Pure Circus Fun
Learn circus skills and play circus games for the fun of it!

Duration: 1 to 4 hours
Skills to choose from:

• Juggling
• Unicycling
• Stilt walking
• Plate spinning
• Plate manipulation
• Staff twirling
• Poi spinning
• Rola bola
• Flower sticks
• Diabolo

Why learn circus skills?

• physically active – participants can make the activities as intense or as mild as they require.
• non-competitive – involves people who may be discouraged from participating in sports because of the fierce competition and alliances formed in many sporting activities. Participants may work alone, but are also encouraged to work together and help build each other’s skills.
• mentally challenging – by the very nature of juggling, both left and right hemispheres of the brain are simultaneously engaged. Trying to co-ordinate both arms (and legs) provides a great brain workout, which can have spill-over effects of improved ability to concentrate in other areas of learning. Other circus skills provide stimulating mental challenges also.
• improved self-esteem and self-confidence through learning skills that may once have been thought to be impossible.
• performance skills may be developed, along with their associated benefits.
• resourcefulness – not all circus props have to be professionally manufactured or expensive; many can be made home using ordinary objects.
• self-learning - breaking skills into smaller steps and then constructing these back into the complete picture, as well as learning how to use mistakes as important steps for learning.
• self discovery – the joy of playing with something new (or something already familiar) and finding different ways to use it.
• spatial awareness and hand-eye coordination may be improved through participation in many of the activities.
• experience a different aspect of the arts (or experience a part of the arts) for those that may not otherwise have the opportunity, or motivation.