Aerial Performer Riggers
Disclaimer: No one rigger will have all the answers for every situation, it is
the clients responsibility to ensure that any rigger you consult or hire has a
strong understanding of the dynamic forces created on an aerial apparatus,
the rigging equipment, and the building structure when supporting a human
being.
Inclusion in this list is voluntary and not an endorsement of the companies or
individuals listed.
Listings are arranged by region & state alphabetically for ease of finding a
rigger in your area.
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook. The purpose of this listing is to
provide aerial performers, instructors, and students with contact information to contact and consult with
professional riggers for the unique needs of rigging for aerial arts.
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
UNITED STATES
CALIFORNIA
James Bomalick
Los Angeles
Email: actionunit1@gmail.com
Website: www.actiontek.org
Stunt Rigger; ETCP/ IRATA, 25 years experience.
Equipment manufacture, load testing
Based currently between Berlin Germany and Los Angeles, available internationally.
Brett Copes
Los Angeles
Nevada, Las Vegas
Website: www.facebook.com/fightorflightentertainment
Phone: 1-818-422-2300
Acrobatic and Stunt Rigging
Human Flying Effects
Element and Systems Design
Systems Install
Crew Standards and Safe Practices
Flying Director, Act Development and Choreographer
Rescue Systems Design and Training
Consultation
Prop Fabrication
Fall Protection and Rope Access Certifications
Gregg Curtis
Los Angeles
Websites: www.airealistic.com www.theaerialstudio.net
Phone: 1-310-678-3179
Performer Flying Effects
Stunt rigging
Equipment Design & Manufacturing
Theatre rigging
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
Wayne Labat
San Diego
Email: aerialmonster@gmail.com
Phone: 1-619-335-8554
Rope rescue
Circus rigging
Ray Pierce
Inglewood
Hollywood Aerial Arts
Website: www.hollywoodaerialarts.com
Phone: 1-310-412-7171
Master Rigger for over 30 years
Aerial Rigging
Stunt Rigging
Performer Flying Effects (Flying Tracks, Single & 2-pick Harnesses)
Flying Director & Choreographer
Vertical Face Harness Work
Portable Rig Design & Set Up (Small rigs or trussing)
Rigging Workshops
Rigging Consultation
High Speed Computerized Performer Flying Hoists
Destructive Testing & Act Testing for Loading Data
Design & installation of rigging for shows, temporary installations
Consultation with general contractors and engineers for permanent installations.
Craig Reid
Back Bone Rigging
Los Angeles
Canada, Quebec, Montreal
Website: www.backbonerigging.com
Aerial performance, consulting, project management for Cirque du Soleil, arena touring,
nightclubs, private clients
Equipment fabrication: harnesses, mouthpieces, straps, hand/neck/foot loops
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
COLORADO
Chris McKeeman
Denver
Email: clmckeeman@gmail.com
Phone: 1-720-891-8059
Arena rigging
Rescue rigging
William Potere
Denver
Website: www.cirquetones.com
Email: nic.earthtone@gmail.com
Phone: 1-720-261-3529
Arena and theatrical rigging
Portable rig rental, setup & tech
Available to travel to the greater Colorado area and Nashville, TN
CONNECTICUT
Nick Cegelka, Air Temple Arts
Woodbridge
Website: www.airtemple.com
Email: nick@airtemple.com
Phone: 203-298-4717
Aerial/circus equipment design and fabrication (trapeze bars, Chinese pole, straps, hand
balancing canes, custom equipment)
Assessing and rigging existing structures (site evaluations for aerial point installations)
Aerial performer rigging for small and midsize venues
Studio rigging design and installation (static, movable, and mechanical advantage points)
Non-traditional rigging solutions
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
FLORIDA
Jonathan Givens
Miami/Ft Lauderdale
Website: www.eps.productions.com
Email: jonathan@eps.productions
Phone: 954.881.1787
Dual certified ETCP rigger (arena and theater) specializing in performer flying, both manual
and motorized.
Design and fabrication of aerial and ground apparatuses and in-home points
Rigging workshops for performers and technicians
Scott Osgood
Acrobatic Solutions, LLC.
