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It's like nothing you've ever seen before: the Professional Track Training Program graduation show From Out of the Ordinary will be at the Greenhoe Theater at Landmark College May 12 & 13 and May 18 & 19. Extraordinary circus. Get tickets here.
Come see The Book of Dreams, the graduation show of the Intensive Training Program, June 9 & 10 at the Cotton Mill. Plus: June 9 show features the WRCC high school circus students in VS. Lyrical, beautiful circus. Get tickets here.
Want to work with our founders, Elsie & Serenity, this summer? Register for our Aerial Skills workshop (all skill levels) or join Boot Camp for advanced training with a performance focus. And check here soon for our Summer Circus Workshop Weekend Aug 9 - 12!
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Board of DirectorsIn alphabetical order, the people who make NECCA tick. . .
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Judy Greenberg
Arlie Hart
Eve Leons
Eveline Martin
Margaret Minsky (Board Vice-President)
Bill Perry
Wendy Redlinger
Kerry Secrest (Board President)
Paul Stumpf
Judy Greenberg
Guilford, VT Judy,a licensed psychologist for over twenty-five years, specializes in working with adolescents and trauma survivors, both in Vermont and internationally. She has been trained in EMDR (a trauma resolution therapy) and is a consultant and facilitator in EMDR. She is a mental health counselor at SIT Graduate Institute and a mental health consultant to Farm and Wilderness Camps. In addition, Judy started a non- profit in the Dominican Republic that provides material support to local elementary schools there, as well as teacher training and programs for local at-risk children and teens. She is on the Board of Directors for Witness for Peace and has lead delegations to Nicaragua, and an upcoming delegation to Cuba. Her daughter's and her own experience at NECCA have given her a great respect and appreciation for the connection between circus arts and the strengthening of self esteem, self confidence and community building. judybg@comcast.net
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Arlie Hart
Brattleboro, VT After receiving his Masters degree in Experimental Psychology, Arlie joined IBM as a member of an interdisciplinary team designing usable software for the IBM mainframe computer systems. In 2001 he swung into the circus world, helping to start Trapeze School World, which opened the first flying trapeze school in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2002, he designed and built his first flying trapeze rig, which was installed in the first full-time flying trapeze school, Trapeze School New York, in New York City. That school's success led to the opening of a second rig built by Arlie in Baltimore, MD. He is very happy to bring his rigging and teaching expertise to Brattleboro, where he lives with his family, teaching at Vermont Community College and helping students learn the joys of flight on the flying trapeze rig during the summers. arliehart@yahoo.com
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Eve Leons
Putney VT Eve specializes in teaching Spanish to students with learning differences and is a passionate classroom teacher and teacher trainer. In addition to her work at Landmark College, she has presented at dozens of conferences and schools on how to best support students with learning differences in their language learning. Most recently, she has been presenting on the use of technology to create teacher authored activities. She is most proud of her work with individual schools and teachers to create modified language programs. Recently, Eve completed a certificate program in Mindfulness for Educators. Outside of the classroom, Eve enjoys travel, hiking, photography, and the arts in all of its many forms. I love circus both as an art form, used to explore who we are as humans, and as a tool for individual growth and enrichment. Mostly I love watching my daughter fly on trapeze. eveleons@gmail.com
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Eveline Martin
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Newfane, VT Eveline is an ecologist and environmental consultant with the Mangi Environmental Group. She works with federal agencies nationwide to help them identify and analyze potential environmental impacts of proposed projects. Eveline worked with the National Park Service for ten years as a botanist at Cape Cod National Seashore in MA, Saguaro National Park in AZ, Pinnacles National Monument in CA, and most recently Kenai Fjords National Park in AK. She and her husband produce maple syrup as part of their forestry and sugaring business. Spring, summer and fall keep Eveline busy in her vegetable and flower gardens. She enjoys hiking, skiing, knitting, and contra dancing. Eveline discovered the world of circus several years ago when her daughter started taking classes at NECCA. I love the NECCA community where people of all ages and abilities are welcome and supported. We are very lucky to have such an outstanding circus center in our local community. evian@wildblue.net
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Margaret Minsky (Board Vice-President)
