2016 American Circus Educators Conference has ended

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2016 American Circus Educators Conference

3:00pm PDT

Check in for attendees Main Gym Floor

5:00pm PDT

7:00pm PDT

Opening event! Main Gym Floor

9:30am PDT

Curriculum Development and Organization TechniquesFULL Green Room Booking Circus EntertainmentFULL AcroSports, Solarium Five Ball JugglingLIMITED Trapeze Room Pilates for aerialistsFULL Aerial Points, Main Gym Pole Integration in a Circus WorldLIMITED Chinese Poles, Main Gym Teaching Unicycle: From first pedals to center ringLIMITED Studio Circus+ - European Research on Youth and Social Circus PedagogyFULL Clown Lounge Show Don’t Tell: How to Make Your Story Inspirational Theater

11:00am PDT

Don’t do what I say, Do what I mean!FILLING Clown Lounge Mixed Media CircusFILLING AcroSports, Solarium Circus and Accessibility – Legal and Ethical Considerations Theater Back Flexibility Basics: How to safely improve back flexibilityFULL Green Room Circus Theatre: And artistic approach to skill buildingFULL Main Gym Floor Climbing EfficientlyFULL Aerial Points, Main Gym Somatics for Circus ArtistsFULL Trapeze Room Cirque du Monde social circus model and its adaptability to local reality, an international view.LIMITED Studio

12:15pm PDT

12:30pm PDT

Roundtable with Stephanie Krauss: navigating the world of youth development fundingFULL Clown Lounge

1:30pm PDT

The Well Prepared Director: Rehearsal Planning from Months to MinutesFULL AcroSports, Solarium Circus and the Curriculum: accredited Circus Theater Positive Behavior Management for Youth: The Gamification of Everything"FULL AcroSports, Dance Floor Beginning Juggling for beginnersLIMITED AcroSports, Outback Contortion and All-Level Flexibility: The safety rules and regulations behind every coach and studentFULL Trapeze Room Empowerment Through Circus: Aligning Coach and Multi-Level Student Goals for Fitness and Fun!FULL Green Room Ground Conditioning for Aerialists Main Gym Floor OPEN TRAINING AERIAL (READ POLICIES)LIMITED AcroSports, Aerial Points Utilizing Sling-progressions for drops in fabricFULL Aerial Points, Main Gym Social Circus with Social Work and Occupational TherapyFULL Clown Lounge

3:00pm PDT

Teaching Multi-Level ClassesFULL Aerial Points, Main Gym 'Everything I Never Learned in School About Being a Professional Circus Artist'FULL AcroSports, Solarium Insurance for Circus Arts: Your Financial Safety NetFULL Clown Lounge Bendy and Buff: Flexibility Training that Does not Compromise Joint StrengthFULL Green Room Choreography Ideas for Circus StudentsFULL Main Gym Floor OPEN TRAINING AERIAL (READ POLICIES)LIMITED Trapeze Room Teaching Unicycle: From first pedals to center ringLIMITED Studio Social Circus Initiatives part 1: PechaKucha style presentations Theater

4:30pm PDT

Keynote: How Circus Saved My Life Theater

6:00pm PDT

7:00pm PDT

Social + Flying Trapeze + Juggling @ Circus Center Main Gym Floor

9:30am PDT

Keynote Theater

11:00am PDT

Functional Movement and corrective Exercise: the future of circus arts instructionFULL AcroSports, Solarium Calling Each Other In: White Privilege Awareness and Action Studio Building Blocks on Silks InstructionFULL Aerial Points, Main Gym Circus Games SwapFILLING Main Gym Floor Stretching: Understanding Range of MotionFULL Green Room Understanding the methodology of teaching the handstandFULL Theater Program Effectiveness Step 1: Know what you’re aiming forFULL Clown Lounge

12:15pm PDT

12:30pm PDT

Child and Youth Care: A Complementary Pedagogy for Social Circus Practice?FULL Clown Lounge

1:30pm PDT

Teaching Circus with the Body in MindFULL AcroSports, Solarium Preparing Professional Artists Theater Program Effectiveness Step 2: Gather good dataFULL Clown Lounge Group Juggling PatternsLIMITED Main Gym Floor Nice to Meet You, Let’s MoveFULL Green Room Somatics for Circus ArtistsFULL Trapeze Room Spotting and Teaching Techniques for Advanced Aerial SkillsFULL Aerial Points, Main Gym

3:00pm PDT

Directing and creating compelling youth performance Theater Functional Movement and corrective Exercise: the future of circus arts instructionFULL AcroSports, Solarium Circus Arts Therapy® fitness and play therapy program (CAT): Principles, application and research findingsFULL Clown Lounge Dance Technique IntegrationFULL Trapeze Room German WheelFULL Studio How to Teach Contact Juggling in Recreational Class for Kids and AdultsFULL Green Room Introduction To Wall TrampolineFULL AcroSports, Trampoline OPEN TRAINING AERIAL (READ POLICIES)LIMITED AcroSports, Aerial Points Swinging TrapezeFULL Aerial Points, Main Gym Blending Therapeutic Applications, Improv Theatre and Circus- Fostering Play, Communication, Collaboration, and Self-AwarenessLIMITED Main Gym Floor

