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November 04, 2022 / by Kay / In services
Like so many of us, amateur trapeze artist Kris Nimmo is on an aspirational circus journey: always feeling she’s not yet as good as she wishes she was. And at the same time, she is inspirational.
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October 22, 2022 / by Kay / In classes
Dance acro. Sounds hard, right? Two demandingly detailed skillsets to master at once. The name suggests wild and daring moves mixed with the sort of fantastic footwork and rhythmic ability that comes from a childhood steeped in it.
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October 01, 2022 / by Mark / In programmes
Hands up who remembers the greatest number of layers they’ve worn to circus training in winter? Under Armour, merino wool, polartech…this is the lingo of winter conversation. Oh, and collaborations with other circus companies in warm countries. Swopping your base layer from something fleecy to Factor 50 sometime in the deep midwinter is enough to raise your core temperature until the daffodils trumpet the arrival of spring. Not to mention your happiness quotient.
Read moreSeptember 24, 2022 / by Kay / In programmes
We call our adult classes ‘recreational’ coz they’re in your spare time, right? Ha! As if anyone’s got spare time. Most of us have to MAKE time to worship at the altar of whatever activity we love. We carve it lovingly but with some force out of the hardwood of our work-life balance sheet, excusing ourselves here and happily scurrying off early there.
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