Circo Zero

Emily Leap is an Armenian-American dancer, circus artist trained at San Francisco Circus Center, mother and has danced in the works of Lizz Roman, Sara Shelton Mann, and Keith Hennessy. Emily is an entrepreneur and small business owner working as a doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine with a specialty in healing chronic pain and working with dancers to sustain intensely physical careers. She is dedicated to the healing and service of Bay Area dancers, implementing and sustaining effective systems of governance to steward community resources, and as a former dancer (2009-2017) for Circo Zero, is deeply committed to the thriving of the organization. Michael Whitson is a disabled, mixed-race Native American musician, poet, creative writer, and community builder with a long San Francisco history of community arts administration.