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2018 American Circus Educators Conference

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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