Jennifer Dennehy

You’ll feel the magic the moment you step inside the beautiful Dafmark Dance Theater in the heart of downtown Erie.
Our circus professionals welcome you to a vast array of circus arts: 
hoop dance, juggling, poi, acro-balance and slackline. Friendships form fast as we support each other to learn new tricks, perform and provide feedback to our new friends. 

This five-day session is a fun-filled introduction to the circus arts for campers, ages 8 to 16, with any skill level. Ideal for kids who are new to circus and for campers who want to expand their circus skills and make new friends: this session     has it all! Circus Day Camp Erie ends with a circus showcase for family and friends.
   

July 20th to July 24th, 2015

9:00 am - 12:30 pm

Cost: $150

Location: Dafmark Dance Theater

1033 State Street (3rd Floor), Erie, PA 16501

Who We Are

Staff at Circus Day Camp nurture the healthy and successful growth of every children. Teachers are upbeat and interact with students with warmth, patiences, understanding and fairness. In addition, they:

    - Responsive to a wide range of camper’s feelings, needs, cultures and abilities.

    - Encourage leadership skills in campers by letting them offer ideas to expand or enrich an activity.

    - Allow students to make and learn from their own mistakes

MEET THE TEACHERS

Jennifer Dennehy

Born in Buffalo, NY where she began her dance training at the age of 3. She is trained in ballet, modern, tap, jazz, african, hip-hop, creative dance and hoop! She has been hooping since June of 2010 and has been teaching hoop dance since November 2010. Jennifer currently dances with Dafmark Dance Company, teaches 12 weekly hoop classes in Erie, PA, and is a Pennsylvania Council on the Artist Roster Teaching Artist. She is the founder of Lake Effect Hoop Troop & Circus Day Camp Erie. Jennifer's latest endeavors include integrating creative dance practices into hoop dance,  developing a new program to take low income high school students to Peru to teach hoop dance to children there, and teaching PA Standards Based curriculum through hoop dance and creative movement in schools and social service organizations.



Shaina Michael

Growing up Shaina had a stong passion for all forms of art and had hoped to be in the circus one day. Her mother used to be a juggler and comes from a family of fire dancers and artists. Shaina is both a visual and performing artist based in Erie, PA. Shaina has performed for the past 4 years as a member of Lake Effect Hoop Troop not only as a hoop dancers but additionally with juggling, fire eating, fire breathing, contact juggling, devil sticks, poi, and staff. Shaina is always learning new art forms and has a strong passion for teaching as well. Currectly Shaina teaches hoop classes at USA Fitness in Union City and under the direction of Jennifer Dennehy through the Erie School Districts GEARS program. Shaina can't wait to share her knowledge and excitement with those who attend Circus Day Camp Erie.
                                                                                                                                                                   

 Zachary Lucas

Born to two clowns (Sonshine and Rainbow) of the Sonshine and Rainbow Gospel Clowns from Pittsburgh, you could say that the circus is in Zachary's blood. At the ages of 4 and 5, Zac helped his father with a magic, juggling and balloon show, but he mostly made simple balloon animals, spoiled magic trick secrets and calmed kids with their fears of clowns. During his preteen and early teen years, the family sold handmade jewelry and crafts at music festivals, carnivals, and craft fairs in the tri-state area. It was this time, that zachary learned and purchased his first set of devil sticks. Then another decade later, on a backpacking trip through Europe was when he began learning poi, Diablo, slackline, fire breathing and acrobalance. He looks forward to sharing this experience with the participants at Circus Day Camp Erie!

SKILLS TAUGHT AT CIRCUS DAY CAMP ERIE

Safety is our number one priority and that includes warming up our bodies to prepare for all the jumping, bending and twisting and the kids will do throughout the day. After warm-ups, campers are will participate in all of the specialty classes including Juggling, Poi, Hoop Dance, Acrobalance and Slackline. Campers will take a short break for snack. During the last 45 minutes campers will be split up into small groups with one of the teachers to be their performance mentor for the week. During this performance mentorship time campers with create their own unique and artistic routine with prop(s) of their choice. Our supportive teachers will assist each camper with working toward their individual goals in a fun and friendly team setting.

REGISTER

Registration forms and questions email Jennifer at hoopsbydennehy@gmail.com