Kip Conwell (he/him) earned a masters degree from Arizona State University and a bachelors degree from Knox College, where he was actively involved in the theatre and dance program. As a founding director of Aerial Dance Chicago, Kip takes pride in some of the more unique and rigorous productions in recent memory: rigging for dance in the water at the Crown Fountain of Millennium Park, rigging the historic and scrupulously maintained Grand Ballroom of the Drake Hotel, and rigging the elaborately renovated Crystal Ballroom of the Blackstone Hotel (former stomping grounds of Al Capone). Kip strives to develop a culture of safety, while always searching for new ways to streamline aerial dance rigging. In addition to his focus on production, Kip has been involved in the development of the infrastructure and administration of ADC, as well as other technical and outreach aspects of ADC’s programming.