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Mariposa
Mariposa aka
Stefanie
Naifeh began her professional stage career
when she was 15 with the San Francisco Opera production of Carmen,
with Placido Domingo as Don Jose. Stefanie combines her opera and circus
background as Ring Mistress for the L.A. Circus where she also
performs on the trapeze, web, and aerial silk. Stefanie has been a featured
circus soloist in the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America with
Circo Osorio, Circo Hermanos Caballeros, Fern Street Circus, L.A. Circus,
and Circo del Aire.
Stefanie
has performed as aerialist and acrobat in films and commercials including
Rush Hour 2, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Drew Carey Show, The
Reluctant Muse, and can be heard singing and seen flying through the
air of the Afterlife in What Dreams May Come. Her voice can be
heard singing the beautiful melodies and eerie vocalizations of the soundtracks
and commercials of Danny Elfman, Rolfe Kent, David Newman, and
Cliff Martinez.
Stefanie is director of her own cutting edge Circus Sirius, whose
original productions of Reverie and Suspension garnered raves review and
packed audiences at L.A.'s El Rey Theater, and in Vancouver, San Francisco,
and Las Vegas.
Stefanie fronted the L.A. neo-cabaret band, The Underthings, whose
self-titled album release received substantial radio play nationally as
well as in France and Canada (reviews available on request).

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