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	YCNY: Newsletter 5: Circus Skills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		By the end of the weekend your "team" will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to return to their group and pass on the necessary tips, so everyone can have a go at the things their peers will have learnt over the course of the weekend.
		We will be concentrating on the basic circus skills, so any young people between the ages of 8 to 16, no matter what their present ability will be able to take part.
		Apart from the circus skills there will be some outdoor activities and some art based work, with a very low key element of competition running throughout the whole residential.
	home.btconnect.com /carltonlodge/ycny/newsletteraug2004/circus.htm (478 words)

	The new stars of the circus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		A completely live show, circus is re-inventing itself in new forms; the traditional techniques serve as a diversion from the everyday, a diversion which is the very essence of the notion of entertainment.
		She sensed that the circus was in danger of dying if it did not try something new and, in order to train new artistes, in 1974 she founded the Annie Fratellini Circus School, open to all unconditionally.
		The traditional circus gave pride of place to technical prowess and the purity of execution, while the new circus thinks it is important to encourage the artiste to develop personal expression, to give a meaning to the show beyond the act itself.
	www.diplomatie.gouv.fr /label_france/ENGLISH/ART/cirque/cirque.html (1735 words)

	Circus Flora History
		Circus Flora was founded in 1985 by Ivor David Balding, Sheila and Sam Jewell and Alexandre Sacha Pavlata with the dual mission of entertainment and education.
		Circus Flora made St. Louis its home in 1987 with the help of Vince Schoemehl, the mayor of St. Louis at that time, and Richard Gaddes, then president of Grand Center, St. Louis' creative and cultural district.
		The ensemble company mixes the best of world-class, family-based circus knowledge, passed down from generation to generation, with actors, dancers, musicians and animals, as well as performers from the new circus street and vaudeville movements.
	www.circusflora.org /history.htm (579 words)

	"Circus Skills Have it All" by Jason Catanzarita
		Circus skills all of these things with the added bonus of being novel, and teachable at all levels.
		One teacher of my acquaintance has a circus club where her students ride unicycles, juggle with partners, and juggle 4 and 5 balls — but she can’t keep three scarves going herself.
		Circus skills come with another bonus — they are great skills to demonstrate for parents and administrators.
	www.pelinks4u.org /articles/misc/jc081200.htm (773 words)

	Blackpool Circus School - Circus skills workshops
		Blackpool Circus School was formed in 1999 by a group of circus artists who had recently come to live in the Blackpool and Fylde area.
		Allen McPherson ran away to join the Circus when he was only 13 and since then has worked as an acrobat, ice dancer, magician and ring master.
		Yuri Gridneff came from a Russian Circus family and met his wife Tonya who was a dancer and together they have played and toured the world with their special "Un-supported Ladder Act".
	www.blackpoolcircusschool.co.uk (472 words)

	Circus Center: Classes/Programs Overview
		This class is designed to introduce younger children to the basics of circus techniques: tumbling, handstands and aerial awareness, as well as training on circus apparatus, such as rolling globe, rola bola, juggling and mini-trampoline.
		This is a great introductory circus skills experience for young people new to circus as well as for those who have participated in our summer programs or have some prior acrobatic or circus training.
		Skilled circus clowning involves developing circus, musical and theatrical skills to a level that can be used as part of a clown language”, which is unique to each individual.
	www.circuscenter.org /classes/classes.html (2343 words)

	Circus Skills Badge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In this badge the lowest number of juggling apparatus which counts as a skill is three.
		For example, juggling with four balls is a different skill to juggling with three.
		The tester does not have to be a juggler or someone with circus skills.
	www.netguides.org.uk /stbadges/sb_badge_circus_skills.html (445 words)

	Stiltskin' Circus Skills Workshops
		Circus skills provide opportunities for exploration and growth of kinaesthetic intelligence and self-expression; encouraging self-esteem and confidence.
		Circus also offers the opportunity to work with others through skills that can be achieved with a partner or, through peer to peer teaching as students share their knowledge with others.
		Not only does circus stimulate the learning process in many ways, it is also a creative outlet for those who need extra support with their learning.
	www.stiltskin.org.uk /circus_skills_workshop.html (164 words)

	Circus Center: Programs
		Circus Day Camp is a fun, safe, supportive and challenging environment where children explore the many skills that create the Circus Arts.
		It is essential to us that each child at Circus Day Camp achieves self-confidence, gains an awareness of the power and potential they posses, and develops a love and understanding of Circus.
		In addition to learning the various circus skills, students enrolled in show weeks will get to share their excitement and skill with family and friends at the end of the week in an hour-long show, complete with music, choreography, costumes, make-up and ringmaster!
	www.circuscenter.org /classes/programs.html (528 words)

