Cherie Carson, Studio 12 flys Director, dancer, choreographer, yoga teacher & aerialist has choreographed performances in planetariums, swimming pools and sculpture gardens and on stilts, roller blades, ropes, trapeze and bungee cords. Aerial Dance Director at STUDIO 12, Ms. Carson teaches classes for kids and adults. She has choreographed widely, including Moving in the Spirit Dance, an inner city youth dance company in Atlanta. Ms. Carson has taught aerial dance for Monkey Business Camp and served as guest aerial choreographer for San Francisco University High School production of Olanthe. As a principal teaching artist for five years at Center for Creative Education in Florida, she taught movement and yoga to both students and classroom teachers. Cherie’s first performance of aerial dance was in 1990 in Joanna Haigood’s “Sleep” set on Several Dancers Core in Atlanta, GA. She has been pursuing aerial dance ever since. In 2000, Cherie moved to the Bay Area and began her studies with Terry Sendgraff, pioneer in aerial dance & the creator of Motivity, the low flying trapeze aerial dance form. In 2005, Terry retired and Cherie took over her aerial business thus creating STUDIO 12 flys.  In 2009, Cherie introduced her new company UpSwing Performance Company.  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Hannah Dworkin, Aerial Camp Director, is a skilled performing artist and educator with a strong background in modern and aerial dance and opera. She is a fully credentialed classroom and music teacher, and she holds a Masters Degree in Music and Music Education from Columbia University. Hannah is Aerial Camp Director and teaches Kids Who Fly, Girls Who Fly and the Aerial Family Jams with STUDIO 12 flys and may be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  for more information.


Suzanne Gallo, has danced with The San Francisco Opera Ballet, Lines, ODC, and Project Bandaloop, and has performed with many local choreographers. She is known and admired for her quality and interpretation of movement on the ground, on the sides of buildings and cliffs, and in the air. Suzanne has given workshops in dance technique while in residency at Middlebury, Swathmore and Dartmouth Colleges, and has been faculty member and performer with San Francisco’s Zaccho Dance Theater, under the direction of Joanna Haigood. Suzanne teaches the Girls Who Fly 2 classes with STUDIO 12 flys and may be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.  


Ashley Foster became addicted to aerial dance through classes with Terry Sendgraff and eventually began performing as a part of 'Terry Sendgraff's Aerial Dancer's' and the Technomania Circus. Ashley continued developing her aerial dance and performance skills after Terry's retirement with Cherie Carson and as a solo artist and has been teaching aerial dance at STUDIO 12 for two years now. When not dancing, Ashley works with clients, by appointment, as a costume and custom clothing designer. To contact Ashley This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Natta Haotzima is an astonishing artist. All that she touches, she affects. Natta teaches aerial tissu with Studio 12 flys and explores the intersection of dance and aerial arts. She is a dancer, painter, poetess who has studied and performed in Mexico, France, New York and San Francisco. She transmits simplicity, harmony and peaceful community living through her many mediums. and may be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.

STUDIO 12 "Best Way to Learn How to Fly" by the SF Weekly's 'Best of 2006

Studio 12 is an aerial dance studio specializing in low flying trapeze, sling, and rope and harness
work. The studio is located at 2525 8th St. in Berkeley near the corner of Dwight and 8th.