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Passing Torches
by Jennifer Agans, long-time youth circus performer

"President's Poppykash"
Past updates on AYCO by President Kevin O'Keefe

"Circus to Save the World"
Excerpts of Speech by Reg Bolton at the AYCO Festival, August 2001, Sarasota Florida.

About AYCO
speech by Kevin O'Keefe, AYCO president and founder

The Role of Circus Skills in Education
speech by Kevin O'Keefe, AYCO president and founder

Circus For Everyone: Circus Learning Around the World
Introductory chapter from the book of the same title by Bob Sugarman

The Not So Naughty Nineties / A Decade of Circus Developments, 1991 - 2001
Steve Ward, founder of the National Association of Youth Circus in the UK, and director of Circus Zanni

Why A Circus?
Jackie Davis, movement educator and circus director

Fighting Gravity
Jackie Davis, movement educator and circus director

Negotiating Identity Through Risk: A Community Circus Model for Evoking Change and Empowering Youth
Masters Thesis by Sharon McCutcheon