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2018 American Circus Educators Conference

SIGN-UP OPENS SEPTEMBER 1ST AT 12PM EST! For more info, check out: HOW TO MAKE A SCHED ACCOUNT! Please note that you will not be able to sign into Sched until sign-up opens.

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 SolariumAYCO/ACE

9:30am EDT

Keynote: Circus Arts Therapy as a scaffolding for overcoming physical, social, and emotional challengesLIMITED Gym 1Carrie 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 StudioZoe Brookes Creating fun and engaging circus with a social change messageLIMITED Meeting RoomLissa McLeod • Jake Weinstein "Teachers Back Off: Framing Learning Experiences in the Student-Centered Aerial Classroom"FULL Gym 2Sarah Poole Choreography - Building an Aerial ActFILLING Gym 3Ruby Karen Circus Games SwapLIMITED Dance StudioClaire Dehm Coaching Strategies to Promote Positive Self-ImageFILLING Studio BKaren Ladd Consent-based touch in the circus classroomLIMITED Lounge AEllen Waylonis Demystifying Handstand BalanceFULL Animal CrackersMegan Gendell Magic Effects WorkshopFULL Studio AJoe Culpepper Shoulders upside down and right side upFILLING Gym 1Lauren Kehl

12:45pm EDT

Social Circus Consulting [ON-SITE SIGN UP REQUIRED] Snack BarJen 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 circusFILLING Meeting RoomLeah Abel • Kate Magram Researching Circus ArtsFULL Lounge BAlisan Funk ACE Safety ProgramLIMITED Studio BBeverly H Sobelman Career Circus Education - Roundtable DiscussionFILLING Lounge AAYCO/ACE Common Rigging MistakesFILLING Gym 3Jonathan Deull Fabric PuzzlesFILLING Gym 2Leisha Knight Introduction to Duo TrapezeFULL Gym 1Elsie Smith Neck fitness: addressing the overlookedFULL Dance StudioJim Donak

3:30pm EDT

Coffee Break TBA

3:45pm EDT

ACE/AYCO Health & Wellness Committee Update on Abuse Prevention & Response EffortsLIMITED Studio BAYCO/ACE • Marci Diamond • Anne Miller LGBTQ+ 101LIMITED Lounge BLeah Abel • Johnny Blazes • Beau Cromartie • T Lawrence-Simon • Ruth Schultz • Natasha Shatzkin 2018 US Circus Survey ResultsLIMITED Meeting RoomSonja Harpstead Revolution for Harmony! Circus partnership between Circus Harmony and the National Circus School of Puerto RicoFILLING Studio AJessica Hentoff • Eliana Hentoff-Killian • Jafet Irizarry • Leslynet Ramos Irizarry • Glorimar Sierra From Page to Stage- Creating circus storytelling grounded in educational standards and literacy skillsFULL Gym 1Amy Godfrey • Katie Rebich Introduction to German WheelFILLING Dance StudioCarly Schuna Re-thinking the Warm-Up: 9 Movement Must-Haves for your Group Warm-Up (and why they’re “must haves”)FULL Animal CrackersMike Denton • Theresa Racicot Shoulder Engagement in Hanging and HandstandsFULL Media StudioEmily Scherb Teaching Contact Juggling: Basics and BenefitsLIMITED Gym 4Sam Boyles

6:15pm EDT

Social Circus Mingle Meeting RoomJen Agans • Zoe Brookes • David Hunt - Virtual Only

7:30pm EDT

Community ShowcaseLIMITED TBA

9:30am EDT

Recreational Adaptive Circus Training: First Lesson on the Spanish Web plus moreLIMITED Gym 2Carrie Heller - Virtual Only • Lauren Taglialatela Moving from Safe Space to Brave Space: Challenging White Privilege in Our Circus CommunitiesLIMITED Lounge BAmy Christian • Alanna Herrera Director-Owner RoundtableLIMITED Meeting RoomShana Kennedy Social Circus Series 1: Let's Grow Social Circus!LIMITED Media StudioZoe Brookes CircusYoga Tools of TeachersLIMITED Animal CrackersErin O'Keefe • Kevin OKeefe Intro to RiggingFILLING Gym 1Jonathan Deull Introduction to German WheelFULL Dance StudioCarly Schuna Let's make 5 balls the expectation!FILLING Lounge ARichard Kennison Make it Mean Something: exercises for theatrical improvisation on aerial apparata.FILLING Gym 3Ilana Blankman Making circus that matters: Artistic tools beyond techniqueFILLING Studio BL M Feldman Master the BackhandspringFULL Studio AKaren Ladd

11:15am EDT

Queering CircusLIMITED Meeting RoomJohnny Blazes Concepts of Universal Design for Learning and its Connection to Circus EducationFILLING Studio ASuzanne Rappaport For-Profit or Non-Profit? A roundtable discussionLIMITED Lounge AJamie Hodgson • Shana Kennedy Social Circus Series 2: Show us what you do! Using models to explain your program impact.LIMITED Media StudioCharlotte Byram "Aerial Theatre and Act Creation"FULL Gym 3Callie Compton Clown - Gag writing for groupsFILLING Animal CrackersJesse Dryden Exploring Meathooks and Reverse Meathooks on Straps: Tips, Tricks, and Theory.FILLING Gym 1Shannon McKenna Flexibility: everything you’ve wanted to know and then someFILLING Dance StudioJim Donak Literally PhysicsFILLING Studio BMichael Smith

