Gypsy Snider

Gypsy Snider wrote and directed Dear San Francisco, SisterS, Réversible, Intersection, Amuse, Un Dia, Traces, and Loft. Constantly branching out into new mediums, Gypsy has choreographed televised feature performances for America’s Got Talent, Her Majesty’s Royal Variety Performance, the illusionist Darcy Oake’s Edge of Reality, and large scale fashion shows for Bench/. In 2013, working with director Diane Paulus on a new vision of Pippin, she choreographed and wove circus into the revival of the Broadway musical. Gypsy’s work on Pippin earned her a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award. Gypsy began her circus career at the age of 4 when her parents founded The Pickle Family Circus. She grew up touring the West Coast with the company, went on to graduate the Dimitri school of physical theater in Switzerland and performed with the Cirque du Soleil for several years before creating "Les 7 doigts de la main" in Montreal, Quebec. Gypsy has now come full circle back to her home town of San Francisco–The 7 Fingers have moved in to the iconic North Beach theater, Club Fugazi where Gypsy is co-writer/director of Dear San Francisco. Adding to her diverse range of projects, Gypsy wrote and directed Ships in the Night, contemporary musical dance revue for Virgin Voyages’ new cruise line. In 2020, she created and choreographed the televised EUFA Draft opening. During the darkest time of the pandemic lockdown, she wrote and co-directed her first film, Out of Order. Gypsy is also a guest teacher and guest director at the National Circus School of Montreal, she received the Evolving Circus Award in New York City and was invited to speak at the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington DC. Photo by Olivier Teětreault.