Youth Circus in Australia:

Youth Circus in Australia:
A manifesto for the development of the Australian Youth Circus Sector 2014 – 2020
Youth Circus in Australia:
A manifesto for the development of the Australian Youth Circus Sector 2014 – 2020
FRONT PAGE - PHOT O CREDIT:
Warehouse Circus Inc. | Round and Round We Go [Nov 2013] | L - R: Benton Adams-Walker, Piri Goodman, Joshua
Strachan, Cecilia Martin, Tara Melhuish | PHOTOGRAPHER: Katy Barr
CONTENT S:
Testimonials ... Forward by Dr Gillian Arrighi ... Values, Mission & Vision ... Principles ... Strategies ... Acknowledgements ... Appendix A - Youth Circus in Australia ...
Appendix B - International Links... Page 4 - 11
Page 12 - 13
Page 14 - 15
Page 16 - 21
Page 22 - 23
Page 24 - 25
Page 26 - 28
Page 29
PHOT O CREDIT:
NICA | Circus Showcase [2013] | Anna Murray |
PHOTOGRAPHER: Aaron Walker
Karen Bryant
Cirkidz
TEST IMONIALS:
Karen is the Chief Executive of the
Adelaide Festival Corporation.
“I was involved with CIRKIDZ Youth Circus
initially as a youth participant and later as
a tutor and eventually as Artistic Director.
As a teenager, involvement with CIRKIDZ
classes and performances gave me much
needed self-confidence, fitness and a
real sense of skill sharing and belonging.
This was also the first time I started to
really gain a belief within myself that I
could make a career out of my passion
for the arts. CIRKIDZ allowed me to start
developing my skills as a performance
creator and the Company’s ongoing
support for me assisted these dreams
into professional practice. I wrote and
had performed my first scripts with this
company, traveled all around Australia
with them and built a firm base on which
everything related to my subsequent
arts career was built. I have little doubt
that without CIRKIDZ it is likely I would
have pursued another career path; not
because I would have preferred to - but
because I simply would not have thought
it possible.”
PHOT O CREDIT:
Cirkidz | Nest [Oct 2013] | Lisa Goldsworthy | PHOTOGRAPHER: Hannah Tunstill
Lewie West
Graduate of Warehouse Circus and
NICA
At Warehouse Circus, Lewie discovered
a strong, supportive community and a
new passion. Performing added a whole
new element to his already active life
which allowed for self-expression and
increased self-confidence. The day
after graduating top of his class with a
Bachelor of Circus Arts from NICA, Lewie
flew to Brisbane to join Circa’s ensemble
and has spent the last five and a half
years touring the world.
At Catapult Festival 2014, Lewie saw
current Warehouse Circus members
and recent graduates, Poncho Circus,
perform; “Canberra has produced, and is
still producing, talented, inspired young
people who go on to be world class
circus artists. [Poncho Circus] have taken
the skills, both physical and theatrical,
that they have learned at Warehouse
and refined them into a tight, beautiful,
exciting piece that could be toured to
Europe and find success”
PHOT O CREDIT:
C!RCA | CIRCA [2012] | Lewie West | PHOTOGRAPHER: Darcy Grant
PHOT O CREDIT:
Spaghetti Circus | Sweden [2013] | Rhiannon Cave-Walker
PHOTOGRAPHER: Einar Kling Odencrants
Rhiannon Cave-Walker
Spaghetti Circus
Rhiannon started at Spaghetti Circus
aged 4 and graduated after the
successful 2010 Spaghetti TOUR of
Europe, 15 years later.
“Spaghetti Circus allows young people
to develop not only awesome circus
skills but they also support you to
find a way to create exciting work.
Its immense focus on family and
community make it different to every
other circus in Australia.”
After leaving Spaghetti Circus and
traveling in search of circus companies
in Europe, Rhiannon was accepted
into the wonderful Circus University
DOCH (Dans och Cirkus Hogskolan),
the University of Circus and Dance in
Stockholm, Sweden, in the three-year
Bachelor program. Rhiannon is now a
member of Gravity and Other Myths
and is currently touring Europe, USA,
Asia and Africa.
Darcy Grant
Flying Fruit Fly Circus
Luke O’Connor
Westside Circus
“I started training at Westside Circus
in late 2001 when the only ongoing
training they had was a class for
teens. The main skills being taught
were Acro and Aerial (Trapeze,
Cloudswing and Tissu) and the trainer
was Andrea Ousley.
