Title: Run Away to the Circus
Artform: Circus/ theatre
Organisation(s): North Belfast Youth Work in Schools Initiative, Cliftonville Community Centre, Ardoyne Youth Club, St. Gabriel’s College, St. Patrick’s College, Hazelwood Integrated College, Castle High School
Creative Partners: Belfast Community Circus School, Yella Fever Foundation (Paul Quate, Diane Kennedy, Hugh Brown); Simon Llewelyn (Project Director); Lauren McCloud (incoming Outreach Officer), Kathryn Montgomery (outgoing Outreach Officer) and Steve Wilson (puppeteer & illusionist), Stay Lazy Productions
Area: North Belfast
Participants: 24 11-14 years
SYNOPSIS:
This project
consisted of an intensive week of circus skills with young people who
had already had some instruction in circus previously. The project culminated
in a performance and a DVD. A circus week for young people who had already
had a taste of circus in the Autumn term having completed a pre-circus
week, cross curricular preparation work pack & research project. During
this week the young people worked with a team of professional circus and
performance artists in the creation of their own circus performance. They
trained, rehearsed & created all aspects of their performance; from
costume & prop making to intricate team building through hat routines
& human pyramid building. Through the use of the pre-project work
pack each young person also worked on a group research project that was
cross curricular covering history, politics, PE, Social studies, art,
theatre and health & safety.
