Study Guide

Objective

Student acquires a wide knowledge and skill base of circus disciplines as performing art form.
Student is able to use, develop and create bodily circus material. Student can rig and overhaul the circus equipments. Student is able to demonstrate advanced tehcnical level in his disciplines, as well as the interconnection of the various circus elements, and a composition on a circus number.
Students are gaining skills to create for himself new performance material, knowledge to vary their movement repertoire and analyze and absorb the existing circus repertoire. Student is able to evaluate their own work and advancement.

Content

The course focuses on the development of the circus disciplines technical skills, a student's personal talent and physical potential and creativity and personal expression. Studies are progressing according to the personal curriculum for each student to be drawn up. Students learn to practice independently and listening to their bodies. The course is to build the student's technical and artistic capability of a circus artist together with other circus technique studies. The student selects 1-2 circus disciplines and studies these techniques intensively from 2nd nd year to 4th year. Studies are carried out in small-group teaching, they include practical exercises, assignments and demonstrations..

Evaluation scale

H-5