Greetings!The CircusTeens of CircEsteem invite you to come see a Brave New Circus. Inspired by Aldous Huxley, this first ever
youth created, directed, and produced circus show addresses ideas of
individuality and subverting the dominant paradigm. These lessons are
taught by a clown who stumbles through a perfectly ordered world and
creates chaos.
Circus acts include high skilled club juggling, gym wheel, trapeze,
trampoline, and acrobatics and are presented by the CircusTeens. These
young performers are part of CircEsteem's youth employment in the arts
program that hires the most talented and skilled teen performers and
teachers. Collectively, they have performed thousands of shows
throughout the United States, Germany, Switzerland and Argentina. The cast includes Junior National and World Champions on the Gym Wheel amongst many other talented youth.
Don't miss this great opportunity to support local, grassroots, youth centered, social
circus in action. Sunday February 28 at 4pm, at Alternatives Inc. 4730 N Sheridan, Chicago, IL.Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for kids. Tickets can be purchased at the door and all proceeds go directly to the CircusTeens.For more
info, please contact CircEsteem at 312-731-HAHA or visit
http://www.circesteem.org.
Maribeth Joy
Executive Director
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About CircusTeens
The CircusTeens job program was developed in 2004 with a generous
grant from the Illinois Arts Council, to give CircEsteem's older and more responsible
students the opportunity to make money doing something they enjoy.
CircusTeens learn how to enter the workforce with a positive attitude,
be responsible, and proactive. They also learn about budgeting, credit
cards, the various ways of compounding interest and basic money-saving
skills. To join the CircusTeens program, our high-school students need
to maintain at least a C average in school, present a positive attitude
and demonstrate an ability to teach and mentor younger students.
CircusTeens are vital to all of our programming. They are the lead
counselors for CircEsteem's annual Summer Camp and assistant teachers
during HomeWork & CircusWork. The CircusTeens are some of
CircEsteem's best performers and can be seen dazzling audiences all over
Chicago and the world.
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Can't make it to the show? Please help support this youth employment initiative and forward this email or make a donation to CircEsteem.
Your gift really makes a difference!
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