	Circus Flora
		Circus Flora excels in the art of combining a traditional European circus with modern theater techniques creating a magical theater in a sawdust ring”.
		CAFM's mission is to broaden and deepen the appreciation of the performing arts in the greater St. Louis community by producing and presenting innovative performances and educational programs through the use of classic circus skills.
		In addition, the circus has been invited to perform in cities throughout the United States including the prestigious Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC to performances in Lincoln Center in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
	www.circusflora.org /home.htm (151 words)

	Circus skills - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Circus Skills is a group of pursuits that were traditionally used as a form of entertainment in circus, sideshow, busking or variety/vaudeville/music hall shows.
		While most circus skills are still being performed today, many are practiced by non-performers as a hobby.
		Fire breathers risk burns, both internal and external, as well as poisoning in the pursuit of their art.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Circus_skills (103 words)

	Circus Oz
		All Circus Oz classes are held at the Circus Oz Headquaters in Port Melbourne.
		The Circus Skills class is for 8-12 year olds, and is offered to kids who have already done a few terms of Introduction to Circus.
		It is oriented to both beginners and to those who have been practicing their skills for a while.
	www.circusoz.com /infoglueDeliverLivecircusoz/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=116&languageId=1&contentId=-1 (504 words)

	Circus Arts Forum :: Circus Classes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		There are many different sorts of classes in circus skills on offer for both adults and children.
		The circus Project based in Brighton, is a community circus provide classes for all abilities.
		You can search the database on this website to track down a teacher or circus school in your area area although please be aware of the importance of checking individual teacher's qualifications, experience and insurance.
	www.circusarts.org.uk /training/classes.php (644 words)

	New Orleans School of Circus Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Circus skills’ learning is a fun and beneficial activity for young people of all ages.
		Circus skills enhance physical coordination, orientation in space and mental concentration in a non-competitive setting.
		Students practice basic circus skills such as juggling, acrobatics on the floor and in the air, equilibristics, balancing and clowning.
	schoolforcircusarts.compulsivecreations.com /workshops (647 words)

	Great Y Circus - For Kids From 5 to 105! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Unlike other youth activities, Circus is noncompetitive and focuses on individual and group skills presented in an entertaining and artistic theatrical performance, with choreography, lighting, costumes, and music.
		The Great Y Circus is supported primarily by family, friends, and volunteers, as well as many alumni who have gone on to become professionals, who return to help the next generation learn circus skills.
		Circus inspires the highest potential of personal achievement and taps into the vitality, idealism, and spirit of youth.
	www.ycircus.org /information.htm (603 words)

	The Runaway Circus: Workshops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Runaway Circus clowns draw on a diverse experience and engage the budding clown in exercises ranging from slapstick to mime.
		Runaway Circus and the Loose Cabooses is traveling from May to September of 2005.
		More than a taste of the circus arts, this workshop encourages everyone to progress at an aspect of circus they are excited.
	www.runawaycircus.org /workshops.html (982 words)

	The following are a couple of freebie samples from the New Youth Arts and Crafts Book:
		Historically and culturally it may be argued that most circus skills are popular developments from the traditional skills of the magic men: the shamans.
		These were the people in a tribe who conjured up spirits and whose stock skills were magic, acrobatics and the skills of the fakirs, such as levitation, sword swallowing and sitting on a bed of nails.
		This type of circus uses no animals and the performers bring street skills and values of skateboarding, motor cycling, punk and rave cultures, radical theatre, loud music and pyrotechnics along with the more usual skills of acrobatics, clowning and juggling.
	members.aol.com /adearling/enabler/yac.htm (2290 words)

	Who is Circus Smirkus?
		Circus Smirkus is the brain child of our Founding Director, Rob Mermin, who ran off to Europe to apprentice himself in circus life, learning to pound stakes, put up the Big Top, work with animals, and train with circus artists.
		Circus Smirkus is brought to each town by a local non-profit organization that acts as our presenter.
		Circus Smirkus provides a step ladder to the professional circus world: first, kids in elementary school take part in one of our school residencies and catch the circus bug.
	www.circussmirkus.org /htm/about/whoweare.html (1344 words)

	Circus Arts Forum :: Professional Training (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		For much of its history, circus in England has relied on the continuity of the family-run circuses to provide training and professional opportunities for would-be circus performers, who usually start to learn at a very young age.
		Circus Maniacs is a small independant training school which specialises in offering high-level training in Circus, Acrobatic and Aerial Techniques; Professional Mentoring; and support with Product Creation.
		Circus arts are integrated into a full theatre training programme.
	www.circusarts.org.uk /training/training.php (1024 words)

