Maarja Roolaht from Tsirkusestuudio Folie (Estonia) tells us about her mobility project with El Circo Social del Sur (Argentina) In my project I visited different circus locations in Buenos Aires and as well participated in some of the workshops. During the project there was also happening a circus festival and I had the chance to see some great shows they had …
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Family Circus Class – Method learned by Paula McKaskill in the UK
Paula McKaskill from NICA (the National Institute of Circus Arts) in Australia presents a method she learned during her mobility project in London: Whilst in London I observed a lovely Family Circus class at the NCCA on a Sunday morning where they run a number of classes for families with children from 2-7 years. Parents attend and participate in the class …
Testimony – Paula McKaskill’s project in the UK
Paula McKaskill from NICA (National Institute of Circus Arts) Melbourne Australia tells us about her mobility project with the National Centre for Circus Arts in London (UK) When NICA staff were given the chance to apply for an exchange with the National Centre for Circus Arts in London, I was very excited! It is not every day that you get …
Working with the Youth Performance Group – Method learned by Andrea in Estonia
Andrea Ousley from NICA (the National Institute of Circus Arts) in Australia offers some insights from observing a different way of working with the youth performance group at Tsirkusestuudio Folie (Estonia) While visiting Estonia I observed a methodology that inspires a strong creative energy within the performance troupe. This troupe meets several times a week and they participate in a number …
Testimony – Andrea Ousley’s project in Estonia
Andrea Ousley from NICA (National Institute of Circus Arts) Melbourne Australia tells us about her mobility project with Circus Studio Folie in Tallinn Estonia My role at NICA is that of Social Circus and Certificate III coordinator. Social Circus is using circus skills in a community cultural context. Since opening our doors in 2001, NICA has been committed to not …
Parkour techniques – Method learned by Kaupo P. in Belgium
Kaupo Pilder from Tsirkusestuudio Folie (Estonia) presents a new method he’s learned during his mobility project in Belgium: A new Method I learned in Belgium is Parkour technics. Parkour is alternative movement style what takes you from point A to point B. Parkour uses a lot of obstacles on the way as a challenges. It has different exercises as acrobatics but …
Testimony – Kaupo Pilder’s project in Belgium
Kaupo Pilder from Tsirkusestuudio Folie (Estonia) tells us about his mobility project in Belgium: My name is Kaupo and I am from Circus Studio Folie (Tallinn, Estonia). I am a trainer in Folie. When I first heard of this project, I was really curious to learn more about techniques and methods what other similar organizations are using. I went to …
Circo tradicional / circo contemporáneo – Method learned by Luis in Mexico
Luis Valle Rebate (Spain) share with us methods he’s learned during his mobility project in Mexico: Las escuelas que he visitado tienen enfoques muy diferentes del circo y por consecuencia en las herramientas pedagógicas que utilizan en las formaciones que ofrecen. En la Universidad Mesoamericana de Puebla prevalece la visión del circo tradicional, sustentado por la dirección de Julio Revolledo y …
Testimony – Luis Valle Rebate’s project in Mexico
Luis Valle Rebate (Spain) tells us about his mobility project in Mexico: Mi nombre es Luis Valle, artista de circo contemporáneo titulado en la Escuela de circo Caramapa (Madrid) donde me encuentro finalizando el curso de Profundización técnico- artística que la escuela ofrece a sus antiguos alumnos. Paralelamente me encuentro trabajando como monitor de circo para niños y como docente de …
Handstand Techniques – Method learned by Terje in Australia
Terje Bernadt from Tsirkusestuudio Folie (Tallin, Estonia) share with us a new method she’s learned during her mobility project in Australia: “The schools in Australia have a very good acrobatics program that has been worked out during many years as a result of a mixture of many influences and different schools (i.e. Chinese, French etc.). My focus was on handstand …
Testimony – Terje Bernadt’s project in Australia
Terje Bernadt from Tsirkusestuudio Folie (Estonia) tells us about her mobility project in Australia: I am Terje Bernadt and I am a director of Circus Studio Folie, a circus organisation in Tallinn. I visited Australia during Feb 15-March 1st 2016. My program was prepared by Clare Toms from NICA, the professional circus school in Melbourne. During my stay I visited circus …
Teaching how to be a performer – Method learned by Beth in Australia
Beth from the National Centre for Circus Arts (UK) presents a new method she’s learned during her mobility project at NICA and Flying Fruit Fly Circus in Australia: One of the key methods I took away during the exchange was the importance of teaching youth students how to be a performer. This may seem like an obvious statement; on watching …
Testimony – Beth’s project in Australia
Beth from the National Centre for Circus Arts (UK) tells us about her mobility project at NICA and Flying Fruit Fly Circus in Australia: I am currently the Head of the Participation & Outreach department at the National Centre for Circus Arts. I’m responsible for overseeing the running of our outreach, recreational and progressive youth training programmes. Some of these …
Basic skills for a clown workshop – Method learned by Tine in Chile
Tine from Cirkus in Beweging (Belgium) presents a new method she’s learned during her mobility project at El Circo Del Mundo in Chile: The basics for clown that is usefull in classes for children: – You have to experience the pleasure to be a clown So you have to start the class with different plays, so the children have confidence …
Testimony – Tine’s project in Chile
Tine from Cirkus in Beweging (Belgium) tells us about her mobility project at El Circo Del Mundo in Chile: My name is Tine, and i work in the administration of the Belgian circusschool, Cirkus in Beweging. I organize the workshops, the vacacions and the schoolprojects. I’m in carge of writing the notes for the governement. When I had the age …
Kids’ evolution – Method learned by Daniel in Chile
Daniel from Everything is Possible (UK) presents a new method he’s learnt during his mobility project at El Circo Del Mundo in Chile: During my course of Social Circus, I’ve learnt many games and dynamics with circus elements, but other things that I learnt was that when we are working with kids with problems we need to follow the evolution. …
Testimony – Daniel’s project in Chile
Daniel from Everything is Possible (UK) tells us about his mobility project at El Circo Del Mundo in Chile: Hi, my name is Daniel Santamaria and I’m actually teaching circus in a community circus school in Leeds. This travel was a great opportunity to learn more about social circus. I went to Circo del Mundo in Santiago, capital of …
Testimony – Terje Bernadt’s project in Chile
Terje Bernadt from Tsirkusestuudio Folie (Estonia) tells us about her mobility project in Chile: I am Terje Bernadt, a founder and director of circus studio Folie since 2000. I and my colleage from our school Eero Druus took the trip to Santiago de Chile for learning how el Circo del Mundo works, to find out about different teaching methods and the …
Creativity and experimentation – Method learned by Victoria D. in Belgium
Victoria Dorado from Universidad Mesoamericana (Mexico) presents a new method she’s learned during her mobility project in Belgium: Al regresar de mi visita a la escuela Circus in Beweging en Leuven, Bélgica, traje muchas cosas conmigo, recuerdos, nuevos amigos, regalos, pero sobre todo regrese con conocimiento. Me impresiono la forma que tienen de enseñar a través del juego, ya …
Testimony – Victoria Dorado’s project in Belgium
Victoria Doraso from Universidad Mesoamericana (Mexico) tells us about her mobility project in Belgium: “¿Y porque no?” Yo soy Victoria Dorado Novellino, estudiante de la Licenciatura en Artes Escénicas y Circenses Contemporáneas de la Universidad Mesoamericana en Puebla, México y parte de la asociación civil Circulatore A.C. Este año es la primera vez que nuestra escuela es parte …
