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The Academy creates a springboard into real pathways and opportunities in the performing arts industry, including community and contemporary circus, stunt work, theatre arts, dance, and technical production – with rippling impacts locally, nationally, and internationally.
The Level Up Circus Academy supports young people to be ambitious and follow pathways to a career in circus and physical theatre.
The academy is made up of Two Streams – a DEVELOPMENT stream for children aged 10-14yrs and the PERFORMANCE stream for young people aged 15-22yrs. Also embedded into the Academy are two priority streams which offer unique support and training pathways for Aboriginal youth and young people living with a disability:
Open to all young people keen to pursue an experience in circus and physical theatre performing. If you are training in circus, dance, theatre, gymnastics, cheer, parkour or martial arts and want to put these skills to use in performance, then this is for you.
You don’t have to Train at CircusWA to participate in any of our troupes. We encourage all students to train in a centre and environment that best serves their interests and skills development. All troupe training, Intensives and performance developments are held at the Freo Big Top.
Assessed by a Panel of four external Circus and Physical Theatre Artists – panel to be announced closer to the date
The audition is made up of two parts:
For more info or to discuss contact
Jo Smith 0435 374 492 | jo@circuswa.com
This stream is made up of young people who are physically and creatively ambitious youth. Performers in this troupe are chosen based on their physical skills in circus, gymnastics, dance or parkour, as well as their commitment to performance making.
In this stream students train twice a week as an ensemble. Mid week they focus on core strength and circus skills (partner/group acrobatics, teeterboard, tumbling) and on Sundays focus on physical theatre and creating new productions. The program is designed to prepare students for entry into specialist training institutions nationally and internationally, and is a pathway to production companies in WA such as Fliptease and MAXIMA Circus.
The ensemble also participate in one tour – either a training, development or performance tour – which gives them an opportunity to meet other circus performers their age and familiarise them with other training centres and production companies around Australia.
AT THE FREO BIG TOP
SPECIALIST SKILL TRAINING:
Across the year expect between 50-100 additional hrs for rehearsals and performances. The Annual program will be presented after the Auditions. We ask all students to agree to these expectations.
The number of shows varies every year. Expect a minimum of two productions and one smaller Academy presentation show each year.
This is our stream where students who are interested in performing and exploring their circus skills further without a large investment. This stream meets weekly on Sundays to improve their ensemble skills, explore aspects of performance and learn how circus acts are assembled. The Development Stream performs at a variety of community events and festivals some of which include Perth’s Boorloo Heritage Festival, International Street Arts Festival and Fremantle Long Table Dinner.