I remember there being a focus
on becoming strong and feeling
ownership over your own body. It
was a place for everyone. In the
training and in the shows individuals’
strengths were celebrated, whether
for acrobatics, writing, music or
performance, everyone contributed.
The experience taught us resilience,
cooperation, and leadership. It
taught us to look out for each other,
embrace and celebrate difference and
to take the lead over our lives.”
PHOT O CREDIT:
Westside Circus | Porcelain Punch Traveling Medicine Show [2011] |
Luke O’Connor | PHOTOGRAPHER: unknown
“My name is Darcy Grant and I was a Flying Fruit Fly from 1997-2002.
I had the pleasure (and pain) of studying under a variety of Chinese and Russian circus masters
during this time. World class training, a close knit multicultural community, international
touring and swimming in the Murray river. My time in Albury shaped my work ethic , my
standards and my respect & care for others in an extremely positive way and it continues to do
so…
Looking back, the most important gift that the Flying Fruit Fly Circus gave me as a youth was
that it provided me with ongoing engagement with skilled adult practitioners and a life-long
understanding that hard work pays off.
Circus gives great value to the community in that it develops healthy and thinking kids.”
PHOT O CREDIT:
CIRCA | C!RCA [2009] | Darcy Grant
PHOTOGRAPHER: Justin Nicholas,
Atmosphere Photography
PHOT O CREDIT:
Vulcana Women’s Circus |
Forbidden Delights | Abbey Church
PHOTOGRAPHER: NFG photography
Abbey Church
Vulcana Women’s Circus
“I’ve been working, performing and teaching with Vulcana Women’s Circus for the
past 3 years. Heading to Vulcana after leaving Flipside’s Youth Circus, I couldn’t have asked
for a better organisation to assist me in my transition from youth circus performer to adult
performer. Growing up in Flipside Circus, from age 4 to16, taught me close to everything I
deem of importance now. Youth circus exposed me to the beautiful range of diversity that
exists in the world; in people, social classes, backgrounds, gender and age. I learnt about my
physical body, mental and social self, to always keep challenging, growing and learning. I’m a
huge advocate for Youth Circus; I perform, teach, stage manage, build tents, make popcorn and
create work because of it.”
David Trappes
Flipside Circus
“Without Flipside Circus and Davey
Samford I wouldn’t be where Im
today! Circus and performing has
been my life since I was eleven
years old and I’ve just gotten my
first big gig with Casus! Woohoo!”
PHOT O CREDIT:
Flipside Circus | Identité [2013] |
David Trappes
PHOTOGRAPHER: Cameron Strom
FOREWoRD:
Every year thousands of young people across Australia participate in circus skills classes and
performances provided by the rapidly growing number of youth circus organisations Australiawide. The very idea of the circus has always conjured up images of extraordinary physical skill,
exuberance, confidence, and fun. Whether at weekly classes, holiday programs, intensive
workshops, or outreach programs in schools and community settings, young people aged from
2 to 28 are learning and performing skills in tumbling, trapeze, tight rope, clowning, aerial
manoeuvres, juggling, balancing, hula hoop, or one of the many other skills adapted by the
contemporary circus. These days, Australia can claim to be a world leader in the field of circus
arts for young people. It’s not that it doesn’t happen overseas, it does. In North America, the
UK, and in Europe numbers of youth circus participants are also on the rise, attracting the
attention of policy makers with an eye for the social capital that youth circus generates. It’s just
that Australia has been doing it quietly, but very well, for nearly forty years. Now, it’s time for
Australian Youth Circus to be celebrated and applauded for its quality, integrity, and resilience,
and for the positive change it brings to the lives of many young people and their families.
For some young people, training in the circus arts initiates a pathway for a future career in
the professional circus, in physical theatre, or in the wider performing arts industry. For those
young people who are not destined for a career in the creative industries, the social and physical
benefits of youth circus generate valuable skills for life long learning and values of engaged
citizenship. Families and young participants across the country attest to its capacity to develop
fit, flexible, and artistically skilled young people with heightened collaborative and creative
problem solving skills. As one parent told me: “youth circus has made my children fit, strong,
and full of confidence!”
