Twin Cities Trapeze Center, LLC
Come Fly With us!
To You,
Our Audience
Thank you for showing up to this party
Our TAPEZE cast and crew are here to entertain, have fun, take risks, demonstrate growth, and engage in play with our friends and YOU!
You’ll see youth (age 7+) to sage (age 55–80+), some lifelong dancers and some beginners throughout the performance.
If joy is resistance, then we have it in abundance – please join us!
—TAPEZE Cast & Crew, 2025
About the Show
What happens when you blend tap shoes and a trapeze? This fusion turns the stage into a dynamic playground where rhythm meets flight. A high flying symphony of movement, music and momentum.
Cast & Crew
Cathy Wind, 1964, Lead
Cathy Keane Wind, a student of Maestro Lane Alexander, has performed with tap artists like Gregory Hines and Savion Glover. She has also collaborated with the Queen of Sweden, Dr. Maya Angelou, and Regis Philbin. Cathy has taught dance at St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists, St. Cloud State University, and the University of Minnesota. Nominated for a 2011 Minnesota SAGE Award for Outstanding Dance Educator, Cathy has choreographed musicals for Wayzata High School for over 15 years and teaches inner-city youth in St. Paul through KSR’s Community Outreach Program grants. Cathy co-directs the Keane Sense of Rhythm Tap Company (KSR), which has performed across the US, Canada, and Europe, including with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and at the Chicago Human Rhythm Project.
​Ellen Keane, 1961, Lead
Ellen Keane, Executive Director of Keane Sense of Rhythm Tap Company and is thankful for her life in dance and believes dance should be accessible to all. She has performed globally, taught at the University of Minnesota, and continues to teach all levels of tap, focusing on its physical and mental health benefits for diverse age groups and leads programming to bring tap to schools as afterschool programming. Keane produces Minneapolis Human Rhythm Projects, Fringe shows, and National Tap Dance Day. Known for her rhythm tap expertise, she founded the Youth Tap Ensemble in 2002 for dancers aged 8-18 and enjoys working with talented youth in various settings.
Katie Kimball, 1979, Lead
Katie Kimball is the owner and lead instructor at Twin Cities Trapeze Center in St. Paul, MN. Kimball is a formally trained dancer, earning her BA in Performance Art at University of Minnesota with an emphasis in Musical Theater. Post college she moved west and trained in aerial arts at Trapeze Arts in Oakland, California. After an extensive training and performance focus on the west coast, Kimball returned to the Twin Cities in 2012 and founded Twin Cities Trapeze Center. With over 20 years of aerial performance and instruction, rigging, equipment knowledge and safety training under her belt, Twin Cities Trapeze hosts hundreds of circus enthusiasts a month through its doors. In addition to teaching and choreographing at Twin Cities Trapeze, Kimball performs regularly both as a solo act and half of a duo Trapeze act.
Carole Conama, 1957, Muse
Carole Conama is thrilled to be a part of Fringe, this is her second show! She began performing on REAL STAGES when her then teenaged wanna be “EMO” daughter confronted her “stage mother” to audition for a play 16 years ago. She got the performance bug and the rest is clearly herstory. Carole is a dance teacher, choreographer, performer, and dabbler in film performance. She recently joined Twin Cities Show Choir. She is a founding member of Theater55. Her training was in the seventies where she studied under Nancy Hauser and Loyce Houlton. Dance has always been a huge factor in her life. She is grateful to the Keane Sense of Rhythm for creating this high energy show (whose founders she met 30 years ago while tap dancing with Char Weis). And thanks to Katie! Who knew trapeze could be so fun!
Stephanie Hamilton, 1945, Muse
Stephanie Hamilton is a newcomer to the Twin Cities. She began her early training in ballet, tap, jazz, and modern. She has worked as a dancer and choreographer in opera, TV, and concert dance, and as an equity member in musical theatre, living and traveling in many mid-western and southern states. As a lifelong dance educator, she is thrilled to be dancing with Keane Sense of Rhythm and she offers many thanks to Ellen for establishing this welcoming community for adult dancers.