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Amherst, MA Margaret is Chief Operating Officer of StyleCart, a web software company. Holding a PhD from the MIT Media Laboratory, she contributed research in the field of haptic interfaces (computational interfaces that simulate objects that you can touch and feel) as well as in computer graphics, educational technology, and human-computer interaction. She has presented invited teaching and lectures in the USA and Japan, as well as Program Committee service for conferences and publications in her field. She also founded a design/manufacturing company innovating pleated fleece clothing. Her previous positions include Research Director at Atari Cambridge Laboratory, and she was on the Board of Directors of Logo Computer Systems, Inc. She maintains an avid and eclectic life in her own body, having studied Modern Dance with Susan Rose, Pilates Movement with Kirk Smith and Jen Polins, and now hopefully life-long learning of Aerial Circus. marg@media.mit.edu
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Bill Perry
Easthampton, MA Bill is a natural resource planner with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. He works with National Wildlife Refuges to develop management priorities for wildlife, habitats and recreational uses. Bill has had the opportunity to work with refuges in Alaska and throughout the Pacific Islands. He enjoys hiking, brewing beer, playing soccer, and occasionally climbing the aerial fabric that is rigged in his living room. His two daughters are currently training with the advanced youth troupe. Circus provides such an incredible, supportive community.The non-competitive performance focused training is a great opportunity for people to shine! billsbrews@gmail.com
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Wendy Redlinger
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Brattleboro, VT Wendy enjoyed a successful career as a Program Manager at World Learning, working with educational institutions around the world for placement of ESL teachers. Over the years, she has been involved in all aspects of arts performance and management. Wendy began her current career as a booking agent by representing the medieval duo Asteria following their winning of the 2004 EMA Medieval/Renaissance competition (her son, Eric, is half the duo). She now represents ten New York-based early music ensembles, booking them in concert series throughout the US. Wendy served for 15 years on the board of the Yellow Barn Music Festival and School. She hosts a monthly house concert series 'Soirées Musicales' featuring jazz and world music in Guilford. Wendy holds a B. Mus. degree in piano performance, and has performed since 1991 with Edmund Brelsford in Ensemble Cordiforme where she sings and plays portative organ and harpsichord. Wendy looks forward to serving on the board of NECCA, having attended our performances with great enthusiasm for years! wredlinger@gemsny.org
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Kerry Secrest (Board President)
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Brattleboro, VT Kerry is Principal of Watershed Coaching. Kerry is a leadership coach for individuals and organizations, who coaches executives and works with clients on team-building, change management, strategic planning, conflict resolution, and leadership development. Her clients include local, national, and international organizations. Kerry formerly served as Director of Youth Programs in the Washington, D.C. area for the American Red Cross, and has broad experience working in, and consulting to, non-profit entities. In her youth, Kerry was a competitive gymnast who trained at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Kerry fell in love with NECCA after taking the adult aerial fabrics class, and has two daughters who are getting strong, having fun and building their confidence each week in class! NECCA is a shining gem for Brattleboro- it’s a wonderful place to nurture healthy kids and curious adults, a dynamic center for emerging circus professionals, and a visionary organization that is changing the landscape of circus schools in the United States. kerry@watershedcoachingllc.com
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Paul Stumpf
Andover, VT Paul began building balloons in his teens. His interest continued through college at Rhode Island School of Design, and shortly after graduation, he decided to make his custom products available to balloonists throughout the nation via a mail order catalog. This, along with a commercial flying business, became the foundation for Stumpf Balloons. Paul flies primarily in coastal New England, but has also flown in Switzerland, Venezuela, and at the 1983 Ballooning Bicentennial celebration in Annonay, France for which he built a one-man harness balloon. Paul has also been recognized for designing and building various "art inflatables" as well as for building and flying the world's first "glass bottom balloon basket. Paul currently works and plays in Andover, VT where he enjoys the outdoors, especially mountain biking, XC skiing, and snowshoeing. Paul is married and has a son and daughter. psstumpf@aol.com
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"I had always been the strange 'gumby girl' in my hometown, a self-taught contortionist. [At NECCA] for once, my talent was considered normal and was encouraged to deepen rather than to stop!"
Alyssum P.
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