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Thursday
, October 4
7:00pm EDT
Opening Reception + Event Check In - at The Solarium (a different venue from the rest of the conference!) Light dinner will be served.
LIMITED
The Solarium
AYCO/ACE
Friday
, October 5
9:30am EDT
Keynote: Circus Arts Therapy as a scaffolding for overcoming physical, social, and emotional challenges
LIMITED
Gym 1
Carrie Heller - Virtual Only • Lauren Taglialatela
11:15am EDT
Getting brave about fundraising. How to ask real humans for the money you need to run your program.
FILLING
Media Studio
Zoe Brookes
Creating fun and engaging circus with a social change message
LIMITED
Meeting Room
Lissa McLeod • Jake Weinstein
"Teachers Back Off: Framing Learning Experiences in the Student-Centered Aerial Classroom"
FULL
Gym 2
Sarah Poole
Choreography - Building an Aerial Act
FILLING
Gym 3
Ruby Karen
Circus Games Swap
LIMITED
Dance Studio
Claire Dehm
Coaching Strategies to Promote Positive Self-Image
FILLING
Studio B
Karen Ladd
Consent-based touch in the circus classroom
LIMITED
Lounge A
Ellen Waylonis
Demystifying Handstand Balance
FULL
Animal Crackers
Megan Gendell
Magic Effects Workshop
FULL
Studio A
Joe Culpepper
Shoulders upside down and right side up
FILLING
Gym 1
Lauren Kehl
12:45pm EDT
Social Circus Consulting [ON-SITE SIGN UP REQUIRED]
Snack Bar
Jen Agans • Zoe Brookes • Amy Christian • David Hunt - Virtual Only • Dan Roberts
Lunch (On Your Own)
TBA
2:00pm EDT
Fumbling Towards Equity: Addressing race, class, privilege, and other uncomfortable topics in social circus
FILLING
Meeting Room
Leah Abel • Kate Magram
Researching Circus Arts
FULL
Lounge B
Alisan Funk
ACE Safety Program
LIMITED
Studio B
Beverly H Sobelman
Career Circus Education - Roundtable Discussion
FILLING
Lounge A
AYCO/ACE
Common Rigging Mistakes
FILLING
Gym 3
Jonathan Deull
Fabric Puzzles
FILLING
Gym 2
Leisha Knight
Introduction to Duo Trapeze
FULL
Gym 1
Elsie Smith
Neck fitness: addressing the overlooked
FULL
Dance Studio
Jim Donak
3:30pm EDT
Coffee Break
TBA
3:45pm EDT
ACE/AYCO Health & Wellness Committee Update on Abuse Prevention & Response Efforts
LIMITED
Studio B
AYCO/ACE • Marci Diamond • Anne Miller
LGBTQ+ 101
LIMITED
Lounge B
Leah Abel • Johnny Blazes • Beau Cromartie • T Lawrence-Simon • Ruth Schultz • Natasha Shatzkin
2018 US Circus Survey Results
LIMITED
Meeting Room
Sonja Harpstead
Revolution for Harmony! Circus partnership between Circus Harmony and the National Circus School of Puerto Rico
FILLING
Studio A
Jessica Hentoff • Eliana Hentoff-Killian • Jafet Irizarry • Leslynet Ramos Irizarry • Glorimar Sierra
From Page to Stage- Creating circus storytelling grounded in educational standards and literacy skills
FULL
Gym 1
Amy Godfrey • Katie Rebich
Introduction to German Wheel
FILLING
Dance Studio
Carly Schuna
Re-thinking the Warm-Up: 9 Movement Must-Haves for your Group Warm-Up (and why they’re “must haves”)
FULL
Animal Crackers
Mike Denton • Theresa Racicot
Shoulder Engagement in Hanging and Handstands
FULL
Media Studio
Emily Scherb
Teaching Contact Juggling: Basics and Benefits
LIMITED
Gym 4
Sam Boyles
6:15pm EDT
Social Circus Mingle
Meeting Room
Jen Agans • Zoe Brookes • David Hunt - Virtual Only
7:30pm EDT
Community Showcase
LIMITED
TBA
Saturday
, October 6
9:30am EDT
Recreational Adaptive Circus Training: First Lesson on the Spanish Web plus more
LIMITED
Gym 2
Carrie Heller - Virtual Only • Lauren Taglialatela
Moving from Safe Space to Brave Space: Challenging White Privilege in Our Circus Communities
LIMITED
Lounge B
Amy Christian • Alanna Herrera
Director-Owner Roundtable
LIMITED
Meeting Room
Shana Kennedy
Social Circus Series 1: Let's Grow Social Circus!
