[jjore]

Here, our ground-rules were recently posted. https://www.facebook.com/notes/seattle-clown-jam/clown-jam-g.... This is one potential model where performers can do challenging things in an environment that allows mistakes.

Similarly, we have a Circus Open Mic in Seattle (https://www.facebook.com/events/533760116677373/) where ground rules are that admission is free and open to the public but it's generally a supportive and in-community audience. We've had comedians, magicians, aerialists, acrobats, jugglers, extremely weird people, clowns, and strip history lessons.

I present both of these as ideas for ways to develop and grow without being subject to eternal Google search indexing and YouTubing by random civilians. I think both of these seem to come down to controlling the venue and rules. If you experiment in a bar or club, you're in the wild.

We do these in theatres, black boxes, and dance/performance spaces. This allows us to control the door.