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List of Ottawa Jams (last updated Sept 4th, 2011)
Jams are community events to promote practice and sharing in the movement arts. Bring your hoop, your poi, or your juggling gear and your fire props (for outdoors jams) and come play or just hang out with us for these community meets in great practice space or out in beautiful parks. Open to all and free (or small fee to cover the space rental).
All are welcome. Come out and play. Here are some of the jams happening in Ottawa:
Flow jams at Strathcona Park, Ottawa
Every Thursday 7 pm outdoors at Strathcona Park at Range Road weather permitting until at least mid-October
The 6 to 7 pm poi class will be followed by an open flow jam from 7 to 8:30 pm or until... Flow Jams are community meets open and free to all who are interested in the flow arts (bring your poi, hooping, juggling, slack line, partner-acro, fire dancing, just to name a few). The jams are an opportunity for people to stay after the poi class and practice with some music and maybe light up with fire out in this beautiful park and for anyone or any age to come out and practice, share and met others with similar interest, have fun and find your flow...
Kid are welcome but must be supervised.
I’ll be there and have some music playing to inspire as long as weather permits. Come and play, parks aren’t just for kids!
Jugglers Jams in Hull, Québec
Are taking a break for the summer but will start again in September
Hoop Jams in Westboro, Ottawa, Ontario
Hoop Jams at Dovercourt Community Center start Friday Sept 9th and then go by weekly as of Sep. 16, and continue on every second Friday. Note the new time: 7-8:30pm. They have hoops, music and a great space. Bring a friend, all are welcome. This is an unstructured practice time, though you can always ask for tips from the hoopers in attendance. If you are looking for progressive skill instruction, consider a class.
Free and open to all.
Brittania fire jam
Fire spinner meet after sunset on the beach every Monday evening. Please respect fire safety.
So many ways to participate in the circus community of Ottawa!
Do you like what we’re doing here at Mini Cirque? Would you like us to take it to the next level? Below is a list of the ways you (yes, YOU) can be part of these exciting projects and future plans. (And most of them are FREE!)
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Join our team
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Enjoy our YouTube videos
Check us out online on YouTube.
FireWeaverSophie's Youtube channel has the latest videos
FireWeaversSophie's Youtube channel
Also these are from people in the community filming us. Tell us if you find more, and we'll add them to the list.
Fire Weavers at Lumiere Festival
Fire Weavers at Lumiere Festival
2008 Glow Show Demo
Sophie at the 2007 Ottawa International Busker Festival
Mini Cirque Stilt Walkers at the Santa Toy Parade
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Attend or host a workshop or a performance
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Come to a free community Event
There are many flow jams going on in Ottawa and Gatineau both indoors and outdoors to promote sharing and practice of hooping, poi, jugglging and all that good stuff. Check back soon for an updated schedule or join our 'community events' mailing list or facebook page to receive reminders. See above for latest jam schedule.
Dig into the website
You'll be able to enjoy Mini Cirque in many more ways once you've started digging into the website, especially learn about us, our performances and our classes as well as our future plans.
Mini Cirque is designed to act as an interface between a group of artists (that's us) and the people who like what they're doing (hopefully you). By learning a bit about how Mini Cirque works, you'll enjoy your relationship with us all the more.
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