Contemporary Circus

CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS Your body is an instrument you should learn to play with it

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Life is a circus and everyone is a performer on stage in this world

CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS Contemporary Circus is a performance art that combines theatre and dance with traditional circus disciplines constructing a new environment for creativity to flourish in. We focus on the movement in the performances which are theatrical, involving character work with a theme or story.

Even though, we focus on your physicality you will also work with the theatrical elements such as interpretation, feelings and the story you are trying to tell.

The circus techniques are used in conjunction with dance and theatre techniques to express the performer's

personality, reveal their emotions and give an insight to their backstory.

You will learn how to use your body and your movements to express yourself and communicate a felling, story or mood only by the use of your body.

Teaching on this course is generally conducted in English due to the international background of the teachers, including: Frank Kraft (floor and partner acrobatics), Julia Christ (dance, aerial acrobatics) Declan Mee (juggling, object manipulation), Andreas Constantinou-Etheredge (physical theatre), Eike Stuckenbrock (chinese pole).

The training is very physical and hard on the body but everyone is welcome in any physical state of fitness. We will make you fit for circus if you have the enthusiasm to learn and the will and energy to break your own personal barriers.

The Contemporary Circus course is also meant to help prepare people who are interested in beginning a circus education and it is the best way to prepare for an international circus school. Many of our students have gone on to study at higher level circus schools.

STYLES

The following disciplines are included in the Contemporary Circus course:

PARTNER ACROBATICS

is the performance of partner acrobalance poses and associated movements that involve stationary balances, dynamic movements such as lifts, jumps and strength poses.

JUGGLING AND MANIPULATION

Juggling can be the manipulation of one object or many objects at the same time. You will learn the basics of ball, club and ring juggling and will also learn about manipulating ordinary everyday objects such as chairs, hats and plates.

AERIAL ACROBATICS

is the performance of climbs, falls and static poses on aerial equipment including trapeze, silks/tissue, rope, aerial hoop and straps.

FLOOR ACROBATICS

you will learn handstands, handsprings, kick ups, front flips, back flips, cartwheels, headstands, and many more.

DANCE ACROBATICS

is a mixture of dance and floor acrobatics where you will learn to combine your floor work with elements of dance to make your body movement more fluid and natural.

PHYSICAL THEATRE

is a genre of theatrical performance that pursues storytelling through primarily physical means. You will learn to talk through hand gestures, body language, thought tracking and many more physical features.

CHINESE POLE

is a vertical pole on which circus performers climb, slide down and hold poses. The poles are generally between 3 and 9 meters high. The most famous trick is "the flag" where the artist hangs straight out from the pole with their hands.

IN GENERAL While attending the contemporary circus course you will develop your physical strength and also flexibility of your body and your mind by challenging yourself every day physically and mentally. You will achieve a general knowledge in most of the circus disciplines and also in physical theatre and dance.

Through receiving instruction from a variety of teachers you will develop and get an very broad overview of contemporary circus. At the end of the course, we go on tour where you will get to experience life as a professional circus artist.

If you want to challenge yourself both physically and mentally, if you want to learn how to express yourself through your body the Contemporary Circus course is the place for you. Here, you will develop yourself – both as an artist and as a person!

HĂ˜JSKOLEN Herrestedgade 6-8 DK-6520 Toftlund

Phone +45 74 83 01 04 Fax +45 74 83 02 12

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