LAVA
www.lavabrooklyn.org
Spaces still available...
for LAVA summer classes.
Trio Dumptruck
July 9th - July 27th
* Handstands * Acrobatics * Trapeze * Mini-Trampoline *


LAVA News:
LAVA Company News
foot to foot
Yesterday was our first day back at the Circus Center San Francisco to train with our revered teacher, Mister Lu Yi. We are only here for a few days but we already feel certain this will be a worthwhile and fruitful tune-up. We will share more pictures of this and our other upcoming summer adventures at the end of August. Enjoy your summer!

Sarah and Diana have now attended two sessions of the BAM Professional Development Program, which culminates in a performance in BAM’s new Fisher Theater in the spring of 2013! This too promises to be very fruitful for LAVA's future development.



Atlas, December 2011
 
LAVA Teacher Training
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!
 
October 22nd: LAVA's Fall Gala


Save the date!

We want to serenade you in October.


ONE NIGHT ONLY.
More information later this summer!



Encyclopedia, June 2011
 
Upcoming Dates at LAVA
Click here to stay in the loop about LAVA performances, classes, and events. Coming up in the next few months:
  • July 9-27: Summer mini-session
  • August 15: LAVA performs at the Waterfront Museum
  • September 8: LAVA's Annual Open House
  • Sept 10 - Dec 15: Fall Class Session
  • October 22: LAVA's Fall Benefit
  • November: Night of Renegades
  • December: Magma Mix
 
From LAVA's Friends Around Town:
Performance by founding Magma member Sophie Sharps
Sophie sitting on trapeze 
          by Dalia Sharps Go see SHOWBOAT CIRCUS aboard the Waterfront Museum Barge docked at Hudson River Park Pier 25 at the foot of N. Moore St. and the Hudson River in Tribeca, NYC.

Sunday, July 1st. Two shows: 1pm and 4pm
Advance tickets: Adults $13 and Children (12 & under) $10

Tickets at the door when available Adults $15 and Children (12 & under) $12.

Come aboard for family entertainment and classica circus artistry aboard a 98 year-old covered, wooden barge. Click here for more details
 
Two new pieces by former LAVA performer Megan Gendell
MEG twist stag Handstand by M. Scott Hussey,Jr.
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.

 
Capoeira with Professor Gafahoto
gafa capoeira
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
Three Saturdays left: June 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
 
Bluebell Studio Art Camp at the LAVA Studio
bluebell at the wall
Bluebell Studio is happy to be offering two sessions of art camp for ages 3.5 - 6 at Lava again this summer:
  • "Wonderful Wings" (July 30-August 3)
  • "Rainbows" (August 6-10).
Each session will feature daily art projects (painting, collage, sculpture), music, and creative movement. For more information, please email bluebellstudiony@gmail.com or visit www.bluebellstudiony.com.
 
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, Dalia Sharps and M. Scott Hussey,Jr., and Isabel Cruz