​​​​​Stephanie Stockton, 1947, Muse
Stephanie studied dance as a child and continued her education with many teachers throughout the United States and Europe and has taught dance to thousands of students of all ages and abilities during her career. Stephanie, a U of M graduate in Communications and Child Psychology, has dedicated her career to dance, particularly those with special needs and in Keane Sense of Rhythm programs. She's choreographed for theater, talent shows, recitals, and videos, and currently teaches adult education. Her performing credits include Chanhassen Dinner Theater, Diamond Jim's (trapeze artist), and Orchestra Hall. She values her collaboration with Ellen, Cathy (Keane Sense of Rhythm), and Kate (Twin Cities Trapeze Center) on "Trapeze" for the Minnesota Fringe.
Full Cast
Abby Seiler 2001
Adyson Toepper 2010
Agnes Semington 1967
Ali Brock 1984
Ally Whiting 2012
Amelia Kent
Anna Keane 2018
Anna Makousky 1996
Annabell Schreier, 2001
Anne Luther 1956
Annie Mockovak 1960
Ari Dub 2010
Audrey Haugen 1995
Betty Johnston 1951
Carla Bode 1983
Carole Conama 1957
Cathy Hanson 1957
Cathy Tikkanen 1954
Cathy Wind, 1964
Charlene Jorgenson 1958
Charlene Romanowski 1946
Colleen Striegel 1951
David Prentice 1959
Deborah Smith 1953
Debra George 1954
Dennis Louie 1950
Diane Martucci 1951
Diane Philbin 1955
Donna Addkison 1966
Elaine Boyer-Haymond 1950
Ellen Keane, 1961
Emily Stark 1977
Emily Vogl 1988
Francine Evans 1955
Gay Bakken 1952
Helen Maclay 1998
Jackie Dubbe 1945
Jane Wilson 1952
Janice Hallberg 1949​
Jazmine Darden 1991
Jennine Duda 1968
Jensen Freedman, 1994
Jessica Thibault 1976
Joanna Kelly 1970
John Tweedy 1947
Karin Davey 1995
Kate Schmitz 1956
Kathy Gaalaas 1970
Kathy Solberg 1949
Katie Kimball, 1979
Katie van den Heuvel 1977
Katy Campbell 1960
Kelly Peterson 1972
Kirsten Stephens 1973
Lesley Ernst 1959
Lewis Luyster 1949
Lex (Alexander) Lemaire 1987
Liana Johnson 2003
Lindani "Duckki" Johnson 1992
Lucia Copland 1955
Malia Le 2015
Mandy Pannier 1964
Marguerite Hanbery 1955
Marty Sedof 1944
Mary Casey 1959
Mary Doyle 1959
Meg Grove 1956
Melinda Bianchet 1977
Nancy Rosenberg 1948
Naomi Shapiro 1957
Neh Tamukong 2012
Noah Durand, 2000 (with Mom, Robin)
Philomena Keane 1937
Sarah Steil 1973
Stephanie Hamilton 1945
Stephanie Stockton 1947
Svetlana Kartak 1965
Tracy Doheny Erickson 1963
Wayne Dunifon 1953
A Little Tap History
“If you can walk, you can tap.”
—Charles “Honi” Coles
​A brief tap history of three iconic tap routines that continue to unite tap dancers around the world, and inspire future generations of tappers through a shared language of movement.
The Walkaround aka the Coles’ Stroll
A classic tap dance that features a progression of walking patterns and builds in rhythmic complexity. It exemplifies the rich history of tap and philosophy of accessibility. The walkaround was often used as an entrance for the Copasetics Club, a group of legendary tap dancers formed in 1949.
The Shim Sham aka The Shim Sham Shammy
This routine has become tap dance’s National Anthem and unites tappers of all skill levels all around the globe. Tap legends Leonard Reed and Willie Bryant are credited for creating the dance commissioned by the Whitman Sisters in 1928. It now has many variations, featuring a 32-bar chorus.
The Dorothy Shim Sham aka the D.W. Shim Sham
Dorothy Wasserman, a renowned tap teacher, choreographer, and performer in Boston, created her own version of the Shim Sham in 1978. This version gained acclaim when iconic tap dancer, Gregory Hines, featured it in the major motion picture TAP. This version was taught to Ellen and Cathy by Lady "Di" Diane Walker.
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