Australian youth circus sprang with considerable energy from the many community arts programs
and performance groups funded by innovative government arts initiatives during the 1970s. The
earliest established group, The Flying Fruit Fly Circus in Albury-Wodonga, has been running since
1979 and is now an iconic national institution with a circus high school and a pre-professional
program for promising teenage circus artists. Other longstanding and resilient organisations
exist in every state and territory, in remote, regional, and metropolitan areas. In addition to
core programs, some of these organisations have developed innovative circus arts programs for
special interest groups such as indigenous youth, young people with a disability, migrant, and
at-risk youth.
Circus is a hybrid art. Both sporty and creative, it produces imaginative and aesthetic outcomes
as much as it develops highly skilled physical proficiencies. With music and dance it shares the
development of rhythm and precise physical skills; with sport it shares the development of
strength, speed, physical development, and team building whilst avoiding the competitive spirit
so essential to sporting endeavour; with drama it shares the development of self-confidence,
performance skills, and lateral thinking, but is without the spoken word or character demands
intrinsic to a written text. But for all the qualities that the circus arts share with other domains
of physical and creative activity, Youth Circus is a unique field with substantial artistic and social
benefits that ought to be supported by our country’s policy makers.
Forty years after its early stirrings in the community arts movement, contemporary youth
circus in Australia maintains the innovation and values that informed the movements for social
change from which it sprang. Central to Australian youth circus activity is the strong belief that
participation in the circus arts can foster good health, creativity, and a strengthened sense of selfesteem and social connectedness. As a researcher in the performing arts with a strong interest
in the circus, I am very proud to be associated with the many dedicated, skilled, and innovative
people who keep Australian youth circus alive and energized.
Dr Gillian Arrighi
Senior Lecturer, Creative and Performing Arts
School of Creative Arts
University of Newcastle, Australia
VALUES:
VISION:
Diversity | Respect | Access | Inclusion | Collaboration | Creative Expression |
Physical Investigation | Life-Long Learning | Safety | Empowerment | Artistic
Vibrancy| Resilience
For circus to be recognised and valued as a
leading art form in Australia, supported by
a vibrant and well-resourced Youth Circus
Sector.
MISSION:
To secure the growth and resilience of the
Australian Youth Circus Sector through
innovation, collaboration and advocacy.
PHOT O CREDIT:
FLying Fruit Fly Circus | Circus Under My Bed [Jan 2014] |
Amie Patching and Jared Takle | PHOTOGRAPHER: Daniel Boud
2014 Helpmann Award Nominee
PHOT O CREDIT:
wESTSIDE cIRCUS | Beach Bodies [NOV 2013] |
L-R: Sarah Coghlan, Lucy Tan, Elyse Lethwaithe,
Oscar Lang, Rosie Grech |
PHOTOGRAPHER: Simon Conlon
PRINCIPLES:
1. To grow participation in youth circus across Australia through
greater accessibility.
2.To lead innovation and investment in youth arts practice.
3.To support high quality and diverse skill development opportunities.
4.To develop career pathways and life-long learning opportunities
within the circus industry.
5.To collaborate through a national network to uphold an excellent
standard of service delivery.
6.To increase the awareness of the benefits of youth circus for
young people and for circus as a leading art-form in Australia.
1.To grow participation in youth circus across Australia through greater
accessibility.
The Australian Youth Circus Sector (AYCS) aims to grow participation in Youth Circus across Australia,
including: encouraging increased participation of young people in youth circus workshops, programs,
projects and performances; improving access to services, in particular for disadvantaged young people and
for young people from regional and remote areas; advocating for schools and community groups to involve
circus training in their curriculums or programs; fostering opportunities for engagement and participation
from the wider community through for instance, mentoring and volunteering and; building audiences for
youth circus performances.
WHY? Increased participation is not only integral to the sustainability of youth circus companies and
initiatives across Australia but also allows more Australians to experience the multifaceted benefits
that Youth Circus provides for young people including: physical and mental health and wellbeing; social
engagement and inclusion, and; creative development and artistic expression. Youth Circus fosters
personal growth, which extends beyond circus training and performance to other areas of life including
engagement with education and the wider community, the benefits of which can extend throughout a
lifetime. In this way, increased access to and participation in youth circus will contribute to the building of
healthy and strong communities across Australia.