Orlando
Email: Scott@acrosolution.com
Phone: 1- 352-988-4801
Former head rigger, acrobatic equipment & rigging designer for Cirque du Soleil
Aerial performer rigging
Design of acrobatic equipment & rigging systems
Scott Parks
Tallahassee
Email: fel750@hotmail.com
Small venue rigging installation solutions
Apparatus fabrication
Rope splices, whippings, & lashings
Scenic design for performance
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
GEORGIA
Marque Ohmes
Atlanta
Email: marqueohmes@yahoo.com
ETCP certified theatrical & arena rigger
SPRAT Level 3, IRATA Level 1 rope access
Stunt rigger for over 100 films & tv shows
Consultation
Instruction workshops
Professional Aerialist for 20 years
Performer flying effects
System design and install
Flying director and choreographer
ILLINOIS
Justin Argenio
Chicago
Raleigh, North Carolina
Email: justin@tothemoonrigging.com
Website: www.tothemoonrigging.com.
Phone number: 1-872-225-2404
Rigging and rigging design, installations
Arena rigging, theatre rigging, performer flying
Truss motor structures
Safety inspections and consultations
Available to travel.
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
IOWA
Heather Davis
Des Moines
Email: Missheatherdavis@gmail.com
Phone: 1-515-988-5131
Theatrical and aerial rigging
Experienced with rigging in theaters, dance and pole studios, and portable rigs at events and
festivals. Ten years as an audio engineer, stagehand, stage manager, and three of acrobatic
rigging.
Full resume available on request
MARYLAND
Kelly M Byrne
Maryland, Washington, D.C., Baltimore
Rescue 2 Training, owner
Email: kelly@rescue2training.com
Phone: 1-240-462-6610
Rope Access Technician, rigging for buildings and bridges
Rope rescue training
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
MASSACHUSETTS
Steven Santos
Boston, available in New England region
Email: steven@simplycircus.com
Phone: 1-617-527-0667
Apparatus inspection / care / maintenance
Apparatus design and fabrication (bungee, trapeze bars, cubes, Chinese poles, webs/cloud
swings etc)
Assessing / Rigging in existing structures / site specific rigging
Tree rigging
Equipment rentals (apparatus, freestanding rig, etc)
Workshops
Consulting
Risk management
Phil Servita
Flying Squirrel Consortium
Boston
Email: equipment@flyingsquirrelconsortium.com
Aerial performer rigging for small venues
Design and manufacture of aerial and other circus equipment (lyras, trapezes, portable rigs,
custom aerial shaped apparatus, custom ground-based apparatus - tightwire support frames,
freestanding slackwire, etc.), including custom gear/hardware
Site evaluations for aerial point installations
Load testing and destructive testing on equipment, measurements of performer loading on
equipment/structures.
MISSOURI
Michael Heinicke
St. Louis
Email: mheinicke@sbcglobal.net
Theatrical rigging
Circus rigging
Performer flight rigging
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
NEVADA
Trevor Whipkey
Las Vegas
Vertical Resources LLC, operations manager
Email: trevor@vertical-resources.com
Website: www.vertical-resources.com
Phone: 1-702-818-6673
Acrobatic rigging, experienced riggers working with Cirque du Soleil
Brett Copes
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Website: www.facebook.com/fightorflightentertainment
Phone: 1-818-422-2300
Acrobatic and Stunt Rigging
Human Flying Effects
Element and Systems Design
Systems Install
Crew Standards and Safe Practices
Flying Director, Act Development and Choreographer
Rescue Systems Design and Training
Consultation
Prop Fabrication
Fall Protection and Rope Access Certifications
Steven Owusu
Las Vegas
Email: stevenpaulowusu@gmail.com
Phone: 1-702-980-8442
Former head rigger of Cavalia, assistant head rigger on Cirque du Soleil
(Saltimbanco & Allegria), rigger at The Light in Las Vegas, rigger at
Big Apple Circus.
10 years+ experience in acrobatic & arena rigging
Available to travel.
