Bring Your Social Circus To Work Day – A Panel Discussion Hosted by Craig Quat
In this panel, Craig Quat and his guests discover what it is like to live and work on the frontier of social circus today.
Panelists:
Dr. Kate Riegle van West
Dr. Kate Riegle van West completed her Ph.D. in the effects of poi on physical and cognitive function at the University of Auckland and is the founder of SpinPoi, a social enterprise dedicated to working with poi as a therapeutic tool to improve health and well-being for all ages and abilities.
Adam Woolley
Adam Woolley was the Creative Outreach Director for the Circadium School of Contemporary Circus in Philadelphia, PA. He’s been a circus coach for the past 10 years and has served on the Board of Directors for the American Circus Educators Association, helped to produce contemporary circus showcases in NYC and Philadelphia, and served as an advocate for the circus arts throughout his career.
Jamie Moore
Jamie has taught at circus schools from across the world, lectured at international seminars, worked as a Circademics research assistant, and volunteered with a number of charities, with one goal in mind: More Smiles for everyone.
He’s passionate about working with people who have additional needs; he’s developed new pedagogy and has shared this with other practitioners. Since high school, Jamie has been working with people with additional needs and has continued as a care worker whenever his schedule allows.
He is well known for creating revolutionary learning tools such as the Juggle Board, which uses a series of lanes to roll balls back-and-forth between partners, as opposed to having to throw and catch them. Additionally, he is also responsible for organizing a global movement of social circus practitioners who are collaboratively dedicated to the goal of enhancing new teaching methods through adaptation and re-imagination. Craig has collaborated extensively and traveled to visit many circus groups and cultures from around Europe and in both of the Americas over the past 12 years of his project development.
In 2014 he was the first recipient of the Award for Innovation by the American Youth Circus Organization, and in 2016 he received the Excellence in Education Award from the International Jugglers Association.
He is currently based in Argentina and preparing to embark on a two-year tour of Latin America and Europe that will include new project elements, such as documentation and distribution of information about all the interesting and diverse circus cultures he continues to visit.
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