Where to practice circus arts France

Enter this big top, just a stone's throw from the sea... This school of flying trapeze and other circus arts, based in Porticcio, is open to all. Here you can discover the joys of aerobatics, or even take part in mini-classes. Classes are open to anyone aged 4 and over, whatever your level of fitness. One hour is all it takes to learn a trick, at a height of 7 metres, no less! If you've got a hankering for flying and aerobatics, this is the place to dare to try it out, in complete safety and with plenty of support.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Lido! Under its vast 1,400^m2 big top, 250 people can attend the enchanting shows given on the starry ring. In the Argoulets area, the Centre des Arts du Cirque is located here. A prestigious circus school for professionals but which opens its know-how to amateurs. If your children dream of joining the troupe of artists, and to launch out in the juggling or acrobatics, or to play the balancing act, courses are proposed with annual subscription. For children and adults alike. In addition, you should know that introductory courses are also regularly scheduled. So, let's go!

The Ecole de Cirque has been training professional and amateur circus performers since 1981. It offers year-round workshops for children, teenagers and adults, as well as vacation courses. And since the world of the circus is a dream come true, it's also possible to organize birthday parties or corporate seminars here, for magical memories! The site also offers artistic services on request, and welcomes artists with tents at their disposal.

For over thirty years, the Georget family has been sharing its passion for the circus arts. In addition to the Cirque de Noël shows in December, Cirque Georget offers weekly workshops for young and old alike. From the age of 3, "Baby circus" sessions introduce children to the circus arts while developing their motor skills. Teens and adults are also welcome to discover or perfect their skills in balancing, juggling, trapeze and more. Internships add a magical touch to vacations, while companies can request sessions combining circus and team building. A little flexibility and poetry in a world of brutes?

The Regional Centre for Circus Arts or Cirque de Lomme School is a Professional and professional practice. Children, teenagers, adults, whatever your age, fitness and level, you will be able to practice the circus at your rate, by small groups of 8 to 10 people. Internships are also offered during school holidays and the team actively promotes the practice of the adapted circus. In particular, it established courses for senior citizens. But the school is also the shows. They are given, under one of the school capitals, by seasoned artists (the school welcomes in spring and winter two quality circus festivals) or by the students at the end of the course. In both cases a single rate (€ 5)! Finally, anniversaries formulas are proposed by the establishment.

With the new cirques, which changes and the poetized kind, this practice has the wind in its sails, it attracts more and more children, teenagers and adults. And it is true that there is enough to dream: to walk, access to fly in the air, to aiguillon on the floor, to make laugh. The school of Turbul, circus tent, does not try to make fantasize on the crafts of the circus more to approach its various disciplines, to tame the self-control, artistic challenge, confidence and mutual respect by the body and mind. Classes are practical lover adults-only Monday to Thursday (7:00 pm at 21:00). The training of various disciplines is given by artists in residence and teachers, whose mission subsidized by the State is also contact the young people of the disadvantaged districts. You will learn the accrobaties air, scales, juggling, collective work on the apprehension and security. And to make the pointe-à-pitre is a serious business. Note that the town of Alès obtains a national pole of the circus (the Glass: 04 66 86 45 02).

It is rare to meet such a full structure! Founded in 1995, the CERAC proposes tens of classes exempted by about twenty certified professors. Varied workshops supporting the expression and the creativity of each one are proposed for all the ages and all the levels. You will be able in particular to practise various dances: classical, Eastern fusion, contemporary, African, ragga, hip-hop, modern' jazz, awakening and initiation for smallest (as of 4 years). The even numbered years, a great show of dance opened to any public is organized with the municipal Theater of Colmar. The CERAC can also make you discover other artistic activities like arts of the circus (juggling, acrobatics...) and the theater (classical or of improvisation). To maintain to you in form in a friendly atmosphere, many classes of Pilates, stretching and fitness are given to any hour throughout the week (including every Saturday morning).

Discover Agility-Magicirk and the adorable Amarine, a specialist in live circus arts for over 25 years. Supplying professionals, the store is open to all who want to learn or practice the circus arts: ball juggling, diabolo, trapeze, aerial silks or unicycle... Expert advice and a wide choice of equipment for all audiences. Online store, delivery and click & collect. Balloons, masquerade costume and make-up for children. Get moving!

