Atlanta Aerial Arts Festival

If you came to the 2018 Atlanta Aerial Arts Festival as a student and would like to provide some feedback I would greatly appreciate it!

2018 Atl Aerial Festival Student Feeback

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It’s Trapeze Tuesday because I love this beautiful photo from our act at , and I’m excited for the opportunity to work with at this weekend!
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Photo: James Curtis Barger
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Atlanta Aerial Arts Festival 🖤
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📷JC Barger

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Aerial Arts Fest Day 1. Guided play on creative apparatuses.

We are so excited to have Shay Welch as one of our guest lecturers at the Atlanta Aerial Arts Festival 2018 this year!

More info about the festival and all of our guests:
www.AtlAerialFest.com

More about Shay:
Shay Welch is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Spelman College. She holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Binghamton University and was the Gaius Charles Bolin Fellow in Philosophy at Williams College. Her areas of specialization are Native American Philosophy, Feminist Ethics, and Social/Political Philosophy; she teaches courses on freedom, ethics, s*x, and Native philosophy.

Her first book is A Theory of Freedom: Feminism and the Social Contract. She and was awarded the Future of Minority Studies Fellowship in publishing for her last book, Existential Eroticism: A Feminist Ethics Approach to Women’s Oppression Perpetuating Choices. And her most recent publications include “Native American Chaos Theory and the Politics of Difference” and “Imagination and Wonder: Native Cognitive Schemas and Democratic Ethics”. Her upcoming book is Dancing with Native American Epistemology: The Phenomenology of a Performative Knowledge System. This book will be an analytical but phenomenological articulation of Native American epistemology using a blend of dance theory and cognitive science. She argues that feminism has much to learn from Native philosophy.

Her professional goals are to support and mentor young women of color in philosophy and to create and lead workshops intended to restructure the canon of political theory to include the voices of white women, women of color, men of color, and the poor. Such a restructuring would not only make political theory more attuned to concrete political relations and contexts but it will also aid the discipline in recruiting and retaining more underrepresented young philosophers.

https://spelman.academia.edu/shaywelch

I couldn't be more thrilled to welcome Rachel Strickland to the roaster of guest instructors during the Atlanta Aerial Arts Festival.

For a complete list of instructors and their workshops please visit:
www.AtlAerialFest.com

More about Rachel:
Classically trained in ballet since the age of three, Rachel is a dancer turned aerialist, choreographer, and variety performer. She began her study of circus arts in 2007, developing a unique style and approach to aerial work, and has performed extensively across the United States and around the world.

As a performer and choreographer, Rachel is known for her innovative combinations, movement quality, and her obsessive study of spiral momentum. International collaborations include devising choreography and performing with Fidget Feet Aerial Dance in Ireland, as well as the award winning show “Elements” with Natural Wings out of Perth in Western Australia.

Homemade recipes include writing and producing “Icarus” which debuted in the 2013 New Orleans Fringe Festival. She feels honored to have worked on US soil with such fine companies as ticktock, Emerald City Trapeze Arts, Madame Rex Entertainment, Kinetic Arts Productions, Trapeze World, Queensryche, and Circus Automatic.
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Given to excess and quixotic tendencies, Rachel specializes in aerial hoop choreography and the practice of telling stories.

We are excited to welcome Anastasia as a performer in the Professional and Emerging Artist Showcase during the 2018 Atlanta Aerial Arts Festival. She will also be co-teaching with duo partner Rachel Strickland.

For a complete list of instructors please visit:
www.AtlAerialFest.com

Anastasia Sauvage is a multidisciplinary aerial artist with a background in ballet, contemporary dance, and theater, based in San Francisco. She began her training with a former Cirque du Soleil coach and continued with Leslie Tipton and Elena Panova.

Locally, Anastasia produces intimate events to bring aerial and musical artists together, such as Silks & Strings.

Her fluid, elegant style has captivated audiences from Tesla, Jack Daniels, Hitachi, the SF Giants, and at the Las Vegas MGM Grand Arena.

Anastasia has a NASM and HLC certification. She teaches at Aerial Artique, San Francisco Pole and Dance, and Circus Center. Her classes lead students through performance choreography workshops and showcase production.

Have you heard, Aaron Koz is teaching two levels of straps at this years festival. Though both of his workshops are sold out you can still book private lessons with him and the other coaches.

Check out the instructor section of the website for contact info:
www.AtlAerialFest.com

Aaron Koz is a traveling movement and circus coach previously based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Moving from Washington, D.C. to NYC, he began Circus Warehouse’s intensive program, and has studied under expert coaches in SF, Montreal, and Mexico. He draws from his background in neuroscience and psychology to augment his work as a coach. He has collaborated heavily with physical therapists to help augment and structure his teaching offerings.

During 2018, Aaron will be shadowing more physical therapists who have experience working with gymnasts, circus artists, and other high level athletes to further add to his understanding and knowledge of biomechanics, movement prep, and injury prevention.

Festival guest instructors will be offering limited private lessons on Thursday (5 April) before 5pm and on Sunday (8 April) after 3pm. To inquire about rates and availability please contact instructors directly as private lessons are not included in festival passes.

Their email addresses are posted on the festival website:
http://www.atlaerialfest.com/index.php/instructors

Instructors