Joint Staff Training Exchange in Cirkus in Beweging. Leuven. May 2019

///Joint Staff Training Exchange in Cirkus in Beweging. Leuven. May 2019

Joint Staff Training Exchange in Cirkus in Beweging. Leuven. May 2019

Cirkus in Beweging:

Cirkus in Beweging” (Circus in Movement) offers an open house for circus education. They create artistic and social circus activities, developing the whole person. The CIB staff, instructors, volunteers, students and local community work together in developing a new form of art education.

Philosophy and Main Goals of the Organization:

Cirkus in Beweging”(meaning Circus in Movement) challenges children, youngsters and adults to learn about and experiment with circus arts. CIB uses circus play to stimulate the individual growth through social, physical and creative development.

CIRKL – Circus Festival Leuven (17.05-19.05.2019):

CIRKL is a three year old circus festival, whose goal is to “bring together the c

ircus of today and tomorrow”. Until this year, it was located in a big and beautiful park, the Sluispark in the Vaartkom area of Leuven, and its surrounding buildings and squares. This location offered direct access to the citizens, as it was not far from the city center.

At CIRKL festival audiences withness international, high skilled performances, innovative work from young, talented, local and international artist as well as special shows. In addition, the festival provided workshops for young and older people: some for free and others for payed entrance.

30CC cultural center, partnering with Circus in Beweging and the city of Leuven, where the organizators of this big festival, along with the support of the Flemish government, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Brussel, Ruimtevaart, OPEK, and many others.

Program proposal from  12th to 21 th of may ; first part of the week participants can attned in many classes; most of them are preparing an act to show on the festival on 18 and 19 of may in the mornings; in the afternoon and evening the real festival starts with International circus artists( see booklet you will get);  Two performances are booked in advance

  • 13th May :

Possibility to go to workshop in school from 12-16 pm –Possibility to watch class of circus high school from 14-16 in circus schoo- 16.15-22.00 observing and participating in weekly classes

  • 14th May:

Possibility to train yourself in circus school 10.00-13.00pm or free morning . 16.15-22.00 observing and participating in weekly classes (see schedule

  • 15th May

Lunch with team of teachers at 12.30 in Barterre in circus school. 13.00-22.00: observing and participating in weekly classes. 14.00-16.00: possibility to talk to Isabel and Rika about the school, the curriculum, organisation….

  • 16th May

Start of build-up of festival site. 10.00-15.30: participating with circusdromen, circus with adults with a disability in the circus school.

16.15-22.00:  observing and participating in weekly classes

  • 17th May

Building up festival site 

16.15-22.00:  observing and participating in weekly classes (see schedule

20.30 CIRKL Circus I love you at the festival site 

  • 18th May

Presentation of circus group. From 10.30-13.00 at the festival site. 

14.00-22.00: CIRKL festival with performances, animations and workshops

  • 19th may

Presentation of circus groups.From 10.30-13.00 at the festival site

14.00-22.00: CIRKL festival with performances, animations and workshops

17.00-18.30: Les Dodos CIRKL

  • 20th May

Presentation of circus groups. From 18.30-20.30 in the circus school; aerial and acrobatic acts.

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