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2018 American Circus Educators Conference

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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 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

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 Neck fitness: addressing the overlookedFULL Dance StudioJim Donak

3:45pm EDT

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 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

9:30am EDT

Social Circus Series 1: Let's Grow Social Circus!LIMITED Media StudioZoe Brookes CircusYoga Tools of TeachersLIMITED Animal CrackersErin O'Keefe • Kevin OKeefe Making circus that matters: Artistic tools beyond techniqueFILLING Studio BL M Feldman Master the BackhandspringFULL Studio AKaren Ladd

11:15am EDT

Concepts of Universal Design for Learning and its Connection to Circus EducationFILLING Studio ASuzanne Rappaport Social Circus Series 2: Show us what you do! Using models to explain your program impact.LIMITED Media StudioCharlotte Byram Flexibility: everything you’ve wanted to know and then someFILLING Dance StudioJim Donak

2:00pm EDT

Circus and Accessibility: Moving Forward TogetherLIMITED Studio AKate Magram 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 Beyond Body Language: New Understandings of Meaningful Movement, Research Experiences, and CommunityLIMITED Dance StudioJoanie Garcia • kevin shaw

11:15am EDT

Neurobehavioral approach to learning and memory in circus artsLIMITED Meeting RoomAnne Miller Social Circus Series 3: Using data to assess program outcomesLIMITED Media StudioJen Agans 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

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 Social Circus Initatives around the worldLIMITED Lounge BDan Roberts Beyond Muscles: understanding kinetic chainsFILLING Dance StudioJim Donak ChoreoLab: Activating SpaceLIMITED Media StudioCaroline Calouche Teaching Unicycle: From First Pedals to Center RingLIMITED Gym 4Jesse AlFord

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 Consent Games for CircusLIMITED Studio AViolet Defiant Creating Youth Driven Performances and ProgramsFILLING Studio BKatherine Tesch