Sarasota Magazine’s article explores an outreach program created by The CAC’s Education team called “The Marvelous Miraculous Circus Machine.” The science-related project involved more than 70 schools in Sarasota and Manatee counties.
Sarasota Orthopedic Associates is pleased to announce their support of the Circus Arts Conservatory for the annual 24 Hour Giving Challenge on September 1st, 2015. The CAC will be raising funds for its Education curriculum: The Marvelous, Miraculous Circus Machine. This creative and engaging educational program is designed to provide interactive hands-on experiences in the classroom that reinforce science. Based on Rube Goldberg’s eccentric contraptions, 5th grade students learn physics and engineering using arts integrated methods that emphasize Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math.
CEO Doug Badertscher said, “At Sarasota Orthopedic Associates, we applaud the wonderful gift of education shared by the Circus Arts Conservatory in their Education Outreach program. When children are actively engaged, they more easily understand”.
On Friday, August 21st, Sarasota Orthopedic Associates will host a day of awareness for the CAC Education program by encouraging staff and patients at all three locations to participate in the Giving Challenge. SOA will provide popcorn and red noses at all three locations to emphasize support. The CAC will “send in the clowns” from their Education Department, to highlight the Giving Challenge. SOA will also participate in a Facebook and Twitter campaign encouraging donors to visit www.CircusArts.org/GivingChallenge on September 1st and support the Circus Arts Conservatory in their educational mission.
The commitment of Sarasota Orthopedic Associates is to get our patients back on their feet, back to work, back in the game, and back to life.
Educators from The CAC worked with more than 1,500 local schoolchildren to create The Marvelous, Miraculous Circus Machine, which is a STEAM based education curriculum that emphasizes Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math. The Circus Machine project fosters camaraderie and teamwork among students and teachers and makes learning fun. The video, produced by Sarasota County Schools, captures the live presentation of the Circus Machine in the Sailor Circus Arena and the positive and excited reactions of the participants. To watch the video CLICK HERE
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By Jay Handelman – Herald-Tribune
Giuliano Anastasini might be the envy of every guy with a younger brother.
Giuliano Anastasini uses his feet to support and juggle his younger brother, Fabio, in their Risley act at the Summer Circus Spectacular 2015 Thursday, June 25 at the Historic Asolo Theater at The Ringling.
“I like to joke that I get to kick my brother’s butt for a living,” he says. And he means it literally, as audiences can see… MORE
ABC-7 Suncoast View video interview with “Queen of the Air” Dolly Jacobs, who received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in 2015. Dolly Jacobs is the first circus artist to receive the NEA award, which she describes in the video as “an incredible honor.”
FOX 13 Tampa Bay Video:
Reporter Charley Belcher visits with Summer Circus 2015 juggling sensation Sebastian St. Jules in the Historic Asolo Theater on the grounds of The Ringling.
A New Circus Chapter:
The Ringling is known for its images of world-class art, gardens and architecture. But in the lobby this Friday afternoon, living circus performers greet overjoyed children and parents. The smiling faces of children light up the lobby while getting their pictures taken with the cast of the Circus Arts Conservatory’s Summer Circus Spectacular.
Two of those performers are Bailey Sloan and Dolly Jacobs… Read More
Circus Sarasota Delights All Ages
Bradenton Herald Review June 29, 2015:
The Summer Circus Spectacular blends silliness and sophistication. Circus Sarasota’s Summer Circus Spectacular offers a different kind of circus experience. It’s fast-paced and funny enough to delight kids, and elegant and amazing enough to edify adults. The hour-long show, set on the proscenium stage of the Historic Asolo Theater, includes lots of familiar circus elements: a clown, a ringmistress, jugglers and an aerial act.
By Marty Clear – BRADENTON HERALD
Awards and honors are nothing new for Sarasota native Dolly Jacobs. She’s been inducted into the Circus Ring of Fame and the Gallery of Acrobatic Legends. She received a Florida Folk Heritage Award three years ago from the Florida Department of State.
In 1988, in Monaco, she received the Silver Clown Award, one of the most prestigious awards in the circus world… But the award she received most recently was something special. Earlier this month, the National Endowment for the Arts named Jacobs a National Heritage Fellow. MORE
Sarasota Magazine Review: Summer Circus Spectacular 2015
What a simple and yet brilliant idea it is for the Circus Arts Conservatory (Circus Sarasota) and The Ringling to collaborate on presenting short summer shows in the Historic Asolo Theater, as they have been doing for nine years now. Families and other museum visitors get the chance to take a break, sit down and be entertained in a cozy space; locals can just while away part of a summer afternoon, away from the heat and sun. Read More