2.To lead innovation and investment in youth arts practice.
The AYCS seeks to encourage investment in innovative and diverse arts practices with, by and for young
people including the support of initiatives such as: immersive education for youth circus directors; artists in
residence programs; collaborative projects where emerging directors, choreographers and circus trainers
are able to work in a variety of companies, institutions and other learning environments to expand on
their arts practice experience, and feedback opportunities for young artists including forums, roundtables,
mentorships with professional artists and the use of circus and physical theatre dramaturges. The AYCS
supports the development of a variety of production models and acknowledges skill development as an
integral part of the creative process in circus arts practice.
WHY? Innovation and diversity in arts practices at the youth circus level filters through to a versatile
and inspiring professional circus sector with capacity to attract audiences from a broad spectrum of the
community. Continued creativity coming out of the sector will serve to raise the profile of circus as an art
form in its own right. Innovation and diversity in arts practices can also lead to exploration of the many
synergies circus arts has with other performing arts such as drama, dance and music and open up possible
areas for collaboration, learning and expression.
3.To support high quality and diverse skill development opportunities.
Whether for social engagement or elite performance, skill development is at the heart of youth circus
delivery in Australia. The AYCS supports opportunities for high quality skill development across a wide
range of circus disciplines through initiatives such as: the Flying Fruit Flies’ National Training Project;
Catapult Festival and; other festival or company based training intensives or master classes.
WHY? Creating opportunities for youth circus participants, performers and trainers to engage in diverse
skills training is fundamental to the AYCS in that it promotes the dissemination of wide variety training
methods and styles across an array of disciplines and allows for young Australian circus artists to be well
equipped to establish careers in the international market place.
4.To develop career pathways and life-long learning opportunities within
the circus industry.
The AYCS will actively collaborate to continue to develop pathways for young people including, but not
limited to: emerging artist projects and other transitional educational opportunities for young circus
and physical theatre performers, directors, writers, choreographers, designers and producers; ‘train
the trainer’ programs; professional development for circus trainers and directors working within youth
circus companies; formal educational opportunities through schools and universities and; internships and
residencies with professional companies and artists across diverse areas of the industry.
WHY? There is a wide variety of opportunities for employment within the circus and physical theatre
sector and the wider performing arts industry. For this reason the AYCS recognises the need for a variety
of pathways which allows for young people to stay working within the circus industry both to ensure
a strong, diverse and highly skilled industry into the future and to allow for individuals to develop
sustainable careers within the sector. The AYCS recognises the need for circus performers to be adaptable
across the different stages of their career and supports ongoing learning and career development. Youth
Circus companies are at the forefront of providing both pathways for young people and employment and
professional development opportunities for practitioners and artists across their careers.
5.To collaborate through a national network to uphold an excellent
standard of service delivery.
The AYCS has an ongoing commitment to quality improvement in service delivery across the sector. The
sector seeks to achieve this through providing opportunities for discussion and networking, national
forums such as the National Youth Circus Symposium and as part of Catapult Festival and regular regional/
State networking events.
WHY? Many of the challenges facing youth circus organisations and practitioners are similar such as:
resource management; trainer training; facilities; insurances; pay rates; program development; funding;
governance and; risk management. These issues can be efficiently and effectively addressed by individual
organisations and practitioners drawing on the cumulative resources and collective knowledge of the
sector.
6.To increase the awareness of the benefits of youth circus for young people
and for circus as a leading art-form in Australia.
It is time that the story of over forty years of youth circus in Australia was told and celebrated by the
wider Australian community. To increase awareness locally, nationally and internationally of the benefits
of youth circus, the AYCS recognises the need for supporting: research into the benefits of youth circus in
the areas of health and wellbeing, injury prevention, community development, education and access, as
well as data collection on youth circus participation levels nationally; celebration of young circus artists
working professionally in Australia and in the international marketplace; ongoing advocacy by our peak
body ACAPTA; increased presence of youth circuses in local communities through public performances and
workshops and collaborative media campaigns such as National Youth Circus Day.
WHY? The sector needs to maintain access to suitable circus arts development spaces, high quality arts
professionals (including circus trainers, directors, producers and choreographers) and to provide access
to programs for young people who are among the most disadvantaged in our communities. Further,
recognition of circus as a legitimate art form in the wider community is crucial for the funding of projects
that promote artistic development and excellence in young artists. Finally, the AYCS hopes that the unique
way youth circus is practiced in Australia can play an important role in informing our national identity and
creating a picture of Australia as an international leader in circus arts.
