Contemporary Circus

For you who wants to practice all the circus' disciplines.

For twelve weeks each semester, children from 7 years work on acrobatics, juggling, tightrope walking and aerial acrobatics. The groups are separated by age. You who are over 16 are welcome to the adult course.

You do not need any prior experience to begin the Contemporary Circus Course.

Please contact us if you have any questions!

The bookings page is only available in Swedish. Please E-mail us if you need help.

Cirkör House in Alby	From 7 years	2000 SEK	Book this course
Stora Teatern in Gothenburg	From 7 years	1320 SEK	Book this course

Here’s what we’ll be practicing:

Acrobatics
With roots in the Greek words for "walk on toes" and "climb high", acrobatics is one of the foundational circus disciplines. Here, gymnastic feats requiring a high degree of technical skill are executed.

Pair acrobatics
A combination of acrobatics and balance where two or more people lift, balance, throw and catch one another. The performers who do the lifting/catching/carrying, are called bases or catchers; the performers who are lifted/thrown/carried are called flyers.

Juggling
Juggling is all about throwing and manipulating objects. Many jugglers call themselves "object manipulators". Using their objects, jugglers draw shapes and patterns in the air.

Tightwire/tightrope
Tightwire is a form of equilibristics, the art of balancing. Within the circus arts, several disciplines are based on balancing skills, of which tightrope is perhaps the one most often associated with the art of equilibrium. Balancing on a rope is combined with acrobatics, advanced step combinations and dance.

Aerial acrobatics
Acrobatics performed in the air using equipment such as a trapeze, rope/wire or silks/fabrics.