Rasa Vitalia Dance – Music – Voice

236 West Portal Ave #200 [email protected] San Francisco, CA 94127-1432 [email protected] Wk: 415.857.2725 http://www.RasaVitalia.com Cell: 415.407.8006 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 Date Location Media 1/ 2011 San Francisco Examiner “My Faves” - local section

5/2011 San Francisco Chronicle “Roxie Stages” -Entertainment section

12/2013 KPOO 89.5FM San Francisco Live radio interview & play song tracks

3/2014 KOFYTV Ch 10 San Won KOFY TV Dance Party Queen Francisco 1 & 2/2012 WomenNowTV Bay Area Interview segment – San Jose 8/2013 Under the Golden Gate TV Interview segment- San Francisco

4/2014 Beyond Dawn Radio Radio Interview – California

11/2008 Charleston Post & Courier News article about workshop & show

1/ 2011 San Francisco Examiner “My Faves” - local section

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 Voice, 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. • Special tricks : Sword balancing and spinning, veil technique, zills, splits to floor, fastest shimmy booty shake in the west!

Awards • Featured in professional live music and variety show productions • Performed with platinum record grammy winning live music artists Goo Goo Dolls, Yuval Ron Ensemble and RonKat Spearman’s Katdelic. • 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.