7th Annual - One Day Circus Festival
Sunday March 12th, 2023
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Ever want to try all those amazing tricks you see at Cirque du Soleil?
This one day Circus Festival is a great opportunity to try exciting circus
skills in a fun and non-competitive environment.
Join us for 4 rounds of Workshops
Your choices of Aerial Silks, Aerial Cube, Aerial Hammock,
Aerial Dance Trapeze, Cyr Wheel, Juggling, Tumbling,
Handbalancing/Acrobatics
& Stiltwalking
WOW!!!
Hosted by Dance & Circus Arts of Tampa Bay
Cost $85
Ages 8+ (Adults, too!)
Beginner-Advanced Levels

​​"I would love to have this experience again.
It was amazing and very exciting to learn
​something new!" -KR

"It reminded me that there are so many fun, new things to learn and try. I enjoyed the Instructors'
skill and enthusiasm.  -MJ

Steps to fully Register:
1. Set up a Student Account for Festival below
(If you are already a Student with us, no need to do this step)
Everyone needs to pay the Workshop fee of $85.00

 ​2. Look through the Workshop Schedules below
3. Read through the Descriptions of Workshops below
to decide which are the best workshops for your interests and skill level
​3. Email us with the NUMBER of the 4 workshops you want
and the name of the workshop listed below
(for example #1 Aerial Cube, #6 Aerial Silks,
​#13 Dance Trapeze, #18 Juggling.)
​Note: there are 4 rotations of workshops and
you pick ONE workshop per time slot.
4. We will then send you a confirmation of your choices
and further Festival information
PLEASE NOTE:
Stiltwalking Workshops: you must have size 7 sneaker (women's size) or larger to fit the stilts
Aerial Cube: Students need to be 5 ft. or taller

PLEASE NOTE: You choose ONE Workshops from each time slot

COACHING STAFF for 2023 Festival

Paul Perreault
Cyr Wheel, Acro Dance Lifts, Tumbling
Many fine athletes come from Canada, and Paul is no exception. Graduating from the prestigious Canadian National Circus School, he is a high-calibre coach specializing in Cyr Wheel, Hand to Hand, Russian Bar, Banguine, Teeterboard and Trampoline. Some of these things you might not know, but they all demand highly skilled athletes to perform them, let alone coach them. He has won many awards on National and International levels, including Bronze Medal for Cyr Wheel at the 2013 World Championships. He loves to share his comic side and repertoire with street performances, and you can see him weekly at the St. Pete Pier.
We’re very happy that Canadian winters are so cold, and that Paul has come south to share his
​Circus passion with us!


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Amanda Renaud
Stiltwalking/Handbalancing/Acro 
 Amanda made her grand stage debut with the 1965 Academy Award winning Rogers and Hammerstein classic, "So Long, Farewell,” in her three year old ballet recital and has been looking for excuses to perform in front of audiences ever since.
After acquiring her master’s degree in education and producing 30 shows per week for a captive audience of public school teenagers, she realized that there had to be something out there that would get more cheers
than theoretical geometry.
In pursuit of the elusive standing ovation, she has fire danced in the Bahamas, sword fought all over the state of Florida, mermaided in Michigan, and masqueraded as every bit Shakespeare role left vacant after casting.
She sewed endless costumes and even directed a couple of original shows before Lily reached out the hand of partnership and the Topsy Turvy Show was born.
Now, Amanda’s lifetime of festival experience and arsenal of stupid human tricks have a focused direction until she is too broken (or broke) to continue and will return once again to being responsible for the education and betterment of your impressionable youth.

