Cherie Carson has is a contemporary choreographer, dancer, improviser, teacher, and interdisciplinary artist, yoga teacher and healer. Originally from San Antonio, Texas, her choreography has been presented throughout the US, Scotland and twice on the PBS mini-series Razor’s Edge Cafe. She has received numerous grants and fellowships from such entities as the NEA/Rockefeller New Forms Regional Initiative Grant, Georgia Council for the Arts, Puffin Foundation, LTD., Zellerbach Family Foundation, City of Oakland, CA$H Grant, Hambidge Arts Center, Atlantic Center for the Arts and the State of Florida's 1997-98 Individual Artist Interdisciplinary Fellow. She co-founded and co-directed (for 6 years) a contemporary dance company in Atlanta, Chappstick & The Cars. In 1992, Cherie began to incorporate video into her dance form. The Water Dreams video, a finalist for the Robert Bennett Award, was screened at the American Film and Video Festival in LA. Cherie's choreography can be seen in the repertory of many individual artists as well as contemporary companies like Room to Move Dance, Dance Force and Moving in the Spirit Dance Company (Atlanta, GA). She is currently Director of Aerial Dance at STUDIO 12, Berkeley. Cherie Carson (also known as Siri Gian Kaur) is internationally certified by the Kundalini Research Institute (KRI), a Sat Nam Rasayan healer and has been teaching yoga since 1993. She teaches classes, workshops & retreats in yoga, meditation and yoga for dancers throughout the U.S. and abroad. Cherie currently resides in Oakland, California. Her training includes body mechanics through kinesiology, Pilates Technique, Tai Chi, Dance Therapy and Alexander Technique. Cherie is currently teaching yoga at STUDIO 12 and 7th Heaven Yoga in Berkeley. She also offers Full Moon meditations and workshops for women. Cherie's meditation practices are influenced by the Kundalini Yoga tradition of Yogi Bhajan as well as her studies in Zen philosophy and creative visualization