Workshops

Current Workshop Offerings

 

PRESS SESSIONS HANDSTAND WORKSHOP with JOEL HERZFELD

This workshop is for the student looking to make progress toward their press to handstand and for the student looking to level-up their current presses. An intensive journey through the technical, strength, and flexibility elements of pressing to handstand. Everyone will leave with exercises they can do on their own.
Prerequisites: Comfort kicking to handstand on your own (sticking the balance is not necessary); being spotted in a handstand; being in belly-to-the-wall handstands. This workshop is open to teen and adult students ages 13 and up (or by invitation).
 
 
Joel Herzfeld is a hand balancer and cyr artist based in Boston, USA.

Joel has performed around the world. With Les 7 Doigts De La Main, he toured nationally and internationally in the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of ‘Pippin.’ In Germany, he performed with the prestigious Circus Roncalli. At sea, Joel performed on the flagships of the Celebrity Cruises and AIDA Cruises fleets, and was also a guest artist on the ship ranked “best in the world” by Berlitz Cruise Guide. Joel is currently working on breaking a handful of Guinness World Records. He’s broken several in training many times, and is hoping to have time to certify at least two in the near future. Teaching is Joel’s other great passion. Before running off to join the circus, Joel studied Education at Brandeis University, earning his Teacher’s License in Secondary English. He subsequently earned his license to teach Mathematics as well. When not on tour, Joel delights in teaching math and English with the Boston Public Schools system and coaching circus online and at local circus institutions.

 

 

SUMMER CIRCUS CELEBRATION 2024 —  Aug 9 – 11, 2024. 

Workshop and Act Applications are being Accepted Now.  Visit Here for more information.  

Kinetic Arts Center accepts workshop proposals year-round from resident and visiting teaching artists.  Please reach out to Shaly@KineticArtsCenter.com if you want to pitch a workshop idea.  We strive to produce workshops that speak to everybody at every skill level.  Perhaps you need a little inspiration to refine an act you’ve been working on FOREVER. Or, maybe you have been trying to summon the courage to register for one of our classes but you have felt a bit uncertain. Whether beginner or professional, you will find an enriching circus experience at Kinetic Arts Center!