LIMITED
Media Studio
Zoe Brookes
CircusYoga Tools of Teachers
LIMITED
Animal Crackers
Erin O'Keefe • Kevin OKeefe
Intro to Rigging
FILLING
Gym 1
Jonathan Deull
Introduction to German Wheel
FULL
Dance Studio
Carly Schuna
Let's make 5 balls the expectation!
FILLING
Lounge A
Richard Kennison
Make it Mean Something: exercises for theatrical improvisation on aerial apparata.
FILLING
Gym 3
Ilana Blankman
Making circus that matters: Artistic tools beyond technique
FILLING
Studio B
L M Feldman
Master the Backhandspring
FULL
Studio A
Karen Ladd
11:15am EDT
Queering Circus
LIMITED
Meeting Room
Johnny Blazes
Concepts of Universal Design for Learning and its Connection to Circus Education
FILLING
Studio A
Suzanne Rappaport
For-Profit or Non-Profit? A roundtable discussion
LIMITED
Lounge A
Jamie Hodgson • Shana Kennedy
Social Circus Series 2: Show us what you do! Using models to explain your program impact.
LIMITED
Media Studio
Charlotte Byram
"Aerial Theatre and Act Creation"
FULL
Gym 3
Callie Compton
Clown - Gag writing for groups
FILLING
Animal Crackers
Jesse Dryden
Exploring Meathooks and Reverse Meathooks on Straps: Tips, Tricks, and Theory.
FILLING
Gym 1
Shannon McKenna
Flexibility: everything you’ve wanted to know and then some
FILLING
Dance Studio
Jim Donak
Literally Physics
FILLING
Studio B
Michael Smith
12:45pm EDT
Social Circus Consulting [ON-SITE SIGN UP REQUIRED]
Snack Bar
Jen Agans • Zoe Brookes • Amy Christian • David Hunt - Virtual Only • Dan Roberts
Lunch (On Your Own)
TBA
1:15pm EDT
Big Gay Lunch!!
LIMITED
Lounge A
Beau Cromartie • Ruth Schultz • Natasha Shatzkin
VAMP: a Circus-centric alternative to MindBody
FULL
Snack Bar
Beverly H Sobelman
2:00pm EDT
Circus and Accessibility: Moving Forward Together
LIMITED
Studio A
Kate Magram
Digital Marketing and Social Media for Circus Studios
FILLING
Studio B
Joanna Wright
Safety Beyond Mats: Principles, processes and practices to prevent sexual, physical and emotional abuse in circus education; examples from the field
LIMITED
Lounge A
Jennifer Carlo • Marci Diamond • Henry Wheaton
Customizing Social Circus
LIMITED
Media Studio
Dan Roberts
Resilience: Adverse Childhood Experiences, The Neurobiology of Stress, and Building a Trauma-Informed Circus Program
LIMITED
Meeting Room
Lynette Lau
1 ball, 2 ball and 3 ball games for teaching youth too young to learn to juggle.
FULL
Animal Crackers
Richard Kennison
Analyzing Hoop Beats
FILLING
Lounge B
T Lawrence-Simon
Beyond Body Language: New Understandings of Meaningful Movement, Research Experiences, and Community
LIMITED
Dance Studio
Joanie Garcia • kevin shaw
Inventive Trapeze Pathways and Sequences
FULL
Gym 1
Megan Gendell
Performing Fabric
LIMITED
Gym 3
Leisha Knight
3:30pm EDT
Coffee Break
TBA
3:45pm EDT
Keynote: Social Justice Matters! A Social Justice Method of Practice for Artists, Activists, and Educators
LIMITED
Gym 1
chloefrankel
5:00pm EDT
Raffle Drawing!
