PAST PROJECTS
(Partial list)
La Jicarita Community School– 2014/15/16 Peñasco NM Theatre, stilts, aerial arts, giant puppets, shadow puppets and culinary arts with K-6 graders ending in Celebration of learning. Themes related to common core studies; family history, local folks tales, and healthy eating.
Embudo Valley Library after school program- 2014, – 2016 Ongoing collaboration; stilts, visual arts
Camp Colin- 2005-2016 Llano NM Circus arts with local summer camp
Truchas Summer program- 2014/15/16 Stilt walking and circus art sampler Mosaic Charter School – 2012, 2013, Circus and Physics 3-8 graders. & puppetry.
Hernandez Elementary- 2014 Espanola NM, Stilt walking with 5/6 graders.
Chimayo Elementary – Spring 2010 Stilt walking for 5th and 6th graders.
Chimayo Boys and Girls Club – Spring 2010 Giant puppet construction and stilt walking for elementary school children in collaboration with the Santa Fe Opera.
San Juan Elementary – Spring 2010 Giant puppet construction with 6th graders. Shadow puppets, poems, performance and mask making with 2nd graders for a Chinese culture based performance. Fall 2009 San Juan NM Stilts and masks for Dia de Los Muertos celebration to 3rd and 6th graders.
Alcalde Elementary – Spring 2010 Stilt walking with 6th graders, giant puppets and masks with K and 1.
Peñasco Theatre Youth Performance Troupe – Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 Trapeze, fabric, aerial hoop, acrobatics and poetry culminating in a final public performance at the Peñasco Theatre.
Peñasco Elementary – Spring 2009 Stilt walking for spring festival with 5th graders.
Enos Garcia Elementary – Taos NM Fall 2009 Giant puppet stories about star myths, creation and performance with 5th graders.
Dixon Elementary – ongoing 2008-2016 Tumbling, stilt walking, giant puppet, hand puppets and mask making with various grades.
Arroyos Del Norte – Taos NM Fall 2008 Giant puppet story creation with 3-5th graders based on folktales and original stories composed by students.
Ranchos Elementary – Taos NM 2009 Giant puppet story creation with 4th graders.
Mosaic Charter School – Aztec NM Spring 2008/2009 Giant puppet creation with k-8 grades ending in a procession. And shadow puppet story creation and performance for Solar Festival.
Rio Gallinas Charter School – Las Vegas NM Spring 2008 Creation of giant puppet and stilt outdoor pageant for “Re-Wilding The West”, a whole school performance about history and New Mexico ecology.
Carnival Center for the Performing Arts – Miami FL 2001-2008 designed and implemented a six-year circus arts education program for under-resourced youth in 6 neighborhoods throughout Miami Dade County. Each spring a six-week intensive circus and visual art after-school program culminates in a collaborative outdoor free circus performance by over 100 youth of col
