The ISACS Network empowers, encourages and supports its members in their creative journeys by providing bursaries to attend workshops and masterclasses nationally and internationally.
Today, we are delighted to present Aisling Miklis as the ISACS Member awarded the Bursary to attend one week of the Irish Aerial Dance Festival 2025.
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Here is what Aisling expects from the festival:
I would come to IADF with a vision – that circus could be hugely beneficial in the field of mental health. Making that vision a reality needs innovative thinking, and a whole circus community and festival buzzing with talent and experience is just the place to find it. I would use this opportunity to develop connections with teachers, students and especially if there are others with an interest in combining circus arts with mental health/social circus.
My dream is one of circus as therapy. This arises both from my own experience of how aerial has supported me through difficult times mentally and from my profession – mental health Occupational Therapist. This bursary for the IADF would greatly benefit both my art practice, and it could just support me to start a new and widely beneficial approach in mental health! I believe my dream could gain new heights in workshops such as aerial storytelling.
