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Meghan Holtan was born and raised in Anchorage and got hooked
on unicycling and juggling with the Green Light Circus family in
Talkeetna, Alaska when she was 14. At college in Chicago, she organized
large student circuses, and taught circus with Chicago Youth Circus/CircEsteem Inc., a
non-profit which unites kids from across Chicago and builds self-esteem
through the circus arts. Later she started Runaway Circus with four
close friends and traveled the country in veggie oil run bus while
teaching and performing. Ultimately, the mountains and the community
that raised her called her back to bring the elements of circus she
loves to Anchorage and the rest of Alaska. A sliding-scale fee for
performance and instruction reflect her value that circus should be
available for lots of folks to enjoy.
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Press
"Send in the Clowns" University of Chicago Magazine
"Best of 2009" Anchorage Daily News PLAY
2010
Artist in Residence at Cold Bay School. January 18-29.
Artist in Residence at Talkeetna Elementary. May 3-14.
Camp Si-La-Meo Circus Camp, Anchorage Alaska. May 24th-28th.
2009
VivaVoom BrrLesque, "Nutcracker"
Anchorage Opera's Opening Night Party
VivaVoom Brr-Lesque "Macabaret"
Winterberry Charter School Artist in Residency, final show at the Sydney Laurence Theatre, ACPA
Seward Music and Arts Festival. September 25th-27th.
Seward Elementary School Artist in Residence. September 21-26th.
"The Big Commute" and "Transactions" at The Berth Spot, International Gallery of Contemporary Art. September 3-11.
New Old Time Chautaqua July 11-August 3
Get Creative at the Library!
Summer Reading Program Circus Tour
Wrangell Mountains Center, McCarthy, Alaska. 4th of July
Celebration.
Camp Si La Meo
Green Light Circus
Summer Camp
Artist in Schools Residency
Talkeetna Elementary
Kids' Day, Denaina Convention Center
Artist in Schools Residency
Girdwood K-8
Captain Clean Up for Anchorage Clean Up Day
Creek Clean-Up, Valley of the Moon Park
Artist in Schools Residency
Badger Road Elementary, North
Pole, AK.
VivaVoom Brr-Lesque "AphroDevious". SnowGoose Theater,
February 13-14.
THE MUSIC BOX. Out North Theater. January
16th and 17th at 7PM, January 17th and 18th at 4PM.
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So Far, So Good: 2008
Anchorage Downtown Partnership's Fire and Ice New Year's Eve
Celebration, December 31 6PM in Town Square
VivaVoom Brr-Lesque Dia de los Muertos Show, October 31 and
November 1
The Imaginarium's Trick or Treat Town, October 24th and 25th
Denaina Convention Center Grand Opening, October 19th, 3:30 PM
Mayor's Charity Ball, October 11th
Seward Music and Arts Festival
Cuddy Family Midtown Park Grand Opening, August 23, 11am to
7PM
Seward Music and Arts Festival, Sunday September 28th, 1PM
Ninilchik State Fair "Where Pigs Fly!"
"Catch the Reading Bug" circus shows at Anchorage
Municipal Libraries July 29th-31st. Ever wonder what happens when
clowns get sick? Do they blow their nose off? They stay at home and
read! Join the imagination of a clown and the inspiration of a few good
books on an extraordinary circus adventure!
Talkeetna Aerial Workshop and Show, August 1
Alaska Theatre of Youth Summer Conservatory morning
classes, July 1-July 27 and Performance Art Collaboration with Leslie
Ward
Talkeetna Green Light Circus Camp, June 2-14th.
CirqueNoir, May 18, 2008. An original show with
Montreal-based Continental Drift Theatre.
Northway School Artist in Residence
Anchorage Citywide Clean Up
Aurora Waldorf May Fair
Anchorage Concert Association's CircDreams
Seldovia Artist in Schools Residency, April 21-May 2
Anchorage Concert Association communinty lecture for the
Moscow Circus
Pursuit of Happiness through Juggling: Shows and workshops at
four Anchorage Municipal Libraries.
Anchorage Folk Festival, January 17th, 7PM. The first show
of Anchorage's community juggling group, Anchortown Jugglers.
December 31st, 2007: Skating party for kids and stilting at
Anchorage Downtown Partnership's Fire and Ice New Year's Celebration
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2007 Collaborations
Fairview Recreation Center
Seward Music and Arts Festival
AKPIRG
Anchorage Montessori School
Alaska State Fair Kids' Day
McLaughlin Youth Center Boys and Girls Club
Kids' Kitchen
Alaska Theatre of Youth
UAA Theatre for Young People
The Imaginarium and the Physics of Circus Arts and "The
Circus Witch" at Trick or Treat Town
Talkeetna's Greenlight Circus: Two week summer camp and
direction of "The Derailed Train"
VivaVoom Brr-lesque
Homer's Spit, Slip and Trip Circus
Anchorage Downtown Partnership's Fire and Ice New Year's
Celebration
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Past Projects and Circus Work
- Sitka Fine Arts Camp, Sitka, Alaska
- Runaway Circus and the Loose Cabooses, L.L.P., Crossville,
Tennesee
- Great Y Circus, Redlands, California
- Le Vorris and Vox Circus at the University of Chicago
- Chicago Youth Circus/CircEsteem Inc., Chicago Illinois
- Cycle Circus of Impending Doom, Vermont, United States
- 6 Flags/Great America Halloween Show, Michigan, USA
- street performance in Italy, Chicago, and Southern
California.
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Contact
E-mail Meghan at mtholtan *(at)* yahoo *(dot)* com or call
907-244-2453.
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