Family Circus Try-it-all is a fun, introductory class for families to explore the world of circus together.

Designed for complete beginners, this class offers a playful and supportive way to experience a wide range of circus skills on both the ground and in the air.

Participants will build foundational strength, coordination, balance, and confidence while discovering which circus skills they enjoy most.

Ground-based activities cover skills such as juggling, hula hoop, and tightwire.

In the air, families will get a taste of trapeze, climbing the silks, making shapes in the aerial hoop, and swinging in our slings, all taught safely and at an accessible level.

This class offers families a chance to move together, try new things, and enjoy circus in a welcoming environment.

With more specialised circus classes coming to MOVE in Term 2, this is an ideal way to find your favourites before diving deeper!

Requirements:

Adults/Grandparents, any age!
Children, 4 years and up.

Timing and location:

Saturdays @ 11:00am-12:00pm

Movement Studio 2,

Level 2, Parakiore

Price:

$30 (1 caregiver + 1 child) + $5 per extra child (on-line booking or payment on the day)

$192 for the 8 week term booking (1 caregiver + 1 child) + $40 per extra child (max 3 per adult) (on-line booking only)

Your tutor

Emma Mackey & Jenny Ritchie

Emma is a passionate circus and hula hoop instructor who loves helping students explore confidence, creativity, and joy through movement. With a warm and encouraging teaching style, she creates a fun and supportive environment where everyone feels welcome to try new skills, express themselves, and shine. Emma’s classes celebrate curiosity, play, and connection, inspiring learners of all abilities to enjoy movement, build confidence, and discover the joy of circus and hoop arts.

Jenny is a multidisciplinary circus and visual artist specialising in aerial choreography, act development, and aerial equipment design.

Over the past 24 years, Jenny has worked across contemporary circus, live performance, opera, and film, both internationally and throughout Aotearoa. Her career includes working as a movement artist with Robert Lepage’s Ex Machina for the Metropolitan Opera, New York, touring internationally with Cavalia, and creating and performing with Zurich-based contemporary circus company Rigolo.
Jenny is currently in her fifth year as Aerial Director for the World of WearableArt (WOW) and a core artistic member of Movement of the Human (MOTH). She is also a costume designer and textile artist, with recent projects including Twelfth Night at The Court Theatre, as well as costume work for several international film productions over the past decade.
Now based back home, Jenny is passionate about sharing the world of circus with others and supporting the next generation of movement artists.