Circusplaneet

1ste en 2de leerjaar

Extreme Convention

16, 17, 18 th of April, Antwerpen, Belgium:

2 days of pure circus madness organized by Ell Circo D'ell Fuego in Antwerpen. From 9 am till 6pm, workshops of teter board, chineese pole, trampoline, floor acrobatics, air tracks, tissue, mini flying trapeze, handbalancing, german wheel, cradle, juggling, diabolo, cyr wheel, aerial hoop, russian swing, hanstand, high wire, and (my favorite) russian bar...

Then from 8pm till ??? crazy performances from the Atlas Festival:

More info here

Paaskamp

EYCO

The first European organisation specifically for youth circus is born:
On November the 5th 2009 five national federations have founded a federation named
European Youth Circus Organisation (EYCO). This organisation aims at stimulating and
supporting on a European level:
‐ The process of recognising and structuring youth circus,
‐ The quality improvement of youth circus,
‐ The promotion of youth circus ‐ by its nature a popular, accessible and inclusive art
form – as a means for participants to take an active role in society.

EYCO is composed of 9 members including 5 full members constituted of national existing
federations: Fédération Française des Ecoles de Cirque (France), Circuscentrum (Belgium
Flemish community), BAG Zirkuspädagogik (Germany), Finnish Youth Circus Association
(Finland), Circomundo (Netherlands) and 4 candidate full members currently in the process of
formalising their national representation, that is to say Spain, Italy, United Kingdom and Belgium(French community).

EYCO gathers today 470 circus schools/organisations, 2 200 teachers and 550 000 people who
practice circus arts.

The office of this new federation is located at the "Fédération Française des Ecoles de Cirque", in Paris.

To know more about it: Welcome to EYCO, the European Youth Circus Organisation

The Five Full Members:
Fédération Française des Ecoles de cirque (France)
Circuscentrum (Flemish Belgium)
BAG Zirkuspädagogik (Germany)
Finnish Youth Circus Association (Finland)
Circomundo (Netherlands)

Fullstop Acrobatic Theatre

To know more, here

Circusplaneet

Multidisciplinair 1ste en 2de leerjaar

A break dance time

Les frèsres Kazamaroff, by Antoine Dubroux

Cie Un loup pour l'homme

26 nth of March , in Waregem

Un loup pour l’homme works in association with Cheptel Aleikoum.

Vintage acrobatic stars

Juanita and Ganjou Brothers, in the "The Dresden Clock and A Romance In Porcelain", from 1943 British film Variety Jubilee.

Funky Friday (on saturday)

Just few days after my arrival here, I had the chance to participate to the “Funky Friday”, an open stage that take place twice in the year in Ghent, in the theatre de Vieze Gasten . The main goal of this event is to mix amateur and professional circus artists in a cabaret show. Wonderfull place, and a warm atmosphere…

Circusplaneet, starting point

Time go so fast, It’s been just one month that arrived here in Circusplaneet and I already have so much things in my head, and so much things to do. Where to start?
I am French, and this year I decided to leave the suburbs of Paris to live in Flemish Belgium, in Ghent. How did land here? That’s quite a long story.
I’ve been practicing circus art, especially trapeze, since few years now, and after finishing my studies I decided to get fully involved in circus. I wanted to practice a lot circus arts, but also to learn about the organisation of a circus school and about circus pedagogy.
Thus for I subscribe to the EVS program. The European Voluntary Service (EVS) provides young Europeans with a chance to voluntehttper in a non-profit organisation for few months till one year, in a foreign country within or outside the EU. The main goal of this program is to develop solidarity, mutual understanding and tolerance among young people, thus contributing to reinforcing social cohesion in the European Union and to promoting young people's active citizenship. At least by participating in voluntary activities, young volunteers can develop new skills, and, therefore, improve their personal, educational and professional development.
So it took me days to glance through the EVS database, to make a compilation of the circus host organizations in Europe. That’s how I came to discover several circus schools in Belgium. Circus Centrum also helped me a lot, sending my references to different organization in Flanders. Circusplaneet answered to me fast, in a very warm and friendly way. That’s how everything started.
Here, I am assisting teachers during the lessons, and during workshop in the hospital, I am taking pictures and shooting movies for the school website, working on costumes for performances… But my main task is to prepare a youth exchange between four different European schools (from Germany, Finland, Netherlands, and Belgium), and to organize with them a youth circus festival in July, here in Ghent. And of course training, training, training.
In this blog I’ll try to describe each activity I get involved in, by putting picture and movies. Maybe you’ll find your face in one of them. If you don’t like it, just tell me and I will erase it…