Join Dr. Dean Kriellaars for a celebration of circus!

We are so lucky to have this opportunity to hear from Dr. Kriellaars, expert in Physical Literacy, Durability, and Circus in the November Circus Smart Speaker Series lecture.

In this talk he will cover the following topics:

physical literacy and its relationship to circus

the unique demands of circus relative to sport from a social, creative, and risk perspective

the successful implementation of circus arts in public schools

Known psychological factors and physical characteristics of student artists

research results on the benefits of lifelong circus participation & circus as a model of "active for life"

Dr. Dean Kriellaars is a neuroscientist, a certified exercise physiologist and one of the founding fathers and world renowned experts in physical literacy.

His primary research is on the topic of physical literacy. He also undertakes research in performance enhancement and injury prevention in the high performance circus setting at the National Circus School and Cirque du Soleil.

He is the designer of the PLAY tools for physical literacy assessment.

2013 - Builder Award, Manitoba Physical Education Teachers Association, for promotion of child health in the province of Manitoba

2012 - Commissioner’s certificate of appreciation, drug awareness contributions, Canadian champions video, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

2007 - Healthy Living Award for Province of Manitoba, Reh-Fit Centre Foundation, for outstanding contribution to building community wellness

2007 - Recognition of community relevant research, office of the vice president, University of Manitoba, healthy lifestyle – “I didn’t know I didn’t have one”

2007 - Co-chair, Premier’s committee on healthy living, Premier of Manitoba, Province of Manitoba, For outstanding leadership in healthy living research and education

** RECORDING AVAILABLE ** for one week afterwards

Dr. Kriellaars is the Scientific Director at the National Circus School, an associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba and the Durability by Design Co-Lead at Cirque du Soleil.

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