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Jumping Juniors is a non profit organization designed to mentor young girls ages 5 to 18. Specializing in teaching double Dutch. Their mission is to inspire and contribute to the health and wellbeing of girls and young adults between the ages of 5 and 18 through mentorship, guidance and collaborations for life long success.

The Nouveau Sud Circus Project is a contemporary social circus initiative rooted in the “underground” dance/acrobatic/physical theatre scenes present in the vast array of cultures in the urban regions of Charlotte. Through physical language — dance, movement, and circus — these communities tell stories of their struggles, histories, traditions, transformations, and iconography, as we examine the idea of what it is to be a citizen of the ‘new’ south.

POP UP ACTS 

Alexander M Knapp is a circus artist, actor, musician, magician and performance artist born in Chicago. He is a co-owner of the Palace Grounds Cafe located inside the historic Palace Theater in Hilo Hawaii. Alex performs all over the world with his circus company BANG BOOM Circus. 

Benjamin Domask-Ruh (St. Paul/Minneapolis) is a multi-disciplinary artist focused on Circus and Theatre’s ability to bring people together and to create memories. As a juggler, clown, mime on-stage, he seeks to combine these disciplines into works audiences  connect with on an emotional level.