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Circus Arts provides opportunities to build strength, balance & confidence through movement. Students will explore their inner clown, and learn new skills like juggling, hooping, feather balancing, and physical comedy. Through circus activities your child will develop movement sequencing, motor planning and proprioception. Justine and Julie are both experienced circus artists, each teaching for over a decade. They have taught circus together for 6 years, in a variety of settings including in school and camps. They are excited to bring their program to Art Camp 504! Weekly sequence: 1. Intro, basic skills, demo, scarves 2. Build/decorate your own hula hoop + hoop skills & games 3. Hoop & scarves (intro to juggling) 4. Balance feathers 5. Clowning 6. Stations with skills + Clowning (make your clown mask) 7. Stations with skills (parachute day) 8. Showcase prep 9. PIE DAY + Showcase prep 10. Rehearsal 11. SHOWCASE MEET THE INSTRUCTORS: Julie Devita (she/her) has been an educator for 15 years and a mover all her life. Since 2019, she has studied and explored ways to combine her passion for education with her love of circus. She believes in the unique power that circus has to help develop essential life, academic and community skills. Julie instructs adult and child aerial classes, as well as co-leading circus camps. As a long time 504 camper parents, Julie is excited to join the team for this exciting new chapter. Justine Evans (she/her) is a full time circus performer with a passion for sharing her skills with the next generation. As a hooper, juggler and balance artist she has a wide variety of skills to share. While teaching at ISL, in the circus program for 6 years, she discovered the magic of circus for young learners. Since then she has taught camps, workshops and classes and is now very excited to share her skills at Camp 504.
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