PHOT O CREDIT:
NICA | E Minor [2013]
Marty Evans and Maggie Fayne-Alwin
PHOTOGRAPHER: David Wyatt
ST RATEGIES:
1. To provide a platform for national celebration, collaboration and promotion of youth
circus, to enhance awareness and engagement.
The biannual Catapult Festival, Bathurst, for example, is a model that should be evaluated
and continuously improved. Catapult Festival currently brings together the AYCS in
workshops, directors’ labs, creative development projects, forums and performances.
• National Youth Circus Day is an annual National celebration around which ACAPTA
coordinates a collaborative media campaign. The sector supports this strategy by
registering National Youth Circus Day events for publication.
• The sector encourages other organisations to provide national promotion and
networking activities.
2. To provide access to a national network to support creative practitioners to develop
partnerships and best youth arts practice.
• The National Youth Circus Arts Exchange is a project currently in development. It is
anticipated that this will form the basis for a working model.
• Youth Circus Schools and Circus professional endeavor’s throughout Australia will unite
to promote partnerships, pathways and professional development activities.
3. To hold at least one annual national event to drive excellence in skill development, safety
practice and circus arts.
• Currently the Flying Fruit Fly Circus’ National Training Project provides an excellent
model.
• The sector is encouraged to support and promote national opportunities for sharing
teaching and learning exchanges.
4. To conduct an annual national forum for networking, the sharing of knowledge and the
development of strategies and new ideas.
PHOT O CREDIT:
Cirkidz | Nest [Oct 2013] | Mikaela Brader | PHOTOGRAPHER: Hannah Tunstill
• The annual National Youth Circus Symposium currently organised by ACAPTA provides
such a forum at the present time and provides a good model for this aim in the future.
• Other models that create national opportunities are to be supported by the sector.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT S:
Thank you to all National Youth Circus Symposium 2013 and 2014 participants who contributed to the
development of this strategy.
Aleshia Flanagan, Warehouse Circus Inc.
Alice Cadwell, Spaghetti Circus
Andrew Rayner, The Lieder Youth Theatre Company
Annie Stephens, Circus Oz
Bel Macedone, Aerialize: Sydney Aerial Theatre
Ben Martin, The Lieder Youth Theatre Company
Bianca Sciarretta, Westside Circus
Cate Cunningham, Freelance
Chelsea McGuffin, Flipside Circus
Chris Larsen, Flipside Circus
David Carberry, Lady Torpedo Productions
David Bowyer, WA Circus School
Deb Wilks, Flipside Circus
Gail Kelly, ACAPTA
Hamish Clift, Flipside Circus
Holly Shoar, The Flying Trapeze Centre
Ina Van Puymboreck, Freelance
Jack Peterson, Australian Trapeze
Jasmine Leong, Warehouse Circus
Jo Mion, Westside Circus
Jodie Farrugia, Flying Fruit Fly Circus
Joshua Hoare, Cirkidz
Judy Bowden, Lolly Jar Circus Inc.
Karen Edelenbos, Westside Circus
Katy Barr, Warehouse Circus
Kristina Dzelmanis, Circus Monoxide
Kristy Seymour, Freelance
Larissa Deak, Vulcana Kids - Vulcana Women’s Circus
Martina Linder, Circus Helsinki
Merryn Chenoweth, Westside Circus
Nathan Anderson, Warehouse Circus Inc.
Nick Skibinski, Cirkidz
Nikki Jeffries, Corrugated Iron Youth Arts
Peta Johnston, Catapult festival
Phillippa Scott, Skylark Circus
Rebekah Kordas, Freelance
Richard Hull, Flying Fruit Fly Circus
Rose Stephens, National Institute of Circus Arts
Scott Grayland, Flying Fruit Fly Circus
Simon Clarke, Westside Circus
Simone O’Brien, Spaghetti Circus
Sue Broadway, Westside Circus
Vanessa McGregor, The Indoor Flying Trapeze Centre
PHOT O CREDIT:
FLying Fruit Fly Circus | Circus Under My Bed [Jan 2014] | Zachariah Johnson and Deni Davidson
PHOTOGRAPHER: Daniel Boud
Appendix A: Youth Circus in Australia
ACT:
Warehouse Circus Inc.
