Jessica Hentoff has been teaching and performing circus arts for over 41 years. She has been the recipient of St. Louis Arts Innovator of the Year, Outstanding Arts Educator of the Year, American Youth Circus Organization/American Circus Educators’ Excellence in Circus Education Award, and the Youth Development Practitioner Award by the Youth Learning Institute. Jessica was a founding member of both Big Apple Circus and Circus Flora and is the founder and Artistic/Executive Director of Circus Harmony, a St. Louis based social circus that builds character and expands community by helping children defy gravity, soar with confidence and leap over social barriers, all at the same time!