AiRealistic

AiRealistic brings stunts and live theater together to create a dynamic form of entertainment for corporate events and theatrical productions. They specialize in unique flying solutions, combining rock climbing and sailing technologies with the art and rigging of traditional theater. The result is a very flexible organism that makes any production fly.   

Soaring, scaling, twisting and tumbling, the current crop of hot troupes in event entertainment is motion incarnate. And while they may owe some of their moves to Cirque du Soleil - the landmark company whose blend of atmospheric music and astonishing acrobatics has taken the world by storm - these show folks are turning out client-customized event acts in a class of their own.

For Los Angeles-based AiRealistic, whose clients include L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art, the Davis World Cup and Cirque du Soleil, creating custom aerial shows is all about having a strong sense of site.

For the 2004 Taurus World Stunt Awards in L.A., AiRealistic scaled the soaring structures of Paramount Studios' New York Street lot, performing an act it called "Fire Escape," "where the performers run and dance vertically on the wall," Curtis says. Another entertainment vignette took into account the fact that "we knew we couldn't out-stunt the stuntmen," he notes. "Instead we decided to 'punk' them." The crew designed a collapsible stage, then staged a scene where performers costumed as security guards rushed out to stop another performer from climbing too high on a truss structure. At a critical moment, the stage "tipped," spilling the climbing performer out onto fall-breaking fabric, where she danced a duet with one of the guards.

Beginning with the basic structural realities of the performance space AiRealistic locates rigging points and unique features, assessing the dynamic range of the site.  Integrating the structural information of the site with the goals of the client and the theme of the event, it creates a skeletal version of the show. Selecting individuals from within our extensive network of designers, actors, acrobats, composers, technicians and artists of all types, AiRealistic finds the right people for the event. Through a dialogue with the client and a structured workshop process, AiRealistic funnels the creative energy of the designers and artists into a dynamic show design. The world of imagination becomes a reality.