	Circus Skills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		For ten years, The Serious Road Trip charity has taken the love, laughter and learning of circus and theatre skills to war zones around the globe, bringing the simple medicine of laughter where suffering is greatest.
		With 15 different groups of participants we shared our experience of circus and theatre around the globe through workshops focused on enhancing physical confidence and co-ordination, initiative and motivation, capacities for creative expression and an awareness of the individuality of every person's creative gifts.
		Perhaps most exciting of all was to meet the children in the slums after the project and to see them continuing to juggle and play the theatre games they had learned.
	www.redrice.com /kinoe/frameversion/Circus.html (264 words)

	Circus Skills Workshops from Phillippe - Philloppe
		Circus workshops or Juggling workshops as they are often known as are both educational and fun.
		For example, a school or corporate event may wish to have a structured circus skills workshop spending allocated time working on particular circus skills and swapping around spending say 30 minutes on each skill.
		For circus workshops in an organised/controlled environment (not drop in festival style) we always give a detailed and fun demonstration of all the skills being taught as well as on going tuition throughout the session.
	www.comedyjugglers.co.uk /pp-circus-workshops.htm (451 words)

	Circus Skills workshop aka Juggling workshop from Mr Doo clown & juggler, circus workshops for all ages. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Circus Skills workshop aka Juggling workshop from Mr Doo clown & juggler, circus workshops for all ages.
		Circus skills workshops (or juggling workshops) can be organised for anything from 1 hour to a multiple day course in Circus Skills.
		Workshops can include a demonstration of skills leading to hands on experience or they can be drop in sessions as an attraction at events.
	www.mrdoo.co.uk /circus.workshops.htm (134 words)

	Belfast Circus, Northern Ireland, Jugglers, Circus Performers, Youth Circus, Acrobats, Premiere Circus, Cross Community ...
		In fact, Belfast Community Circus has been involved in setting up projects in Sarajevo just after the war, has performed in the United States, trained youth workers to take circus skills to Zambia, and trained in Denmark and Australia.
		We can aim to help you establish your own permanent circus group; we can stage spectacular community performances linking a number of groups in your area and using circus, dance, music, lighting and special effects to create a show which can make a real difference to participants and audience alike.
		A typical Circus Play workshop session usually lasts for 90 minutes and would consist of 35 minutes of games, 45 minutes of play and exploration with circus equipment, and a 10-minute break in the middle of the session.
	www.belfastcircus.org /outreach.asp (894 words)

	The Great Y Circus - Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Each year, over 100 children of all ages learn circus skills in classes held at the YMCA September through May. Performances are given throughout the year before a variety of audiences, with a major Circus Show held each spring in Redlands.
		The Great Y Circus emphasizes teamwork, dedication, trust, family skill, showmanship, excitement, and fun for both the participant and the observer.
		Circus performances and fund-raising events are used to help buy costumes and a wide array of specialized equipment to benefit all of the children in the program.
	www.ycircus.org /info.htm (761 words)

	Circus Skills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Circus skills are fun to do and easier to learn than many people think.
		Therefore, when a person manages their first juggle or diabolo trick, they experience a wonderful sense of achievement as a wish comes true.
		Please note that we do not offer certain skills (ie: trapeze, stilts, unicycle, tumbling) to groups due to the intensive nature of the training and the transportation of specialised equipment.
	freespace.virgin.net /suit.case/go/circus.htm (298 words)

	Circus McShirkus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		By working with teachers, peers and using their own creativity, they learn circus skills using, mats, juggling equipment, diabolos, devil sticks, spinning plates, stilts, unicycles, and much more..
		In a recent circus class, when asked what circus skills she already had, a second grader proudly stated that she knew how to be the top of a ten person pyramid.
		You can't learn to juggle without dropping the ball, and to see one of our performers "miss a trick" and have the courage and confidence to try it again and go on with her/his routine is inspiring.
	www.4j.lane.edu /eef/grants/grants2004/family_circus.html (360 words)

	Education - Fern Street Circus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		All share the desire to learn circus skills first-hand from working artists who are paid.
		While circus is not for everyone, we have found over the years that a core group of kids comes back week after week, year after year.
		Fern Street Circus is proud to be part of the "6 to 6" extracurricular program at Roosevelt Middle School where our coaches provide circus skills training every week to an enthusiastic group of central San Diego teenagers.
	www.fernstreetcircus.com /education.html (314 words)

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