Cirque in the Stars opened in 2009. After 25 years of creation with his Great Celestial, Bruno West decided, with his wife Véronique Calderari, also artist, to base this circus and install it in Aubergenville. Today, the top gives about fifty performances per year. Circus arts are taught with courses in the year or in discovery courses. In the programme: juggling, acrobatics, unicycle, fixed trapeze, thread, ball, balance… In addition to shows and lessons, the circus offers meetings with artists who live on site.

Since 1990, the association Graine de Cirque has been keeping alive the practice and the passion for circus arts in Alsace. Under its big top installed in the Jardin des Deux Rives, next to the equestrian club, the circus school trains the widest possible audience in a few selected disciplines: juggling, balance on objects, aerial, acrobatics... Open to children from three years old in duo with a parent or from four years old alone, it is possible to practise throughout the year to learn a particular discipline as well as to register for one of the multidisciplinary courses organised during the holidays. Every end of the year, a week of shows is organized.

Director Valérie Fratellinis organizes courses during school holidays for children who want to familiarize themselves with equestrian arts and circus techniques. Several disciplines are addressed: horse aerobatic (from 9 years old), ground acrobatics, trampoline, objects balance, fixed trapeze and steering trapeze, and training. During the week of the internship, children can participate in the life of the stables and circus (care of horses, attendance of artists'rehearsals), games and evenings are also organized. Possibility of accommodation and full pension. It is also a permanent adult training place.

The Centre des Arts du Cirque de Besançon offers workshops for all ages and levels. Children aged 3 to 11 learn the basics in city classrooms, while pre-teens, teenagers and adults train under the big top. Adults can specialize or take an intensive 4-month professional training course. The Center regularly organizes shows throughout the year, announced on its social networks. The center offers a unique opportunity to discover the circus arts in Besançon.

This non-profit association aims to promote and develop the circus and street arts in Nancy while giving everyone a space for artistic expression. Who has never admired a juggler or a trapeze artist and wondered what it would feel like to be in the air? At the circus arts school of Nancy you will learn how to move on a unicycle without breaking a leg and how to move with balance on a wire. An art that develops creativity and self-confidence while improving your physical abilities. Discovery, initiation and improvement courses are available from the age of 7.

The Ben-year-Cirq association is the École des arts du cirque d'Arras and the headquarters of the contemporary Circassian company. Affiliated to the French Federation of Circus Schools, it offers workshops and internships during school holidays and in July. Baby circus for younger people to the hopes of the trail for the larger, passing through mini circus, young shoots and young artists, the teaching is aimed at 4-18 years. Learning reflects the different facets of circus arts, trapeze juggling, unicycle au, foulard au… The courses take place under the thumb of Emile-Zola Street during the fine days, and in the gymnasium of Voltaire's School when the winter is raging. Not to miss, the end of the year gala gala where all children of school and festive days take place around the top of July 10. Poetry and conviviality guaranteed!

For several years, Cirque du Havre school introduces dozens of kids to circus games, juggling, diabolo, acrobatics, unicycle. Young people must be at least seven years old to claim entry into the troupe, which happens regularly in the region's festivals.

Classes run from September to June each year, every week outside school vacations. Founded in 1998, the school is aimed at children (aged three and over) and adults (no age limit) alike. For intrepid thrill-seekers, the members of the Chien de cirque company offer a range of acrobatic disciplines (trampoline, litter) and aerial disciplines (trapeze). If you prefer to keep your feet on the ground, try juggling with Chinese plates, clubs or balls. Finally, an impressive discipline is balancing on stilts or balls. Workshops are also organized for specific audiences: schoolchildren, disabled people, day-care centers... as well as courses for the general public during the school vacations. Every year, the students give their all during the three-day "Le Mans fait son cirque" festival.

With over 20 years' experience under its belt, Zepetra is Montpellier's oldest circus school. The association has developed 3 main areas of activity: a leisure circus school for children and adults, educational workshops in schools from kindergarten to high school, adapted circus and, finally, an artistic space seen as a place for circus and performing artists to create and rehearse... Sessions take place throughout the week and are organized by age group. The teaching team is made up of six circus arts instructors, all of whom hold the Brevet d'Initiateur aux Arts du Cirque and Drac professional accreditation.

It is a national reference in the field: the Regional Centre for Circus Arts is a place of art and culture entirely dedicated to the emergence of new forms of circus arts. The structure welcomes artists in residence and offers a very rich programme. Beginners or big names in this world of the spectacle in full revolution, all have a beautiful tool of accompaniment towards creation. Every year, the place is the heart of the Spring festival, dedicated to these arts.

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