American Youth Circus Organization

Also... during the same days, The American Youth Circus Organization, in cooperation and support from Cirque du Soleil, hosted a 4-day teacher training for coaches working the in field of Social Circus. Two professionals from Cirque du Soleil’s Social Circus Training Program provided the training. The Social Circus Training Program is a world-wide program launched in 2000 to promote international networking around social circus teacher training and youth art intervention initiatives.

Presenters included:

"Street Performing in Latin America" by Heidi Kirchofer and Joel Melendez of
Matica Arts

"Making Larger Than Life Puppets" by Lissa Mcleod and Jake Weinstein of One
World Circus

"Spanish Web and Corde Lisse" by Meg Elias-Emery of Xelias Aerial Arts

"Flexibility Plus (Contortion)" by Panni Speirs of Flexibility Plus

"Partner Acrobatics-Doing, Teaching, Spotting" by Chuck Johnson of SANCA

"The Theater of Circus: Acting for Circus Performers" by Dic Wheeler of Art
Farm

"Taming The Wild Cerebellum and Other Feats of Daring-Do" by Louis 'Tres'
Kutcher of My Nose Turns Red Youth Circus

"Passing Fancy (Juggling for Teams)" by Viveca Gardiner of Bindlestiff
Family Cirkus

"Circus for Social Change" by Jake Weinstein and Lissa Mcleod of One World
Circus

"A Comical Approach" by Troy Wunderele of Circus Smirkus

"Aerial Performer Rigging Basics" by Jonathan Deull of Zip Zap Circus

"Intro to Circus Yoga Teacher Training" by Kevin and Erin O'Keefe of Circus
Yoga and Circus Minimus

"Designing an In-School Circus Residency" by Kevin O'Keefe of Circus Yoga
and Circus Minimus

"Painting Your Own Face" by Auntie Ray-Ray of Mehron Makeup

"Totally Useless Skills" by Rick Davis of AYCO

"Wire Walking" by George Ramiro of The Great All-American Youth Circus

Other workshops will include Stilt Walking, Flying Trapeze, Static Trapeze,
Unicycle, Juggling, Tumbling, Acro, German Gym Wheel,