Intensives

Enjoy a full day of intensive study in circus arts on Wednesday, August 19: 9:00AM-12:30PM and 1:30PM-5:00PM.

Intensive I - Aerial Performer Rigging and Risk Management 
Presented by Jonathan Deull
Wednesday,  August 19, 2009
10:00 am ­ 5:00 pm
 
When you walk into a space and look up in the air, what do you look for to
know that your students will be safe?  What are the questions you need to
ask?  While this workshop will not make you a qualified rigger, we will
provide tools you need to be an educated consumer. We will explore many of
the key issues which arise in rigging safely for aerial performance: dynamic
loads, applied forces, strength of materials, selection of apparatus and
hardware, attaching to building structure, proper techniques for termination
of ropes and cables, inspection and equipment retirement. Leave your
calculator at home; there will be no math required. There will, however, be
ample opportunity for hands-on practice of basic rigging skills, as well as
live demonstrations of rigging scenarios using a computerized digital load
cell and an assortment of apparatus.

Jonathan Deull has been a student of aerial performer rigging since 1996
when his daughter began performing as a circus aerialist at the age of
seven. He has designed and executed aerial circus and dance rigging both in
the US and internationally, and is the author of the chapter on rigging for
the recently published book, Aerial Dance, by Jayne Bernasconi and Nancy
Smith.  A co-founder of AirBorne! DC and director of Zip Zap Circus USA, he
currently works freelance on theatre and special event production and design
projects, teaches seminars on aerial performer rigging, and serves on the
performing arts faculty at Edmund Burke School in Washington, DC.  He is an ETCP Certified Theatrical Rigger and ETCP Recognized Rigging Trainer.

Cost of Intensive: $100.00

Meal Plan: $25.00 - includes breakfast, lunch & dinner on 08/19/08;
attendance at workshop only - not the festival.

Early Arrival Accommodations + Meals: $50.00 - (includes lodging on
08/18/09, dinner on 08/18/09; and breakfast & lunch on 08/19/08 only) 

The Festival begins with dinner on 8/19

To register for this intensive workshop, the festival, or both... click here