Cid Pearlman
3rd Dan Aikikai
Santa Cruz, California
Cid Pearlman started practicing Aikido in 1996, first in San Francisco and then in Los Angeles. Since 2007 she has been a student of Linda Holiday Sensei at Aikido of Santa Cruz, where she also studies with Senseis Aimen Al-Refai, Alan Holiday, Peter Rawls, Nico Secunda, Jeanne Sofen, David Sofen, and Dennis Wheeler.
Cid is also a choreographer working in the field of visual art and contemporary performance. Inspired by the resilience, fragility, and resourcefulness of the human body, Cid makes dances about how we negotiate being together in a complex world. Cid received her MFA in Dance from UCLA and currently teaches at UC Santa Cruz and Cabrillo College.