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Echo Theater Company has provided pre-professional training and performance opportunities in aerial arts, acrobatics, and ensemble physical theater to youth for over 20 years. We currently support three youth performance ensembles:
The Tik Toks (Echo Theater) are our pre-professional youth performance ensemble (ages 9 – 14). Tik Toks build aerial and acrobatic skills, as well as the art of collaborative physical theater. Tik Toks learn to integrate the group’s various skills into a full-scale physical theater production, including costumes, props, script, music, and more. Tik Toks perform at local functions whenever possible and present their own original work in the Echo Theater. The Tik Tok’s 2021 Spring Video Project, “Open to Adventure” can be viewed here. The Tik Toks will return to the Echo Theater stage with a brand-new original show in June 2023!
The Zig Zags (Echo Theater) are our pre-professional teen performance ensemble (ages 13 – 18). This program is a year-long glimpse into the world of professional ensemble physical theater performance, from physical training to choreography, stage-craft, script-writing, costuming, sound design, and more. Zig Zags perform at local functions throughout the year and present their own original work in the Echo Theater. Zig Zag alumni have gone on to careers in circus arts, dance, theater, micro-biology, international law, and much more! The Zig Zags heartfelt response to the pandemic, “Letters to Strangers“, was performed live outdoors to sold out audiences in June 2021. The latest Zig Zag Show, “Della Clementine’s Guide to Getting Lost”, will be remounted at Echo Theater in May 2023.
The Brio Youth Training Company (Echo West) is a ten-month developmental program preparing students ages 8 – 18 to pursue the joy and wonder of circus with greater intensity. Brio company members will have the opportunity to work with professional performers and world-class instructors to build skills and explore the limitless world of circus arts. Our overarching goal is to facilitate the progression of circus skills, creativity, and professionalism, at an appropriate level for the development of our students within a program that is engaging, challenging, growth-oriented, and fun. The structure is designed to be clear— with three levels of intensity—yet flexible enough to respond to individuals’ needs. The 2022 – 2023 Brio Training Company will perform at Echo Theater in June 2023!