Workshops and Community Events
We aim to provide accessible + engaging events that build community and empower artists to be the best professionals that they can be.
Upcoming events
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The Dust Palace Workshops - June 8th & 9th 2025
For circus artists & aerialists who want to learn new & exciting skills
🎪 Toss the Flyer with Eve Gordon
Sunday, June 8th, 2025 - 7:00-8:30pm
💪 What you'll learn:
Foundations in dynamic trio acrobatics
Internationally renowned vocab that’ll wow all audiences
🎪 Rolling & c-shaping on silks with Jaine Mieka
Monday, June 9th 2025 - 7:00-8:30pm
Level: Intermediate to advanced
💪 What you'll learn:
New pathways on one and two strands using rolling and C shaping techniques
Sneaky transitions in and out of wraps
Techniques for building sequences that feel as smooth as they look.
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The Art of Act Creation with Tanya Burka
May 24 10-12pm PST
Online so you can join us from anywhere!
Recording will be available but you must register before the event! We will not be selling the recording separately
👋 Does this sound like you?
You're a bad*ss with a dedicated circus practice: you know a thousand tricks and transitions in your discipline, and have learned countless inspiring sequences picked up from your coaches and social media. But when you contemplate making your own performance piece for an audition, showcase or competition... Gulp. Crickets. A looming sense of doom. Why is this so hard????
🎪Act creation and choreography are art forms in and of themselves! And it can be really intimidating figuring out the first steps, or getting over your personal roadblocks along the way. Let's sit down and talk about ways to break down the process!
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Creative Accessibility in Performance
July 22nd, 2024 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
In Person and Online (Masks Required for In
Person) Green Thumb Theatre - Studio A
5522 McKinnon St, Vancouver, BC V5R 0B6
This workshop focuses on collaborative creative approaches to functional accessibility in performance arts, providing ways to think outside of box-checking accessibility and exploring the symbiotic aspects in which accessibility can enhance an artistic work. Offering multiple ways to engage with the information, Erin and Maxime will share various types of creative accessibility that they have explored through the journey of their artistic practice, what has worked and what has not. The artists will share about traditional forms of accessibility and creative forms of accessibility.
Past Events
Get Your S_#T Together
October 21st, 2023
2-hr, online workshop presented by Rachel Strickland & Circollective Society
An act or two is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to thriving as a performing artist! Join Rachel and Circollective for the career making/career affirming workshop. An absolute must attend for any freelance professional, amateur, or soon to be pro, performer.
This workshop is for emerging and already working performing artists. It is designed to arm you with the best practices for a career as a professional physical performer, and how to succeed once you get there.
More about Rachel: https://www.rachelstricklandcreative.com/bio
Community Meet & Greet (& Eat)
October 14, 2023
Community Gathering hosted by Circollective Society
It's been a wild few years and many of us haven't had the chance to reconnect or perhaps even meet! Let's get to know each other and talk all things circus🎪
This is a causal, FREE event for circus artists across the career span, from hobbiest to pro. If you love circus, we'd love to have you join us!