Circus Workshops

Whether you’re gaining momentum or finding your balance, MOVE can help you find your pathway. Find out more about our next workshops below. 

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Circus Fit for Older Adults 60+ years

Improve balance and strength and learn fun new skills! Available to anyone aged 60 years +

Improve balance and strength while developing fun new skills!

Circus Fit for Older Adults is an accessible and fun approach to trying out the world of circus at an older age.

These classes enhance coordination, strength, flexibility and balance through learning a wide range of circus skills. Experienced instructors provide modifications for every skill, ensuring safe and comfortable participation within a supportive group setting.

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Circus Fit for Older Adults 60+ years

Aerial Skills

Thursdays from 31 October, 2024

These classes focus on developing confidence and skills on trapeze, hammock and aerial hoop. 

Students will learn safe progressions from sitting on equipment with feet on the floor to standing and learning circus poses and shapes in the air. 

Each session begins with a gentle warm up and ends with stretching to cool down, ensuring a balanced and fulfilling session.

What to wear: Comfortable sportswear, no zips, full-length leggings and a long sleeve top.

Cost:

Casual rates are $10 a class

or

You can block book seven weekly classes.

7 class pass $66.50   ($9.50 per class)

OR if you can come twice a week, you can pay upfront for all the Aerial and Ground classes (14 classes).

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Dynamic Duo Trapeze Workshops

Duo Trapeze (Intro) 

Dynamic aerial doubles is the next level of fun in circus.  

Learn how to hang off each other safely, what your body is capable of, good fundamental techniques, and a bunch of cool and achievable skills.

Workshop will cover basing and flying technique, tempos, and semi-release pathways.  

Prerequisites: Base/flyer can comfortably hang on a bar and invert.

Please bring wrist wraps or tape, chalk, and comfortable clothing you can move in with wrists exposed. 

Flyers should also have lower legs exposed. Bases might appreciate having the backs of their knees covered. 

Cost: $30 

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Duo Trapeze (Adept)

Want to level up your aerial doubles? This workshop will push your duo trapeze technique to the next level. 

Focussed on dynamic technique, we’ll cover the generation of momentum from tempos upwards. We will cover semi and full releases as well as a cute collection of movement pathways. Come ready to work and have your skills pushed.  

This workshop is for intermediate to advanced performers, including fundamentals for teacher training. 

Prerequisites: Base/flyer can comfortably hang on a bar and invert. Both should have been working together in the air.  

Please bring wrist wraps or tape, chalk, and comfortable clothing you can move in with wrists exposed. 

Fliers should also have lower legs exposed. Bases might appreciate having the backs of their knees covered. 

Cost: $40 

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Private Tuition Available

Eve and Ándre are available for private classes in dynamic acro toss, duo trapeze, duo lyra and duo straps. 

Sunday 7 April, 2024: 1 – 7pm

The cost is $80 per hour. The fee may be shared with up to 4 other people.

Please email circus@move.org.nz with details of the skills you’d like to develop and in which timeslot. The venue will be arranged for either Altiora or Circotica.

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