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2018 American Circus Educators Conference

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Marisa Diamond - Virtual Only

Diamond Family Circus
Coach, Co-founder, Performer
Waltham, MA

Professional circus performers and teachers and mother-daughter duo Marci and Marisa Diamond co-founded Diamond Family Circus. Marisa is currently pursuing a BFA at University of Michigan, and still continues to train, perform, and coach circus all over the country in her spare time.

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. The SolariumLIMITEDAYCO/ACE

9:30am EDT

Keynote: Circus Arts Therapy as a scaffolding for overcoming physical, social, and emotional challenges Gym 1LIMITEDCarrie Heller - Virtual Only • Lauren Taglialatela

11:15am EDT

Magic Effects Workshop Studio AFULLJoe Culpepper

2:00pm EDT

Common Rigging Mistakes Gym 3FILLINGJonathan Deull

3:30pm EDT

Coffee Break TBA

3:45pm EDT

Introduction to German Wheel Dance StudioFILLINGCarly Schuna

9:30am EDT

Making circus that matters: Artistic tools beyond technique Studio BFILLINGL M Feldman

11:15am EDT

Clown - Gag writing for groups Animal CrackersFILLINGJesse Dryden

12:45pm EDT

Lunch (On Your Own) TBA

2:00pm EDT

1 ball, 2 ball and 3 ball games for teaching youth too young to learn to juggle. Animal CrackersFULLRichard Kennison

3:45pm EDT

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

11:15am EDT

Physical Theatre for Aerialists: An Introduction to Aerial Performance and Storytelling Gym 1FULLJoanna Wright

2:00pm EDT

Beyond Muscles: understanding kinetic chains Dance StudioFILLINGJim Donak