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
NEW YORK
Jonathan Duel
JSD Projects
New York state, available to travel.
Email: jonathan@jsdprojects.com
Phone: 1-845-458-5414
Production services include rigging systems design & operation, inspections, training.
Specializing in theatrical and acrobatic aerial performance rigging and safety.
Workshops & training in rigging safety & risk management
Theatrical performer flying direction
Circus & acrobatic performance production, direction, & choreography.
ETCP Certified Rigger and ETCP Certified Trainer.
ACE Safety Consultant
Member PLASA Rigging Working Group
Catherine Nelson
New York City, available to travel.
Email: Catnlsn@gmail.com
Performer rigging, theatre rigging
Aaron Verdery
New York City
Email: Averdery@hotmail.com
Phone: 1-347-581-6110
Performer flying effects, stunt rigging, theatrical & arena rigging, custom rigging design,
consultation, safety inspections
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
NORTH CAROLINA
Justin Argenio
Raleigh
Chicago, Illinois
Email: justin@tothemoonrigging.com
Website: www.tothemoonrigging.com.
Phone number: 1-872-225-2404
Rigging and rigging design, installations
Arena rigging, theatre rigging, performer flying
Truss motor structures
Safety inspections and consultations
Available to travel.
Andrew Munro
Raleigh
Email: animaenagerie@mindspring.com
Aerial rigging and consulting
Theatre rigging, arena rigging, performer flying effects
Available for assistance & consulting in local area
OHIO
Bill Auld
Canton
Website: www.AuldEntertainment.com
Email: Bill@AuldEntertainment.com
Mobile: 1-773-318-1042
Professional Rigger (And now College Professor: Kent State University)
ETCP Recognized Instructor
ETCP Certified Rigger: Theater
ETCP Certified Rigger: Arena
Performer Rigging for theater
Circus Rigging
Arena Rigging
Theater Rigging
Workshops for riggers, rigging for aerialists, safety, and technical theater
Available for international travel
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
PENNSYLVANIA
Eric Belcher
Philadelphia
Email: eric@phillycircus.com
Phone: 518-538-8519
Available for consulting and rigging for aerial performance and practice
Experienced in rigging for various event spaces such as theaters, schools, small venues,
and outdoor festivals
Portable aerial rig experienced
Trained in technical tree climbing
Performance coordinator and rigger for the Philadelphia School of Circus Arts
SOUTH CAROLINA
August Smarra
Columbia
Email: augmnt@yahoo.com
Phone: 803-795-6577
Theatrical rigging
Arena rigging
Performer EFX
Safety inspections
Consultation
Stage management
Production Management
Technical Director
Usually in South Florida from Nov-April. Tour Broadway shows for multiple years across
US, available to travel Internationally.
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
Patrick "Lizard" Dashiell
Greenville
Email: Patrickdashiell@me.com
Phone: 1-864-497-3966
Arena rigging
Theatre rigging
Performer flying
Rope access
Available for travel, domestic and international
TENNESSEE
Delbert Hall
Johnson City
D2 Flying Effects, president
Website: www.delberthall.com
Email: delbert.hall@gmail.com
Phone: 423-773-4255
Available to travel anywhere.
ETCP Certified Rigger -Theatre and ETCP Recognized Trainer
Aerial rigging, performer flying, theatre rigging
Workshops
Load testing
Rigging inspections
Craig Lewis
Johnson City
Johnson City Circus Arts, owner
Website: www.JCCircusArts.com
Email: info@JCCircusArts.com
Phone: 1-423-782-6479
Available for consulting in aerial performer rigging
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
TEXAS
Theresa Kirby
Austin
Website: www.TrapezeTexas.com
Email: Fly@TrapezeTexas.com
Phone: 1-512-608-7988
Personal number: (562)881-8501
Circus equipment fabrication
Custom rigging
Structural engineering.
Available to travel & ship throughout Texas, the rest of the US and internationally.
