Artletic Science

04/08/2025

If you are looking for an excellent read to go with your ☕️, I highly recommend this new book by !

✏️In an age that black and native history are being erased in this country, works like this are incredibly important.

📖This book is meticulously researched, which of course I love, and Dr. Hughes masterfully weaves together the history of politics, music, and circus at the turn of the 20th century.

🙏🏼Thanks to the for hosting a session to introduce this new book and for all the amazing work you are doing to document black history in American circus!

02/05/2025

🎪I am looking forward to amplifying the health and wellness needs of circus artists with and sharing the work of the Surveillance of Injuries for Research on Circus (SIRC) working group along with and Janine Stubbe of .

We will be sharing the work of our working group that also includes , David Munro of and Roger van Rijn. This includes our consensus statements on injury surveillance and concussion management in circus arts, as well as our narrative review on mental health also with and Veronique Richard. The last 2 projects we hope to publish this year as well!

Thank you to for letting us share our work with the international performing arts medicine community!

01/28/2025

🤸🏻‍♀️Join us for this fun and free workshop on Saturday, February 22nd 3:00-4:00pm as part of Month for Dancers’ Health.

This workshop provides dancers, dance educators, and healthcare professionals with strategies to enhance safety while teaching and practicing ground-based inversions and acrobatics in dance.

We’ll begin with a brief discussion of injuries related to inversions and acrobatics in dance including important safety considerations for teaching them. This will be followed by a movement session starting with warm-up exercises to prepare dancers for dancing on their hands with attention to the spine and extremities.

We will share our expertise from gymnastics, circus arts, dance, and rehabilitation by demonstrating skill progressions for introducing handstand-based inversions and basic tumbling with an opportunity for participants to experience the movements.

Come get upside down with us! 🤸🏿‍♀️

ASL interpretation will be available.

01/13/2025

🩰🕺🏿February is time for Month for Dancer’s Health, annual offering of free dancer screenings and educational workshops.

💻 My first free workshop is “Concussion in Dance” and will be offered online Saturday, February 8th 9:30-10:15am followed by a Q & A. Closed captions will be available.

🧠 A concussion is an injury to the brain that can have negative consequences on physical and mental health, especially if not managed appropriately. Concussions in dance typically result from a fall or sudden impact to a dancer’s head, neck, or body. In this session we will discuss what happens to the brain when a concussion occurs, how teachers or family members can recognize signs of a concussion, and best practices for concussion management. In addition, we will talk about how rehabilitation of dancers after concussion needs to account for the specific physical and environmental demands of dance.

Sign up at: odc.dance/monthfordancershealth

01/11/2025

Like many of you my heart has been breaking while watching the news around the fires in Los Angeles. I went to physical therapy school so I have many colleagues there as well as friends from my dance and circus communities. The devastation is unbelievable.

My clinic at will be a drop off location for this donation drive coordinated by the amazing . If you are in San Francisco you can also drop off at or . And for those closer to Richmond .

12/15/2024

We are excited to announce our next book reading & signing for “An International Circus Affair” from Modern Vaudeville Press on Saturday, December 21st at 1:30pm. This is the story of how an acrobat from Nanjing changed American circus forever.

This will be immediately followed by People’s Circus Theatre’s 2pm performance of “Reindeer Games.” Join us to see Lu Yi’s legacy in action!

People’s Circus Theatre’s unique blend of world-class circus, live music, and delightful storytelling makes “Reindeer Games” a must-see holiday tradition for the whole family.

Discount Code for fans of “An International Circus Affair”:
circusaffair

Remaining shows:
Dec 15 2pm & Dec 21-22 11am and 2pm

Children’s Creativity Museum, Yuerba Buena Gardens
221 4th Street, San Francisco

for more information

Tickets start at $25.

Approximate running time ~75 minutes without intermission. All ages (recommended 3+).

12/13/2024

12/01/2024

Thank you to and for hosting our next book launch event! Many of the stories in “An International Circus Affair” emanate from the vision of and to create a circus school in the United States and bring Master Lu Yi to the school to teach Chinese acrobatics. The same school that today is San Francisco Circus Center.

It will be a special evening to share our book with this community! I will be there reading excerpts from our book with and ! .quesada will be busy with another gig that evening but with us in spirit. And we will have a few special guests sharing their stories from our interviews for this book.

Please join us. All are welcome at this free event. No tickets required.

11/23/2024

So much history at Circus Center and an important training and performance space for the Bay Area. Please consider supporting!

11/16/2024

Please consider donating to CSAW while I'm matching and beyond! They are a fantastic organization providing grants to circus artists of color.

10/21/2024

Thank you for this opportunity! This past 4 days I learned so much from brilliant dance professionals from around the world. I also got to share a framework for return to dance post-concussion along with and lead a workshop on safer practices for dancing upside down with ! Nothing like speaking into a microphone will upside down!🤸🏻🤸🏻

It was also amazing to get to connect with so many clinicians, researchers, and educators that share my passion for improving the health and wellness of dancers. Got to have so many deep discussions around healthcare, research projects, and workload for performing artists but also a lot of fun with these colleagues!

Grazie mille!!! 🇮🇹