The Circus Project Competitors

OAC is an agency that operates at arm's length from the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Gaming. The OAC's grants and services to professional, Ontario-based artists and arts organizations support arts education, Indigenous arts, community arts, crafts, dance, Francophone arts, literature, media arts, multidisciplinary arts, music, theatre, touring, and visual arts. The OAC is directed by 12 volunteer board (council) members who come from communities throughout the province. They are appointed by the Government of Ontario for a three-year term. The OAC's board is responsible for setting OAC's policies and oversees the organization's operation. --- Le CAO est un organisme qui fonctionne de manière indépendante et qui relève du Ministère du Tourisme, de la Culture et des Jeux. Par ses subventions et services, il appuie les artistes professionnels et les organismes artistiques établis en Ontario dans les domaines de l'éducation artistique, des arts autochtones, des arts communautaires, des métiers d'art, de la danse, des arts francophones, de la littérature, des arts médiatiques, des arts multidisciplinaires, de la musique, du théâtre, des tournées et des arts visuels. Le CAO est dirigé par un conseil d'administration composé de 12 membres bénévoles, provenant de différentes régions de la province, nommés par le gouvernement de l'Ontario pour un mandat de trois ans. Le conseil d'administration du CAO est chargé d'établir les politiques de l'organisme et d'en surveiller le fonctionnement.

Circus Smirkus is an award-winning international youth circus founded in 1987 and described by The Boston Globe as “one of New England’s most treasured cultural and educational resources.” Based on a 38-acre parcel of land in Greensboro, Vermont, and nestled among the rolling hills of the Northeast Kingdom, the organization is dedicated to promoting the skills, culture, and traditions of the traveling circus and to inspiring youth to engage in life-changing adventures in the circus arts. Circus Smirkus comprises three principal programs: Smirkus Big Top Tour takes place every summer, during which about 30 young people aged 10-18 spend three weeks at the Greensboro HQ to create and rehearse a new circus production and then take it on the road throughout New England for professional quality performances under our 720-seat big top circus tent. Smirkus Camp offers the country’s only residential circus arts training—ranging from one-day to two-week sessions—conducted in a traditional summer camp setting. Smirkus School Residencies provide opportunities for trained circus professionals to come to schools throughout the North East to teach children circus arts in an educational environment. Circus Smirkus has just succeeded in a $2 million challenge grant towards our $3.5 million Capital Campaign to construct a permanent, purpose-built summer camp facility, which will enable the project to be expanded to include 200 more campers each summer. At Smirkus we believe the universal allure of the performing arts, and circus in particular, helps children to form friendships and bonds that transcend the barriers of economic situation, class, culture, geography, age, and ability.

AcroYoga elevates the connection between you and others through movement, connection, and play. Acro in Greek means high, or elevated. Yoga in Sanskrit commonly translates to notions of union, or joining. The experience of taking flight with AcroYoga instantly dissolves fears and invites practitioners to tap into new and infinite possibilities of communication, trust, and union. By combining acrobatics, yoga, and healing arts, the practice of AcroYoga has built a community of active teachers and practitioners all over the world. AcroYoga International was founded by Jason Nemer and Jenny Sauer-Klein in 2003. They were the first to codify the AcroYoga practice in 2006. Their work culminated into not only manuals, but also cultivated formalized educational paths that have promoted the highest levels of safety, expression, and straight up fun.