Aleshia Flanagan
NSW:
Aerialize: Sydney Aerial
Theatre
www.warehousecircus.org.au
Zany Yare
www.zanyyare.com.au
[email protected]
Corrugated Iron Youth
Arts
Nikki Jeffries
www.corrugatediron.org.au
[email protected]
Kindred Circus Michelle Stevens
NT:
[email protected]
www.aerialize.com.au
[email protected]
QLD:
Aerial Angels Gold Coast
[email protected]
www.aerialangels.com.au
[email protected]
Industry Aerial Arts
Tammy Zarb
www.industryaerialarts.com.au
[email protected]
Blackrobats
Kelli Craig www.facebook.com/
groups/132502246778846
[email protected]
[email protected]
Brophy Aerial Theatre
Company
Ashley Brophy
www.aerialtheatre.com.au
[email protected]
Brophy Aerial Theatre
Company
Ashley Brophy
www.aerialtheatre.com.au
[email protected]
Catapult Festival Leonie Smith [acting]
www.catapultfestival.com.au
[email protected]
Cate Cunningham
Tanya Richards
Circartus
Jill Watkins
www.facebook.com/Circartus
[email protected]
Circa Contemporary Circus
Charlie Cush www.circa.org.au
[email protected]
Circo Blurto
Tahmour Kate Bloomfield
www.tahmour.com
[email protected]
Circus Arts
Tanya Burkhardt
www.circusarts.com.au
[email protected]
Circus 35 South
Geoff Perrem &
Sharon McCutcheon www.circus35south.com.au
[email protected]
Circus Stars
Kristy Seymour www.facebook.com/circusstars.autismcircus
[email protected]
Circus Akimbo
Claire Reincastle
www.circusakimbo.com.au
[email protected]
Flipside Circus
Debbie Wilks
www.flipsidecircus.org.au
[email protected]
Circus Arts
[Head Office - Byron Bay,
NSW]
Tanya Burkhardt
ww.circusarts.com.au
[email protected]
Kartwheel Kids
Gymnastics & Circus
Rhonda Pacholke
www.kartwheelkids.org.au
[email protected]
Circus Avalon
John Campbell www.circusavalon.com.au
[email protected]
Sensory Circus Tribe
Tammy Stone
www.sensorytribe.com.au
[email protected]
Circus Monoxide
Kristina Dzelmanis
www.circusmonoxide.com.au
[email protected]
Vulcana Women’s Circus
Kirstin Sillitoe
www.vulcana.org.au
[email protected]
Circus Unique
Pixie & John williams
www.circusunique.com.au
[email protected]
Circus West
[Dubbo College Delroy
Campus]
Paul Woodhead
Cirkidz Inc
Nick Skibinski
www.cirkidz.org.au
[email protected]
Lolly Jar Circus
Judy Bowen
ww.lollyjarcircus.com.au
[email protected]
CircusTRAC
[Gunnedah Circus School]
Taylah Riley
Arlette Bruggeman
www.slipstreamcircus.org.au
[email protected]
Cirkus Surreal
Stephanie Brown
www.cirkussurreal.com.au
[email protected]
Cirque du Scout
Tracey Hansford
www.cirqueduscout.org.au
[email protected]
Flying Fruit Fly Circus
Richard Hull
www.fruitflycircus.com.au
[email protected]
Australian Trapeze
Manager
www.australiantrapeze.com.au
[email protected]
Half High Circus
Kristina Dzelmanis
www.circusmonoxide.com.au
[email protected]
Castlemaine Circus Inc
Jane Goodrich
[email protected]
Lieder Youth Theatre Company Chrisjohn Hancock
www.liedertheatre.com
[email protected]
www.facebook.com/CastlemaineCircus
Slippry Sirkus
Denni Scott Davis www.slipprysirkus.org
[email protected]
Circus Oz
Pippin Aitken www.circusoz.com
[email protected]
Spaghetti Circus
Alice Cadwell
www.spaghetticircus.com
[email protected]
Flying Trapeze Centre Aust
Steen & Holly Shoar
www.flytrapeze.com.au
[email protected]
Kinder Circus
Heather Tetu
