Performance is one part of what Slipstream's members do. The other part is teaching, coaching, and bringing circus into spaces that wouldn't otherwise encounter it. Between us we have over two decades of combined instruction experience — from professional conservatory programs to medical-facility outreach, youth social work, and international workshops.
Mac has coached circus disciplines continuously since 2021 across three Portland institutions, teaching contortion, handbalancing, hoops, partner acrobatics, silks, and trapeze to students from age 4 to 80+. Her work includes outreach at schools and medical facilities and curriculum development for weekly classes.
Enrico has spent a decade using circus as a tool for cross-cultural connection and youth engagement, working internationally as a volunteer coordinator and social worker. He leads workshops in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, integrating somatic anatomy and movement therapy.
Oshiana has taught hoop and flow arts workshops at festivals across the US and internationally, including the Oasis Hoop Retreat in Costa Rica and Cascade Juggling Festival in Bellingham. A regular Portland-area performer and instructor since 2022.
Jared runs workshops at juggling festivals and circus events across North America and Europe, teaching club juggling technique and his curriculum on applying animation principles to physical performance — bridging circus and digital arts.
Devin is developing a circus wellness outreach program bringing participatory circus into care settings — nursing homes, memory care, and children’s hospitals — framing circus as a practice of embodied attention accessible across a wide range of physical ability.
Hans teaches workshops in mobility and stability for the upper body, active flexibility, and pain-free back bending. Her approach is rooted in anatomy and safe skill progression; she has taught at festivals including Flow Fest Seattle and SOAK.
Slipstream's community work is not separate from its artistic work. The same values that shape our performances shape how we teach: that the body at its limits knows something worth sharing, that circus practiced carefully builds genuine trust, and that joy taken seriously is a legitimate contribution to a community's life. For Propagation, community engagement is structural rather than supplemental. The installation stays open during daytime hours for public interaction with the live-feedback projection environment, and every performance closes with an open Q&A facilitated by the collective’s educators. Future programming will expand this model, deepening partnerships with Portland care facilities, schools, and community organizations as the collective develops its outreach track alongside its performance work.