Glasgow's circus school
Four Week Intensive
Want to learn a lot in a short time? Our Four-Week Intensive trains you in a broad range of aerial, acrobatic and flow arts for four weeks, from 10am to 5pm Monday to Friday. And you get a performance opportunity too. Courses begin in March, April, July, August and October.
Four Week Intensive
Your programme
Want to do circus all day long? Our Four-Week Intensive is perfect!
Whether you want a quick burst of intensive training, or you might want a career in circus, this is a great course to move you forward.
Everyone comes with a different skillset, and no one is good at everything, so we start where you are, and make progress from there.
As well as learning a broad range of arts, you’ll be guided towards performative skills, with help to create a solo act. And you’ll have an opportunity to perform that if you want in front of a live audience.
You get all the benefits of our decades of expertise in both circus arts and the global industry of creating education programmes.
With all that experience, we’ve gained unique knowhow in developing people through circus. It’s really not just about the physical side of the training, it’s about how you learn about yourself on a deeper level, and how that moves you forward in life.
What disciplines will you learn on the course?
- Static Trapeze
- Rope
- Silks
- Aerial hoop
- Flying Trapeze
- Straps
- Acrobatics
- Acrobatic balancing
- Handstands
- Dance Acro
- Trampoline
- Flow arts
- Teeterboard
- Acro & Aerial Conditioning
- Flexibility
- Self-physiotherapy
- Circus performance practise
- Rigging & safety
- Act Creation
Who is the course for?
There are loads of reasons why a Four-Week Intensive works. For examples, this is for you if…
• You want to broaden your skillset, adding different arts
• You want to see how you deal with training six hours a day, five days a week
• You can’t commit to a course that’s four months long
• You want to fill your summer hols (students aged 16+ can join)
• You want to suss out what it’s like to live and train in Glasgow
• You want a break from your current training regimen to try something fresh
• You want to move towards performance
How does it work?
Our Four-Week Intensive will raise your level in circus disciplines.
- Circus skills: Learn a broad skillset across a wide variety of different arts. Build a strong foundation of acrobatic skill for ground and aerial arts.
- Physical ability: We believe that it’s crucial to gain a good understanding of the right kind of conditioning and flexibility to help you to build your own abilities in a sustainable way, avoiding injuries, for the rest of your life.
- Personal development: You’ll have access to mentoring for specific goals, challenges, or difficulties that may show up.
We run five Four-Week Intensives a year, in March, April, July, August and October.
Why Aerial Edge
We are the largest circus school in Scotland, established in 2007. As a non-profit Community Interest Company, our core principle is: circus for all regardless of age, size, shape, ability and other factors.
If you’re just starting your circus journey, or if you’ve already got years of aerial or acrobatics behind you, we’ll make sure you see great progress, and you’ll gain strong foundational abilities in other arts too.
You’ll discover how our passion and speciality is developing people through circus – your gains go deeper than learning the arts. We’ll nurture you not just through the physical challenges as you grapple with the techniques, but other pieces of your progression puzzle that arise along the way.
We have specialist knowledge to support you to make breakthroughs which have a positive impact on other aspects of your life.
Our Facilities
Aerial Edge has its own warehouse building for training and performance. We’re well known for our flying trapeze and cradle rig, but there are other dedicated areas for ground-based and aerial disciplines. Our space is highly adaptable and able to accommodate nearly any circus discipline, and convert to a fantastic performance stage with a superb sound and lighting set-up.
You can discover, learn and hone just about any aerial discipline on our rig, and we have safety lines for acrobatic training, teeterboard and tightwire.
As well as trampoline which can be used for anything from warm-up to wall-running, there’s an act creation and rehearsal space which can be rigged in multiple ways.
And as if all of that isn’t enough, there’s a café reception area, we’re big into coffee at Aerial Edge so we take great delight in choosing speciality roasts for that fresh bean-to-cup buzz!
There are also numerous cafés, restaurants and shops within just a few minutes’ walk.
What does it cost?
As a non-profit organisation, we price everything as low as possible. Great care and expertise goes into our programme planning, to ensure you get the best, personalised, experience and outcomes.
Course Fees
The cost is £795 for the 4 weeks. That's 120 hours of dedicated training time, which works out at only £198.75 per week. That works out to be £39.75 a day
Entry requirements: Candidates must be over 16 years of age and be available 10am to 5pm Monday to Friday throughout the course schedule.
Logistics
Location
Aerial Edge is conveniently close to Glasgow city centre, with two Subway stations nearby and on several bus routes.
Glasgow is a vibrant, busy city which a has a thriving art scene, and many multi-disciplinary collaborations and exhibitions to be found.
During August, you can take a short train ride to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe: the biggest arts festival in the world. As well as numerous small venues hosting circus acts, the festival has a dedicated Circus Hub where world-famous companies come to perform.
Accommodation
Accommodation is not part of the course package, visiting students typically find a place to stay through spareroom.com or AirBnB
If you would like any further advice on Glasgow or relocating to the city, please get in touch to arrange a chat with our friendly team.
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Apply Here
The application to the Four Week Intensive is quick and easy. Simply fill in the form and sign up online. This form will take your details and send you an invoice for the deposit payment of £200.
Feel free to contact us with any questions in advance