In our new series titled Meet the Festival, we will explore some of the many festivals of the circus world. Each year, new festivals spring up around the globe and begin to establish themselves, even as others prove year after year that the circus audience is growing and diversifying. This month we are featuring the well-established Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance Festival as the organizers continue to build on the successful traditions they have developed, from bringing strong guest artists to instruct and lead workshops, to providing performance opportunities for the aerial community with a showcase of performances. As they are celebrating their 20th year in 2018, the festival takes on a new level of intensity in promoting and developing the aerial arts.
Festival Snapshot Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance Festival 2018 (ADF) is an opportunity for people from all walks of life to experience the joy of dancing in the air, for beginners through advanced and professional aerialist and aerial dancers. This 2-week immersion provides classes, lectures/demonstrations, informal discussions, networking, and performances. Country and city of festival:Â Â Boulder, Colorado, USA Date of festival:Â July 29-August 11, 2018 Year festival began:Â Â 1998 Program options: Immersions – Â Three hours per day /five days of s...