Want to run away to the circus?
Post categories: Arts and Entertainment,ÌýQuirkies
| 12:21 UK time, Monday, 18 October 2010
Juggling, stilt-walking, human pyramid building and acrobatics sound like fun?
Cirque Nova in east London is offering free - yes, that's FREE - circus skills training to people with disabilities.
It's run by trapeze artist Jean-Marie Akkerman who used to be Artistic Director of a circus school in Paris.
He teaches 14-25 year olds skills such as aerial harness work, aerial silks, aerial bungee, aerial hoop and acro-balance (that's human pyramid building to you and me.) It's all for fun but with the possibility of future employment at the end of the training.
The group he teaches performed recently at Liberty in Trafalgar Square.
If that sounds like something you might be interested in look at and get in touch with them.
I asked if they would train me to be a lion tamer but they told me I would be better as a clown :-)
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At 18th Oct 2010, Rollersara wrote:Oo, I've done some sessions with Cirque Nova, it's much fun! Would definitely recommend it!
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At 25th Oct 2010, auntieCtheM wrote:So if you have done some sessions, please tell us why did you stop? As you mentioned this group over a year ago, in your last Ouch post.
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At 1st Nov 2010, Rollersara wrote:I was going until earlier this year. It's all thanks to Boris - I live in Oxford, the group meet in East London. I used to get the Jubilee line across London, which was a fully wheelchair accessible route. However, it's currently closed on weekends, ironically in preparation for the olympics, and there is no suitable alternative route.
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