres)– Annual dance & music training in Afro-Brazilian, Frevo, Bahia, & Rio Style Brazilian Samba dance, music, percussion, voice, rhythm & theory. • ODC Dance Theater San Francisco, CA 2001-2014 (pres) – Training in various dance genres including Belly dance, Samba, Afro-Haitian, Salsa, African, Afro- Brazilian, Modern, Jazz, Ballet, Hip Hop, Club Dance classes. • Dance Mission San Francisco, CA 2001-2014 (pres) – Training in various dance genres including Belly dance, Samba, Afro-Haitian, African, Salsa, Afro- Brazilian, Modern, Jazz, Ballet, Hip Hop, Club Dance classes. • Alonzo King Dance Studio San Francisco, CA 2001-2014 (pres) – Training in various dance genres including Belly dance, Samba, Afro-Haitian, African, Afro- Brazilian, Modern, Jazz, Ballet, Hip Hop, Club Dance classes. • Community Music School, San Francisco, CA, 2012-2014 – Training in voice and music theory and performance. • Various Studios - Dallas, TX & Buffalo, NY 1984-1994: Study in tap, ballet, jazz. • Yoga practice - San Francisco, CA- 2003-2014 (pres)
Selected Media – See all press at http://www.rasavitalia.com/press Date Location Media 1/ 2011 San Francisco “My Faves” - local section Examiner 5/2011 San Francisco “Roxie Stages” -Entertainment section Chronicle 12/2013 KPOO 89.5FM San Live radio interview & play song tracks Francisco 3/2014 KOFYTV Ch 10 San Won KOFY TV Dance Party Queen Francisco 1 & 2/2012 WomenNowTV Bay Interview segment – San Jose Area 8/2013 Under the Golden Interview segment- San Francisco Gate TV 4/2014 Beyond Dawn Radio Radio Interview – California
11/2008 Charleston Post & News article about workshop & show Courier 7/ 2014 Moda Terminal Rasa Vitalia: More than just burlesque http://modaterminalyyz.com/rasa-vitalia-burlesque/ 7/ 2014 Burlesque Beat Toronto Fest:ival
7& 11/2014 Burlesque Idol Winner of Burlesque Idol and Meet the Artist
9,10,&11/2014 Bushwick Daily Circus of Dreams articles
7/2014 Burlesque Beat Coney Island Talent Show Article
9 & 11/2014 Burlesque Beat New York Burlesque Festival articles
9,10,&11/2014 Bushwick Daily Circus of Dreams articles
11/2014 New York Times Bizarre Bushwick Circus of Dreams Show
9/2014 Time Out New York New York Burlesque Festival
Special Skills • Show Skills : Taped & Live music and dance performance, knowledge and training in these dance/music forms & multiple rhythms: Burlesque, Cabaret, Middle Eastern/Persian/Turkish/Moroccan Belly dance, Indian Bollywood & Kathak, Afro-Brazilian, Carnival Rio Samba, Afro-Haitian, African, Afrofunk, Funk, Club/EDM, Hip-Hop, Pops/locks, Flamenco, Salsa, Modern. • Instrumentation : Pop/Rock/Hip Hop/Funk/Club Vocals, Finger Cymbals/Zills, Hand percussion including tambourine, basic doumbek, basic congas, shakere, bells, coin belt. Rhythm knowledge of genres above including 4/4, 2/4, 5/5, 10/10, 6/8, 12/8. 3/3 and syncopated rhythms. • Performance Skills : Choreographer, music composer, song-writer, vocalist, show & music video producer & visual director. Performance improvisation, technique, enthusiasm, flexibility, liquid sexy flowing snake- like movements and great shimmies! • Choreography : Teach dance, rhythm, music workshops and classes in San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and South Carolina 2001-2014 (pres) • Props : Sword, veil, multiple zill rhythms. • Draw : I draw quick sketch caricatures at events! • Special tricks : Sword balancing and spinning, veil technique, zills, splits to floor, fastest shimmy booty shake in the west!