Katie Skiba
Aerial Hammock/Sling
At the age of 25, Katie began her aerial artistry at Dance and Circus Arts of Tampa Bay based in Clearwater, Florida. 3 years later, she then moved on to begin her professional journey on the Space Coast of Florida. In Melbourne, she acquired a teaching position at a local studio. In this environment, she was able to develop skills including but not limited to: Acting, Dance, Choreography, Class Development, Costume Design, Directing, and Stage Management. By participating as a performer as well as working on production teams, she became well rounded in what happens on both sides of the process. After deciding to pursue her circus career, Katie opened her own Aerial/Crossfit gym named ‘Cirque Athletics’, located in Melbourne, and began training daily in different types of aerial, flexibility, weightlifting and general fitness. With this opportunity, she had the ability to train and gain strength with experts in their respective fields. Her specializations are Aerial Sling and Aerial Hoop, but has also been formally trained in Silks, Single-Point Trapeze, Contortion, and Olympic Weightlifting. As soon as her gym opened, Katie started producing and directing her own shows with involvement from members and local artists. Having also done private events, corporate gigs, and competitions, she has acquired the versatility to perform in many different manners of production. When Katie’s not busy running a gym or performing, she loves going out and trying new restaurants and buying things she doesn’t need at Target.

Tori Bryan
​Aerial Cube
Tori’s aerial journey began in 2019 at the age of 26, when she took her first class at Cirque Athletics in Melbourne, Florida. What was originally supposed to be a fun hobby, ended up changing the entire direction of her life. Having such excellent coaches inspired her to share her love for aerial and become a coach as well.  Tori now specializes in Aerial Cube and Aerial Sling, but she has also been formally trained in Silks, Single-Point Trapeze, and Lyra. In addition to being a performer, she has also contributed creatively to productions hosted by Cirque Athletics. She is responsible for creating character makeup looks, training cast in makeup and hair techniques, and choreographing aerial routines. Today you can find her coaching intermediate-advanced aerial, CrossFit, leading the Front Desk team, and organizing performances both in and outside of the gym. Tori’s favorite ways to spend her time outside of the gym are roller skating and traveling to music festivals.

Carlynn Kenna
Aerial Dance Trapeze
We're very fortunate to have found Carlynn after she relocated here from Georgia!
Trained at Canopy Studios in Athens, GA.
Carlynn has extensive experience in all things aerial, performing & teaching.
She is also an Occupational Therapist who has enjoyed blending art and science, facilitating the development of children with special needs through Circus Arts therapy.
We'll be introducing her spunky personality to the Tampa Bay area with her flying aerial dance trapeze workshops for beginner and intermediate/advanced level trapeze students.
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Bill Berry
Juggling & Utter Silliness
Bill Berry has been performing juggling professionally since 1998.
With over 7000 shows to his credit, the art of juggling has
taken him to 84 countries and every single state.
From corporate events, to colleges, cruise ships,
and even places that don’t start with the letter “C,”
his show is always a crowd pleaser.
-3 time IJA gold medalist and winner of the “People’s Choice Award”
- 3 time APCA “Juggler of the Year” award recipient
- Winner of the Extreme Juggling competition (2016)
- 2 silver medals at the World Juggling Federation competitions with full coverage of the event on ESPN
- 2 silver medals at the International Jugglers Association
Come find out what Juggling is all about with Bill!

 Maria Andersen
Aerial Silks 
Maria began her artistic career as a sweet pickle at age 3 with Miss Peggy’s Dance Academy in Clearwater, FL.  She followed in her father’s footsteps and became a school teacher majoring in Arts Education, Ceramics and Dance.
 This was a blessing for us, as this bag of skills has come in very handy! Not only has Maria excelled in becoming an instructor for our Circus Arts program, but she performs professionally, designs and constructs fabulous costumes, builds props, can fix anything, takes amazing photographs and can throw together a glorious set design in a flash.
 How did this all come about? Well, Maria was in a creative flux and needed some motivation to get herself inspired again. One of her Art students was a budding Circus performer with us and suggested she come take a class. The rest is history.
 You can also see Maria and her fabulous costume designs at our Saturday evening shows at Casa Tina’s Mexican Restaurant in Dunedin and out and about town with our professional troupe Moving Arts of Tampa Bay. 

Looking forward to circus-ing with you this year!