4:30pm PDT

Teaching Circus with the Body in MindFULL Clown Lounge Empowering Youth through Clown TechniqueFULL Trapeze Room Cyr WheelFULL Studio Bendy and Buff: Flexibility Training that Does not Compromise Joint StrengthFULL Green Room Elements of Physical Performance: from clowns to aerialistsLIMITED Main Gym Floor Introduction to Parkour and FlowFULL AcroSports, Outback OPEN TRAINING FLOOR (READ POLICIES)LIMITED AcroSports, Aerial Points Swinging TrapezeFULL Aerial Points, Main Gym Social Circus Initiatives part 2: Roundtable on Building Local Collaborations Theater Working with Diverse Youth: Creating a learning environment that promotes success for allFULL AcroSports, Solarium

6:00pm PDT

7:00pm PDT

Night out on the town - the Reg Bolton Pub Crawl! TBA

9:30am PDT

Insurance for Circus Arts: Your Financial Safety NetLIMITED AcroSports, Solarium Beats and MomentumFULL Aerial Points, Main Gym Choreography Ideas for Circus StudentsFULL Trapeze Room Finding the Funny: The Principles of Gag WritingLIMITED Green Room Warm-up techniques to engage 5-13yr oldsFILLING Main Gym Floor Circus and Accessibility: Putting it into Practice Theater Program Effectiveness Step 3: Prove your program worksFULL Clown Lounge

11:00am PDT

Introduction to the ACE Safety ProgramFULL AcroSports, Solarium School Director's Roundtable 1: Legal/organizational, staff managementFILLING Theater Furthering Inclusion through Cultural HumilityFULL Clown Lounge Cyr WheelFULL Studio Game LabFULL Main Gym Floor Light, Reversible and Aware: Feldenkrais Method and Circus TrainingFULL Green Room OPEN TRAINING AERIAL (READ POLICIES)LIMITED Aerial Points, Main Gym Out of Hand: How To Teach Juggling and Object ManipulationFULL Trapeze Room

12:15pm PDT

12:30pm PDT

CIRQINIQ: Social Circus Programming in NunavikFILLING Theater

1:30pm PDT

Introduction to the ACE Safety ProgramLIMITED AcroSports, Solarium Positive Behavior Management for Youth: The Gamification of Everything"FULL Green Room Teaching Conditioning and Fitness for Aerial ArtsFULL AcroSports, Main Floor School Director's Roundtable 2: Marketing, fundraising, funding modelsLIMITED Theater Clowning for Dummies: What's So Funny?FULL Trapeze Room Introduction to Wall TrampolineFULL AcroSports, Trampoline Performing Power: Theater Techniques for Social ChangeFILLING Main Gym Floor “I Want to Learn a Rope pirouette!” – Breaking it down, teaching it safeFULL Aerial Points, Main Gym Circus and Occupational Therapy: Health Professionals’ Perception of a New InterventionFILLING Clown Lounge

3:00pm PDT

National Circus School Research Presentation Theater Building Community CollaborationsFULL AcroSports, Solarium Cultivating individual donorsFILLING Clown Lounge Improvisation for PerformanceFILLING Main Gym Floor Introduction to Parkour and FlowFULL AcroSports, Main Floor OPEN TRAINING FLOOR (READ POLICIES)LIMITED AcroSports, Main Floor Pilates for aerialistsFULL Aerial Points, Main Gym Stretching: Matching Techniques to GoalsFULL Green Room Trapeze Outside the BoxFULL Trapeze Room

4:30pm PDT

Keynote and closing ceremony Theater

6:00pm PDT

School Director’s Roundtable #3: Operations, private lessons, open gym, pro-training, management softwareFILLING Theater Dinner Studio

7:00pm PDT

Free night! Time to network, play, plan collaborations, juggle and more Main Gym Floor

9:30am PDT

Acrobatic Minimum Standards for serious 5-7 year-oldsFILLING Main Gym Floor Gender, and other issues in Circus Education Theater Circus for Seniors: A demonstration and discussionFILLING Studio Safety Program Guidelines Biannual reviewFILLING Clown Lounge OPEN TRAINING AERIAL (READ POLICIES)FILLING Aerial Points, Main Gym

11:00am PDT

Lead By Example: Program Identity Theater Volunteers in the circus world—how to find them and keep themFILLING Clown Lounge Roundtable Discussion: What do Circus Educators want from ACE? Main Gym Floor OPEN TRAINING AERIAL (READ POLICIES)LIMITED Trapeze Room Utilizing Sling-progressions for drops in fabricFULL Aerial Points, Main Gym

12:15pm PDT