www.kindercircus.com.au
[email protected]
[email protected]
[Two Rivers Arts Council]
MOB: 0419 545 206
SA:
TAS:
Slipstream Circus
VIC:
National Institute of Circus
Arts [NICA]
Matthew Noone
www.nica.com.au
[email protected]
Ruccis Circus
Anna Brooks www.ruccis.com.au
[email protected]
Skylark Circus
Jasmin Meaker www.skylarkacrobatics.com.au
[email protected]
Solid State Circus
Luth Wolff
www.solidstatecircus.com.au
[email protected]
Soul Circus
Bronwyn Falagan
www.soulcircus.info
[email protected]
The Circus Spot
Daniel Rabin
www.thecircusspot.com.au
[email protected]
Westside Circus
Simon Clarke
www.westsidecircus.org.au
[email protected]
Access Circus Renee Pilkington
www.accesscircus.com
[email protected]
Gascoyne Circus &
Physical Theatre
Theaker von Ziarno
www.gascoyneinmay.com.au
[email protected]
Kinetica Circus Arts
Sarah Ritchie & Rebecca
McMahon
www.kineticacdt.com.au
[email protected]
Lunar Circus
Matt / Cath Wood www.lunarcircus.com
[email protected]
Sandfly Circus
[Theatre Kimberly]
Gwen Knox www.theatrekimberley.org.au
[email protected]
WA:
Southern Edge Arts
Beth O’Neill
www.southernedge.org.au
[email protected]
Suitcase Circus
Joe Bolton
www.suitcasecircus.com
[email protected]
Total Theatre
Sophie Bolton
www.facebook.com/pages/
Total-Theatre
[email protected]
WA Circus School Inc.
Sami Bruce www.circuswa.com
[email protected]
Appendix B: International Links
American Youth Circus Organization
www.americanyouthcircus.org
Ass. Giocolieri e Dintorni (Italy)
www.jugglingmagazine.it
Ateneu Popular Nou Barris (Spain)
www.ateneu9b.net
BAG Zirkuspädagogik (Germany)
www.bag-zirkus.de
Belfast Community Circus (Northern Ireland)
www.belfastcircus.org
Caravan Circus Network
www.caravancircusnetwork.eu
Circomundo (Netherlands)
www.circomundo.nl
Circus Elleboog (The Netherlands)
www.elleboog.nl
Circus Kumari (New Zealand)
www.circuskumarani.co.nz
Circuscentrum (Belgium, Flemish part)
www.circuscentrum.be
Cirkus Cirkör (Sweden)
www.cirkor.se
Cirqueon - centrum pro nový cirkus (Czech Republic)
www.cirqueon.cz/cs
Dubal (Denmark)
www.dubal.dk
Ecole de Cirque de Bruxelles Brussels (Belgium)
www.ecbru.be
Fédération Française des Ecoles de cirque (France)
www.ffec.asso.fr
Fédération Suisse des Ecoles de Cirque (Switserland)
www.fsec.ch
Finnish Youth Circus Association (Finland)
www.snsl.fi
Galway Community Circus (Republic of Ireland)
www.galwaycommunitycircus.com
La Maison du Cirque (Belgium, French part)
www.lamaisonducirque.be
Le Plus Petit Cirque du Monde (France)
www.lepluspetitcirquedumonde.fr
Österreichischer Bundesverband für Zirkuspädagogik (Austria) www.zirkusnetzwerk.at
PARADA Foundation (Romania)
www.paradaromania.ro
Sorin Sirkus (Finland)
www.sorinsirkus.fi
Uk Youth Cuircus network
(No website available)
Upsala Circus (Russian Federation)
www.upsala-zirk.org
Wellington Youth Circus / Wellington Circus Hub
www.circus.org.nz Zaltimbanq (Luxembourg)
www.zaltimbanq.lu/bienvenue
PHOT O CREDIT:
NICA | Circus Showcase [2013] | Hanne Grant
PHOTOGRAPHER: Aaron Walker
Back PAGE - PHOT O CREDIT:
Warehouse Circus Inc. | Round and Round We Go [Nov 2013] | L – R: Holly Raap, Cameron Summerville, Joshua
Strachan, Piri Goodman, Benton Adams-Walker, Elena Hood | PHOTOGRAPHER: Katy Barr