12:45pm EDT

Social Circus Consulting [ON-SITE SIGN UP REQUIRED] Snack BarJen Agans • Zoe Brookes • Amy Christian • David Hunt - Virtual Only • Dan Roberts Lunch (On Your Own) TBA

1:15pm EDT

Big Gay Lunch!!LIMITED Lounge ABeau Cromartie • Ruth Schultz • Natasha Shatzkin VAMP: a Circus-centric alternative to MindBodyFULL Snack BarBeverly H Sobelman

2:00pm EDT

Circus and Accessibility: Moving Forward TogetherLIMITED Studio AKate Magram Digital Marketing and Social Media for Circus StudiosFILLING Studio BJoanna Wright Safety Beyond Mats: Principles, processes and practices to prevent sexual, physical and emotional abuse in circus education; examples from the fieldLIMITED Lounge AJennifer Carlo • Marci Diamond • Henry Wheaton Customizing Social CircusLIMITED Media StudioDan Roberts Resilience: Adverse Childhood Experiences, The Neurobiology of Stress, and Building a Trauma-Informed Circus ProgramLIMITED Meeting RoomLynette Lau 1 ball, 2 ball and 3 ball games for teaching youth too young to learn to juggle.FULL Animal CrackersRichard Kennison Analyzing Hoop BeatsFILLING Lounge BT Lawrence-Simon Beyond Body Language: New Understandings of Meaningful Movement, Research Experiences, and CommunityLIMITED Dance StudioJoanie Garcia • kevin shaw Inventive Trapeze Pathways and SequencesFULL Gym 1Megan Gendell Performing FabricLIMITED Gym 3Leisha Knight

3:30pm EDT

Coffee Break TBA

3:45pm EDT

Keynote: Social Justice Matters! A Social Justice Method of Practice for Artists, Activists, and EducatorsLIMITED Gym 1chloefrankel

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

9:15am EDT

Morning MeetingLIMITED Gym 1AYCO/ACE

9:30am EDT

Keynote: Prioritizing Child Protection in the Circus CommunityLIMITED Gym 1Sammi Rader

11:15am EDT

Neurobehavioral approach to learning and memory in circus artsLIMITED Meeting RoomAnne Miller Conversation on Healthy Relationships in the workplaceLIMITED Studio BKristina Wicke SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION & RESPONSE BASIC TRAINING FOR CIRCUS PROGRAMSLIMITED Lounge BMarci Diamond Social Circus Series 3: Using data to assess program outcomesLIMITED Media StudioJen Agans How to Spot, Teach, and Do Human Pyramids: Foundational TechniquesFILLING Dance StudioHilary Riall • Steve Seaberg Mini-TrampolineFULL Gym 4Eliana Hentoff-Killian Physical Theatre for Aerialists: An Introduction to Aerial Performance and StorytellingFULL Gym 1Joanna Wright Refining Inversions Through PilatesFILLING Gym 2Julianna Hane Song Circles for Social InclusionLIMITED Lounge AJames Green Teaching Strategies for Mixed-Level ClassesFILLING Studio AEllen Waylonis To tuck or not to tuck?FULL Animal CrackersLauren Kehl

12:45pm EDT

Social Circus Consulting [ON-SITE SIGN UP REQUIRED] Snack BarJen Agans • Zoe Brookes • Amy Christian • David Hunt - Virtual Only • Dan Roberts Lunch (On Your Own) TBA Organizational Learning Community Agreements to Advance Equity and InclusivityLIMITED Studio ARhen Miles, CSWA

2:00pm EDT

Adaptive Circus and the Significance of the American with Disabilities Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability ActLIMITED Meeting RoomSuzanne Rappaport Introduction to Liberation Health theory and methodologyLIMITED Studio Achloefrankel Building an Inclusive Circus CommunityLIMITED Studio BJoanna Wright VAMP: a Circus-centric alternative to MindBodyLIMITED Snack BarBeverly H Sobelman Social Circus Initatives around the worldLIMITED Lounge BDan Roberts Beyond Muscles: understanding kinetic chainsFILLING Dance StudioJim Donak C Is for C-Curve, It Rolls Enough For MeFULL Gym 2Sarah Poole ChoreoLab: Activating SpaceLIMITED Media StudioCaroline Calouche Game LabLIMITED Animal CrackersJesse Dryden Rope Beats Break DownLIMITED Gym 1Christine Morano Teaching Unicycle: From First Pedals to Center RingLIMITED Gym 4Jesse AlFord

3:30pm EDT

Coffee Break TBA

3:45pm EDT

Circus and Accessibility: Moving Forward TogetherLIMITED Dance StudioKate Magram Equipment Inventory and Inspections: Overview of a Prototype Tracking SystemFULL Meeting RoomAlysha Perrin • April Moore Skelton Clown 101: Play, Character, and RoutinesLIMITED Animal CrackersAudrey Spinazola Consent Games for CircusLIMITED Studio AViolet Defiant Creating Youth Driven Performances and ProgramsFILLING Studio BKatherine Tesch Discovering Fundamental Aerial Alignment on StrapsFILLING Gym 1Shannon McKenna Rigging labFILLING Gym 2Jonathan Deull Rolla BollaFILLING Gym 4Jafet Irizarry Teaching Contact Juggling: Basics and BenefitsLIMITED Lounge ASam Boyles

5:15pm EDT

Dinner (On Your Own) TBA

7:00pm EDT

Closing Social TBA

10:00am EDT

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