All Ages Circus Skills Weekend
March 15 & 16

Flow Form Movement Studio
5040 SE Milwaukie Ave (at Mitchell St.)
Portland, OR 97202

Featuring Zan from Instruments of the Now

Join us for a fun and educational weekend of circus skills workshops! Learn from professional instructors while building strength, balance and coordination.

Most classes are appropriate for all ages, so bring your kids!

Take 1 workshop, get additional workshops for $5 bucks off each! Yoga not included. Family discounts available.

To register, contact shireen@flame-buoyant.com.

Saturday, March 15

9-10a Yoga
10-11a Handstands
11a-12:30p Beginning/ Intermediate Poi
1:30-3p Beginning/ Intermediate Double Staff
3-4:30p Stilting
5-6:30p Hooping

Sunday, March 16

9-10a Yoga
10-11:30a Partner Acrobatics
11:30a-1p Intermediate/Advanced Poi
1:30-3:30p Red Nose Clown

Participants in the Circus Skills Weekend are encouraged to attend the free Community Fire and Drum Jam on Sunday, March 16

9-10a Yoga - Morgan
$12

Expect to get warm, get relaxed, have fun and leave with your spine a little taller. Yoga mat suggested.

10-11a Handstands - Nicolo
$20

This one hour workshop will focus on mastering a handstand with good alignment, as well as training tips for future improvement. All ages and abilities are welcome, however please be prepared to focus and work hard, as well as know your own limitations. If you're not used to doing handstands for long periods of time you may have to listen to your body and be prepared to take it easy.

11a-12:30p Beginning/ Intermediate Poi - Zan
$30

You will love this class. The two emphases will be on 1) moves that are easy to do, look great, and allow for freedom of body movement, and 2) important and often overlooked secrets of poi practice, spinning, and performance. You will get lots of information that you can practice with long after the class has ended. Bring your poi.

1:30-3p Beginning/Intermediate Double Staff - Zan
$30

We'll learn to understand the basic pieces of double staff with both our bodies and our minds: One-beats, timing and direction, isolations, tosses and catches, and anti-spin. Then we'll combine the techniques we've learned into patterns that both challenge and amaze us. Double staff is cutting edge, and fun fun fun, so don't wait to get started! Bring your staves, or play with some of those provided.

3-4:30p Stilting - shireen & Kricket
$30

Come learn how to walk tall! We'll provide the stilts and the guidance you need to get your balance with your feet off the ground! No experience necessary. Please wear sturdy shoes, and bring knee pads if you have some. Long pants and socks recommended. Children should be accompanied by an adult.

5-6:30p Hooping - Brandon
$30

Learn some new tricks and ways of interacting with your hoop that is sure to dazzle your friends! Play with the hoops available, or bring your own.

9-10a Yoga - Morgan
$12

Expect to get warm, get relaxed, have fun and leave with your spine a little taller. Yoga mat suggested.

10-11:30a Partner Acrobatics - shireen & Kricket
$30

Come join us to balance and climb on your friends! Develop trust, connection and playfulness while you learn how to share weight with others. All skill levels welcome, no experience necessary. Come with a partner, or meet one at the workshop. Come with a partner, or meet one at the workshop. Ages 8 and up, children should be accompanied by an adult.

11:30a-1p Intermediate/Advanced Poi - Zan
$30

You, who are advancing in poi quickly, will glimpse a whole new world. You, who think you're too good for classes, will have your world rocked. Come learn about new techniques that open a deeper level of control for poi and your body. Flowers beyond basics, linear motion, ellipses, and elliptical flowers. Break 1 orbit into pieces, applying different techniques to each and achieving surprising results. Your poi need this, they're begging you to come play. Bring your poi. Not recommended for children.

1:30-3:30p Red Nose Clown - Sarah
$35

Explore what is funny about you - how to create an eccentric, humorous character by using and exaggerating your own attributes. Find funniness and learn how to create material through honest, dynamic play. Ages 8 and up.

All workshops will be held at:

Flow Form Movement Studio
5040 SE Milwaukie Ave (at Mitchell St.)
Portland, OR 97202

Take 1 workshop, get additional workshops for $5 bucks off each! Yoga not included. Family discounts available.

To register, contact shireen@flame-buoyant.com.

Instructor Biographies:

Morgan

has been teaching movement classes for years, including gymnastics, Capoeira, circus arts and Yoga to children and adults. She got her Yoga teaching certificate last year from the Lotus Seed School here in Portland. She is also a certified Circus Yoga teacher, a practice thats geared towards the whole family. Her vinyasa inspired classes are energetic yet calming.

Nicolo Kehrwald

is a performer and acrobat. He has been working professionally with Do Jump! Theatre for the past seven years. He has studied handbalancing (handstands) with former Cirque du Soleil performer Cory Tabino and Russian master Yury Bozyan.

Zan

has performed and taught in a dozen countries, and across the United States. He is the man behind the The Encyclo-Poi-dia instructional DVD, has the #1 watched YouTube poi video, and is renown for his extensive knowledge of the theory and dance of poi and staff spinning. He co-founded the performance group Instruments Of The Now.

shireen

has pursued her lifelong interest in movement arts through training in yoga, dance, circus arts and aerial dance. Known for her clear method of instruction in the DVDs Poi Spinning Basics and Poi Spinning: Focus on Transitions, she has also taught circus to all ages at festivals and to kids in local schools and at Do Jump! Physical Theatre. Flamebuoyant Productions.

Kricket Caffery

teaches and trains in trapeze and partner acrobatics primarily at DoJump! Physical Theater. She performs with the Girl Circus as Oregon Country Fair and various festivals throughout the West Coast.

Brandon

from The Spinsterz has been performing and teaching hooping for years and will be sure to give you a new love for your hoop!

Sarah Liane Foster

has been creating and performing clown shows around Portland and the world for the past four years. A graduate of the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre, her approach to the world of clown is individual, specific, physical and character-based. In Portland she works with the Nomadic Theatre Co.Check out their new clown show "Running Into Walls" at Theater! Theatre! in April!

• Please, no fire tools unless they are covered well enough to protect the studio.

• Products and equipment from the instructors will be available at the workshops.

• You are welcome to bring food and drinks, but please be considerate of the studio.

For registration information or for further questions, please contact:

shireen@flame-buoyant.com or call (503)236-7327.