Gym 1
5:15pm EDT
Dinner (On Your Own)
TBA
6:30pm EDT
Reg Bolton Pub Crawl
Twain's Brewpub
Sunday
, October 7
9:15am EDT
Morning Meeting
LIMITED
Gym 1
AYCO/ACE
9:30am EDT
Keynote: Prioritizing Child Protection in the Circus Community
LIMITED
Gym 1
Sammi Rader
11:15am EDT
Neurobehavioral approach to learning and memory in circus arts
LIMITED
Meeting Room
Anne Miller
Conversation on Healthy Relationships in the workplace
LIMITED
Studio B
Kristina Wicke
SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION & RESPONSE BASIC TRAINING FOR CIRCUS PROGRAMS
LIMITED
Lounge B
Marci Diamond
Social Circus Series 3: Using data to assess program outcomes
LIMITED
Media Studio
Jen Agans
How to Spot, Teach, and Do Human Pyramids: Foundational Techniques
FILLING
Dance Studio
Hilary Riall • Steve Seaberg
Mini-Trampoline
FULL
Gym 4
Eliana Hentoff-Killian
Physical Theatre for Aerialists: An Introduction to Aerial Performance and Storytelling
FULL
Gym 1
Joanna Wright
Refining Inversions Through Pilates
FILLING
Gym 2
Julianna Hane
Song Circles for Social Inclusion
LIMITED
Lounge A
James Green
Teaching Strategies for Mixed-Level Classes
FILLING
Studio A
Ellen Waylonis
To tuck or not to tuck?
FULL
Animal Crackers
Lauren Kehl
12:45pm EDT
Social Circus Consulting [ON-SITE SIGN UP REQUIRED]
Snack Bar
Jen Agans • Zoe Brookes • Amy Christian • David Hunt - Virtual Only • Dan Roberts
Lunch (On Your Own)
TBA
Organizational Learning Community Agreements to Advance Equity and Inclusivity
LIMITED
Studio A
Rhen Miles, CSWA
2:00pm EDT
Adaptive Circus and the Significance of the American with Disabilities Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
LIMITED
Meeting Room
Suzanne Rappaport
Introduction to Liberation Health theory and methodology
LIMITED
Studio A
chloefrankel
Building an Inclusive Circus Community
LIMITED
Studio B
Joanna Wright
VAMP: a Circus-centric alternative to MindBody
LIMITED
Snack Bar
Beverly H Sobelman
Social Circus Initatives around the world
LIMITED
Lounge B
Dan Roberts
Beyond Muscles: understanding kinetic chains
FILLING
Dance Studio
Jim Donak
C Is for C-Curve, It Rolls Enough For Me
FULL
Gym 2
Sarah Poole
ChoreoLab: Activating Space
LIMITED
Media Studio
Caroline Calouche
Game Lab
LIMITED
Animal Crackers
Jesse Dryden
Rope Beats Break Down
LIMITED
Gym 1
Christine Morano
Teaching Unicycle: From First Pedals to Center Ring
LIMITED
Gym 4
Jesse AlFord
3:30pm EDT
Coffee Break
TBA
3:45pm EDT
Circus and Accessibility: Moving Forward Together
LIMITED
Dance Studio
Kate Magram
Equipment Inventory and Inspections: Overview of a Prototype Tracking System
FULL
Meeting Room
Alysha Perrin • April Moore Skelton
Clown 101: Play, Character, and Routines
LIMITED
Animal Crackers
Audrey Spinazola
Consent Games for Circus
LIMITED
Studio A
Violet Defiant
Creating Youth Driven Performances and Programs
FILLING
Studio B
Katherine Tesch
Discovering Fundamental Aerial Alignment on Straps
FILLING
Gym 1
Shannon McKenna
Rigging lab
FILLING
Gym 2
Jonathan Deull
Rolla Bolla
FILLING
Gym 4
Jafet Irizarry
Teaching Contact Juggling: Basics and Benefits
LIMITED
Lounge A
Sam Boyles
5:15pm EDT
Dinner (On Your Own)
TBA
7:00pm EDT
Closing Social
TBA
Monday
, October 8
10:00am EDT
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