Taylor Marie Turner

Founder, Co-Director

silks, lyra, trapeze, corde lisse, invented apparatus, modern dance, acrobatics

photo by James Ismert Photography

Taylor Marie Turner is the founder, Artistic Director (Co-Director), and head choreographer for Hydrangea Sky Movement Arts

Taylor Marie is a performing artist (aerialist, dancer, and musician/singer-songwriter), visual artist (painting, drawing, mixed media, clothing design, jewelry-making), and researcher/writer in sustainable lutherie and plant neurobiology for Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery and Wisdom Tree Institute, in addition to working and performing regularly at Old Town Center for the Arts in Cottonwood, Arizona (home venue for Hydrangea Sky Movement Arts).

Taylor has a background in modern dance and ballet and currently performs on aerial silks, lyra, corde lisse, trapeze, and invented apparatus. Taylor has performed as a professional musician and aerialist/dancer, in addition to teaching workshops in aerial silks and partner acrobatics, across the Southwest and in France. Taylor has trained in aerial dance at Frequent Flyers, Altitude Aerials, Scorpius Dance Theatre, Vertical Fix, Illuminar Aerial, and Momentum Aerial.