Stiltdance class will be set at an Open Level. We will be getting up onto our stilts right away and carving out the space by moving forwards, backwards and side-to-side. Up-tempo music will inform the speed and energy of the class. There will be a warm-up, across-the-floor work, and we will finish with a fun combination that will showcase your newfound potential for greater flexibility.

Requirements: Please ensure that you have hard-shell knee pads to protect your knees and that your stilts allow for the effective placement of knee pads. Allara uses Killer 187s. Triple 8s are also an excellent brand. Any stilt length will work for this class, however, Allara uses 2-foot aluminum stilts.

Allara Gooliaff is a stiltdance explorer. Stilts are a medium by which she explores the ether between the earth and the sky. She has performed and trained all over the world. Her professional background started with varsity gymnastics, continued with folkloric dance and drum training in Guinea, West Africa, and gradually moved into developing her own stiltdance and acro-stilt styles through the lens of a trained dance artist. She is passionate about sharing dance, circus, and all things stilt!

She is the AD of a dance education company called called Three Left Feet. It is based out of Calgary.

Spring is that most optimistic and hopeful of seasons and it is with that in mind that we all embarked on an adventure in stiltdance movement. Tall TALES is the result of months of training in stiltdance. Because our movement experiment required so much extra training and cooperation, Three Left Feet is grateful to all the community guidance in safely shepherding us through the ever-evolving public health protocols. This dance film is purposely site-specific and based on the prairies. Like many, our eyes were opened even further to the value of protecting our public spaces. We wanted to explore how the built environment and natural areas shape our movements. Central to the theme are aspen trees. Slender yet mighty and noted for their resilience, the trees in an aspen grove are all related to each other, and like family, will last for several generations.

Let Tara Blue share her tips and tricks for easy stilt makeup applications that will wow your audience . From metallics to rainbow cakes to face jewels, she's worked with them all and happy to share as much of her experience and expertise as she can in 90 minutes. Complete with product samples. Let's play!

With 20 years of experience in dance, and over 10 years of experience in stilt work, Tara Blue is a multidisciplinary stilt performer bringing smiles to audiences. An associated artist with Three Left Feet, Tara works closely under Allara Gooliaff to collaborate on dynamic creations blending stilt performances with LED props, and living statue. Highlights include Chinook Blast, Calgary Expo, Canada Day Celebrations, and Edinburgh Fringe Fest. Tara's joy is bringing moments of magic to others' days through the wonder of stilt performance.

Alberta Culture Days are all about sharing the love of art and building community. With that as our driving spirit, Spectacle Blue Circus Arts is happy to host a Stellar Human Project creative initiative in our Kindness Grows When it Shows Rock Painting workshop.

We invite kiddos and adults of all ages to join us and share their artistic abilities. We will be painting rocks of all sizes to share in the community. Each rock painted comes with a form to fill in to tell us where to deliver the rocks (to a favourite teacher, to a special business, to a neighbour who has been especially kind and amazing), along with a space to write a note of gratitude.