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Greetings!
Just as the summer heat is building, LAVA continues flowing and growing. Thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s Handstand-a-thon one of the best ever. Its success is a gorgeous testament to the commitment, creativity, strength, and beauty of this flourishing community.
As we all now pour out of our homes and enter into the summer outdoors, so will LAVA be out of the studio on several occasions--see the LAVA Company news box below for info on where and when to come see us.
The current session of LAVA classes will end on June 24th, and next up are our summer classes for kids taught by Allison Schnur and Sophie Sharps. IMPORTANT NEWS FLASH: Allison is relocating to Ann Arbor Michigan in September! LAVA Conditioning on June 13th & 20th, Summer Classes, and our first ever Teacher Training are your last chance to experience the depth and mastery of Allison’s teaching. Allison came to LAVA in 2005 as an intern and since then has been an invaluable member of our community and our organization as a teacher and as a performer. We all wish her the absolute best in her new directions.
So as June gets going, let’s look for each other doing handstands in the grass, on the beach, or at the studio! I hope to see you out there.
Just as the summer heat is building, LAVA continues flowing and growing. Thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s Handstand-a-thon one of the best ever. Its success is a gorgeous testament to the commitment, creativity, strength, and beauty of this flourishing community.
As we all now pour out of our homes and enter into the summer outdoors, so will LAVA be out of the studio on several occasions--see the LAVA Company news box below for info on where and when to come see us.
The current session of LAVA classes will end on June 24th, and next up are our summer classes for kids taught by Allison Schnur and Sophie Sharps. IMPORTANT NEWS FLASH: Allison is relocating to Ann Arbor Michigan in September! LAVA Conditioning on June 13th & 20th, Summer Classes, and our first ever Teacher Training are your last chance to experience the depth and mastery of Allison’s teaching. Allison came to LAVA in 2005 as an intern and since then has been an invaluable member of our community and our organization as a teacher and as a performer. We all wish her the absolute best in her new directions.
So as June gets going, let’s look for each other doing handstands in the grass, on the beach, or at the studio! I hope to see you out there.
With love,
Sarah East Johnson
Artistic Director
Artistic Director
LAVA News:
On June 16th, LAVA will be performing and teaching at the
Atlantic Avenue BID from 2 to 5. We'll be on Nevins
Street all day so come by and visit us! On June 22nd we will perform in the Circus Cabaret at
Big Sky Works.
And on June 26th, members of LAVA will be returning to the San Francisco School of
Circus Arts to train with our revered teacher, Mister Lu Yi.
Also in June, LAVA begins the BAM Professional Development Program which culminates
in a performance in BAM’s new Fisher Theater in the spring of 2013!
June 13, 20, 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Redefine what it means to be strong and in your body. Come develop your strength, flexibility, coordination and explosion in a supportive environment, through both floor-based and aerial exercises. Last chance for adult students to train with Allison before her move to Michigan!
2-Class workshop $35, $20 drop-in
It's official: Handstand-a-Thon was a success
On May 20th hundreds of community members came from far and near to join our day of food,
play, fundraising, and celebration: young and old, experienced and first-timers, community
members and passersby, we all enjoyed a day of standing on our hands and supporting each
other in standing on theirs! From free tacos and root beer, to crafts and costumes;
from music and astroturf, to raffle tickets and a rapping handstand; from a passers-by becoming
First-Timers, to an incredible 30-second hand-to-hand (that's a handstand in someone
else's hands!); extraordinary fun was had, seen, made, and shared. With your help we raised
over $21,500 raised for LAVA's community programs. Congratulations and THANK YOU!
Click here to see pictures.
Click here to see pictures.
* Handstands * Acrobatics * Trapeze * Mini-Trampoline *
The LAVA summer session runs July 9 - July 27
for ages 2.5 - 12. Enroll your child for 1, 2, or 3 weeks. Tuition is $40 - $420 depending on our child's age and the number of weeks he or she will be joining us. Here's a snippet of the summer schedule
Tues & Thurs -- 9:15-10:15 AM -- Ages 2.5-3.5
Tues & Thurs -- 10:30-12:00 AM -- Ages 3.5-5
Mon - Fri -- 4:00-6:00 PM -- Ages 6-12
Click here to see the summer schedule.
Wednesday, July 11 6:30-9:30 OR Saturday, July 28 2:00-5:00 PM, FREE This Summer LAVA will host our first Teacher Training!
Interested in teaching kids at LAVA? Join Allison, Dylan Diana, and Sarah to learn more about LAVA’s methods teaching kids. This hands-on workshop will provide you with the tools needed to co-teach a LAVA kids’ class, explore LAVA’s teaching philosophy, and get you upside down!
For more information, or to sign up, please email allison@lavabrooklyn.org
Take a look at the exciting exchange that happens at the LAVA Studio:
Click here to watch the LAVA Studio video!
From LAVA's Friends Around Town:
Capoeira with Professor Gafahoto
Professor Gafanhoto (Angelo Ribeiro) is renting the LAVA Studio on
Saturday afternoons to teach an open level capoeira class.
Join Capoeirista: Professor Gafanhoto for for Capoeira acrobatics/floreios class at the
LAVA Studio
Saturdays: June 16, 23, 30 and July 7, 14
4:30-6:00pm, $17/class
Visit www.gafacapoeira.com for more information or contact Professor Gafanhoto directly at: (917) 331-1069 or e-mail: gafacapoeira@aol.com
Saturdays: June 16, 23, 30 and July 7, 14
4:30-6:00pm, $17/class
Visit www.gafacapoeira.com for more information or contact Professor Gafanhoto directly at: (917) 331-1069 or e-mail: gafacapoeira@aol.com
Two new pieces by former LAVA performer Megan Gendell
Former LAVA performer and teacher Megan Gendell has spent the past 9 months in circus
school at the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA) in Brattleboro, VT. She
will be performing the works she made there:
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors navigates NYC transit in a handstand
A portrait in black and white
explores the world inside an aerial rectangle.
Monday, July 2nd, at 7:30pm at Dixon Place
ONE NIGHT ONLY-- get your tickets now!
$12 in advance, $15 at the door, $10 students / seniors.
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors navigates NYC transit in a handstand
A portrait in black and white
explores the world inside an aerial rectangle.
Monday, July 2nd, at 7:30pm at Dixon Place
ONE NIGHT ONLY-- get your tickets now!
$12 in advance, $15 at the door, $10 students / seniors.
LAVA is supported by funding from Brooklyn Arts Council, New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs,
Estelle's Choice, The Puffin Foundation, LAVA's Annual Handstand-a-Thon, and donations from grassroots contributors (like you!). 
Thank you for your ongoing support, donations to our non-profit arts organization are
always needed and deeply appreciated!
Photos by Angela Jimenez, Nancy Brooks Brody, Katina Douveas and M. Scott Hussey,Jr.