UTAH
Black Ops Technical Production Services
Salt Lake City
Also available in South Pacific region
Website: https://m.facebook.com/blackopsav
Jen Stone
Email: jen@blackopsav.com
Phone: 1-801-230-3996
Talus Jarvis
Email: talus@blackopsav.com
Phone: 1-801-494-4895
Entertainment rigging & technical production services for any venue & size of event, aerial
performer rigging
Available nationally & internationally, South Pacific
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Kelly M Byrne
Maryland, Washington, D.C., Baltimore
Rescue 2 Training, owner
Email: kelly@rescue2training.com
Phone: 1-240-462-6610
Rope Access Technician, rigging for buildings and bridges
Rope rescue training
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
CANADA
ALBERTA
Ron Clark
Ron@flyonthewall.ca
Website: www.flyonthewall.ca
Email: travelingriggingspecialist@rccl.com
Certified entertainment rigger, travelling stage & production manager of rigging for Royal
Caribbean Cruise lines
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Jason Waugh
Vancouver
Email: Jason@blinkacro.com
Phone: 1-778-549-4093
Aerial rigging and box truss install
Available to travel as needed
Peter Boulanger
Vancouver
Website: www.undergroundcircus.ca
Email: peter@undergroundcircus.ca
Phone: 1-604-328-7295
Aerial circus rigging since 1994
Fly systems, lifting systems, stunt rigging
Arena rigging Harry Donovans course
Rope access technician
Aerial platform ticket
Available for travel
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
ONTARIO
Szab Maroti
Toronto
Email: happyburrorigging@gmail.com
Phone: 1-613-848-8757
Arena rigging, high steel supervision, live load up rigging, multiple live load
Engineers & welders available
Variety of venues: small theatre to large concerts, single to multiple acts
Rigging consultations
QUEBEC
Jean-Sebastien Fortin
Quebec City
Email: jsfortin.com@outlook.com
Phone: 1-418-929-8964
Website: www.jsfortin.com
Acrobatic rigger, stunt rigger, circus performer, stunt coordinator (Actra- UDA)
ETCP certified
Head rigger of Ecole de Cirque de Quebec
More than 10 years experience
Craig Reid
Back Bone Rigging
Montreal
California, Los Angeles
Website: www.backbonerigging.com
Aerial performance, consulting, project management for Cirque du Soleil, arena touring,
nightclubs, private clients
Equipment fabrication: harnesses, mouthpieces, straps, hand/neck/foot loops
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
Patrice Thivierge
Fly Patt Stage Automation
Montreal, services available internationally
Website: www.FlyPatt.com
Phone: 1-514-885-6145
HOD of the automation department for Cirque du Soleil for 10 years.
Turnkey rig or winch rental, winches are tour ready and can be shipped anywhere
internationally.
Top-of-the-line data acquisition system is capable of 5000 Hz, records in synch with highspeed camera, can ship anywhere internationally.
Full insurance and rig can be stamped by engineer.
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
Europe
BELGIUM
Geoffroy de Hasque
Acrobatic Rigger
Email : geofdeh@proximus.be
Nikola Eftimov
Acrobatic Rigger
Place de Houffalize, 24 Bte 10
1030 Bruxelles BELGIQUE
Email : triple.saut@gmail.com
Mob Belg : + 32 (0)478 52 90 25
ATELIER DU TRAPEZE - Belgique
Email : contact@atelier-trapeze.be
Website: www.atelier-trapeze.be
FRANCE
Thomas Loriaux
Ing. Civil Architecte CEO
CATS engineering
Admin : contact@cat-s.fr
Website: www.cat-s.fr
Email : thomas.loriaux@cat-s.fr
Mobile France : + 33 6 19 62 36 30
Francis Rault
Acrobatic Rigger
Email : francisrault@gmail.com
Mobile: 06 16 18 39 67
24bis rue aux moines
78700 Conflans Ste Honorine
David Weiser
Acrobatic Rigger
Email: d.weiser@hotmail.fr
Mobile: + 33 6 14 79 30 9510 rue Haute
95170 Deuil-la-Barre
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
GERMANY
James Bomalick
Berlin
Website: www.actiontek.org
Email: actionunit1@gmail.com
Phone: +4917670642113
Stunt Rigger; ETCP/ IRATA, 25 years experience
Equipment manufacture, load testing
Based currently between Berlin Germany and Los Angeles, available internationally.