Awards, Other Talents and Experience • Create and execute own creative shows/performances/productions. Produce shows. Create/write, sing, dance to self created music • Work with Stage craft, sound, lighting, production, performance • Freelance Movement and visual director for shows and performers • Featured performer in professional live music and variety show productions • Performed with and on tour with platinum record grammy winning live music artists Goo Goo Dolls, George Clinton & P-Funk, Angelo Moore of Fishbone, Yuval Ron Ensemble and RonKat Spearman’s Katdelic. • On tour with Goo Goo Dolls national live concert tours from 1994-1999. Worked with Goo Goo Dolls and Warner Bros. Reps and Management. Performer, Promo, Marketing, Merch, Fan Club president, and fan correspondence. Mag writer for own D.B.A. business “A Club Named Goo” • Performed with R&B artist, Lance Diamond. Also Promo, Marketing, Fan Club rep. Stage craft, visual and movement director, promotions, marketing • Fan Asylum fan club customer service rep for Melissa Etheridge, Metallica, Whitney Houston. • Tower Records, Media Play Music, New World Records advertising artist and display creator with hands on materials such as airbrush, paint, etc. Won multiple awards including trip to Montreaux, Switzerland for the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2001 as well as dinner with the great Brandon Marsalias at Yoshi’s Oakland in 2002. • 5+ years experience in radio as DJ, Local Music Rep, interviewer, marketing, and promotions – NPR 88.5FM Buffalo, 103.3FM the Edge Buffalo, NY, WRUB SUNY Buffalo, WBNY Buffalo State. Interviews on 88.7 FM KPOO San Francisco, KUSF San Francisco, Mutiny Radio, San Francisco, Valencia Radio, San Francisco. • Music production with own music in studio with Logic Pro and working with engineers. • San Francisco's RAW Performing Artist of the Year 2011-2012 • Supperclub San Francisco Artist in Residence 2012-2013 • Winner of Burlesque Idol at the Triad Theater, New York City 2014 • Winner of the Filthy Gorgeous Talent Show New York City 2014 • Headlining the New York City Burlesque Festival 2014.
What I can do for you - My name is Rasa Vitalia and I'm a professional dynamic, fun, energetic and engaging multi-talented dance, vocal and music performance artist and visual artist who does sword balancing, rhythm, audience interaction, and famous for my super fast hot shimmies! I'm looking to put on and be a part of shows, corporate/public/private events, team projects/castings, residencies, festivals and looking for management and/or representation and I am available to travel. Shows can be geared for kids and/or adults. Most of my work is in variety, theater, circus, performance art, music, modeling/acting, film/videos, and burlesque. The different dance styles I do for events also include belly dance (Middle Eastern, Persian, Afghani, Israeli, Palestinian, Arabic, Egyptian, Greek, Moroccan, Spanish, etc.), Brazilian samba, bollywood, bhangra, club, house, go go, hip hop, electronic dance, kids dance, etc. . I run my own business and know the ins and outs of what it takes to put on an entire entertainment event production and show from my experience as a performer, promoter and show producer in the entertainment, theater, cabaret, drag, and live music industries. In running my own business, I perform tasks of an entertainment business executive including, accounting, saavy and suave in-person calls/internet correspondence, entertainment business organization and tour management, promotions, marketing, merchandising, live music and show production and creation, business plans, costume, show, lighting, sound, music design and creation, performance and MC/DJ, in-house Show and Music filming and video producer, designer, coordinator, and casting. I know word, excel, photoshop, illustrator, logic pro, garage band, handbrake, quicktime, imovie, and internet programs. I also teach dance, am a movement director, write my own music for my shows, have been in several bands, am a show and music producer and direct the build and energy of a show, and draw speedy caricatures! I am a super promoter and marketer, know how to run the show/events, how to organize a tour/show, and work on this 24/7 and know all the ins and outs of running the biz of entertainment. I can do ton to make a show awesome! Be creative!
Here's my official music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0L7Otqs55Q
Check me out - http://www.rasavitalia.com - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rasa-Vitalia/582552148501721 - Contact [email protected] and [email protected]
"Be You" by Rasa Vitalia (I wrote the music & choreographed) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7n73Y3UV4E Acts: http://rasavitalia.com/acts Videos: http://rasavitalia.com/videos CV/Resume: http://rasavitalia.com/resume Headshots: http://rasavitalia.com/headshots Photos: http://rasavitalia.com/photos--2 Draw: http://rasavitaliacaricature.homestead.com/ Draw: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzyVeGrE4g4
Maybe we can collaborate!