Former international street performer turned emcee, Sonal Aggarwal has brought her talents to Chicago as an actor, comedian, producer and movement artist. Her one woman show The Alchemy of Bliss played for a sold out weekend at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater and you can see her on Netflix’s Easy as well as the short A Period Piece which debuted at SXSW 2020. She is a regular host of the Moth.

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Sirène De Paradis (Diane Berrios) is multi-disciplinary cultural performance artist (dancer, musician, singer, circus performer, costume designer and motivational movement facilitator) born and raised in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. For over 28 years, her passion stemming from her Afro-Puerto Rican dance roots have paved a unique path of art, music and dance from her travels throughout the Caribbean, North, Central and South America.

Her cultural depiction of the performing arts, dance workshops and costumes that she has designed has been showcased through her labels, Chi-Caribena Designs and Global Beauty Dance.

Finally, in 2025, she became a proud recipient of the DCASE Individual Artist Award for her 28 years of work as an artist in Chicago.