RUSSIA
Miroslav Marikovskiy
Moscow
Website: avos-rigging.com
Email: info@avos-rigging.com
Phone: +79263839789
Areas: all rigging services for aerialists, including theatre and arena rigging, rigging from
natural objects (i.e. trees, rocks); equipment inspections and maintenance.
Also experienced in rope access, standard entertainment rigging, tree work and rope
rescue.
International experience, international work at height certificate (IRATA).
Available for work worldwide.
SPAIN
Josep Maria Pruna Caadas
Acrobatic Rigger
Head rigger-Flying director
Irata no: 3/13766
Bareu, 16
08350 Arenys de Mar
Phone: 0034.657.89.55.77
Fax: 0034.93.795.92.10
Email: jpruna@accialt.com
web: www.accialt.com
Cell: 0034.657.89.55.77
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
Juan Ramon Graell Gabriel
Acrobatic Rigger
00 34 6 100 145 71
Email : ganyet@yahoo.com
SWITZERLAND
No Robert
Acrobatic Rigger
Zero Gravity Circus
Website: www.noerobert.com
Email : contact@noerobert.com
Phone : +32 485 71 01 01
Mobile: (Suisse) +41 79 744 82 93
Mobile: (Belge) +32 485 71 01 01
UNITED KINGDOM
Imogen Michel
Edinburgh
Email: imogenmichel@gmail.com
Phone: +447986336516
Aerial performance rigging, counterweight flying
Theatre rigging, Spiegel tent rigging, outdoor site rigging
Highwire rigging and rope resuce
Rigging for touring productions
Available to travel within UK and internationally
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
Mike Pike
Sheffield
Email: themikepike@hotmail.com
OPITO Stage 3 Rigger
IRATA L3 (11 years)
Specializing in difficult access rigging including rooftop rigging surveys and risk assessments
Tree surveys and metal fabrication available upon request
Rescue cover for performances on buildings and self rescue training
Max Morley
(Maximus Rigorous Ltd.)
Bristol
Email: maxtherigger@gmail.com
Phone: +44 7835777724
Aerial circus rigging, theatrical rigging, performer flying, stunt rigging, arena rigging
Safety and equipment inspections
Load testing
Consultations
Available for travel to anywhere.
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
AFRICA
South Africa
Graham Terrell
Johannesburg
Email: Graham@FilmRiggers.co.za
Website: www.FilmRiggers.co.za
Mobile: +27832412828
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH EAST ASIA
Gavin Smith
Aero Motion Australia
Website: www.aeromotion.com.au
Email: ozaero@outlook.com
Aerial Performer, Equipment, and Rigging Designer Specialist
Advanced Rigger, Aerial Rigger, Stunt Rigger, Aerospace Rigger
Acrobatic Aerial Apparatus Designs and Fabrication
High Risk Work License
Rope Access and Rigging Services
Aerial Rigging Systems Designer
Flying Director and Coordinator
High Speed Automation Flying Systems
Non Destructive and Destructive Testing, Inspection and Compliance Services
Project Management of Aerospace, Aerial and Stunt Rigging Productions.
Black Ops Technical Production Services
Available in South Pacific region
Also Utah, Salt Lake City
Website: https://m.facebook.com/blackopsav
Jen Stone
Email: jen@blackopsav.com
Phone: 1-801-230-3996
Talus Jarvis
Email: talus@blackopsav.com
Phone: 1-801-494-4895
Entertainment rigging & technical production services for any venue & size of event, aerial
performer rigging
Available nationally & internationally, South Pacific
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
SOUTH ASIA
INDIA
Avishkar Tendle
Mumbai
Natura
Website: www.natura.co.in
Email: avishkar@natura.net.in
Mobile - +91-9869460871
India's 1st and only professional Aerial rigging company, based out of Mumbai and have
done shows all across India, South East Asia and the middle east.
Compiled by Liz Cooper for the Safety in Aerial Arts group on Facebook.
