Circus Skills Workshops with Roland Santus

VENUE | Portishead Youth Centre Map

AGE | Separate sessions for 5-8 and 8-12 year olds (please check you are booking the correct one at booking stage)

​DATE | Saturday 23rd September

TIME | 5-8 years: 10.00am, 1.00pm; 8-12 years: 11.00am, 2.30pm

DURATION | 50 minutes

PRICE | £5.00 per child (plus booking fee of £0.42)

BOOKING | Essential
PLEASE WEAR FITTED TSHIRT, LEGGINGS/ACTIVE WEAR AND LIGHT TRAINERS. NO JUMPERS WITH HOODS TO BE WORN DURING THE SESSION AND NO JEWELLERY
ArtPort is absolutely delighted to be offer new circus skills workshops at ArtPort 2023.

IT'S THE REAL DEAL

Join Roland, a circus professional, for a 50 minute circus skills session!

During the session, there will be opportunities to learn skills such as:
  • How to mount, balance and walk on 'La Boule' (the globe)
  • Master the art of riding a unicycle
  • Poses and moves on an aerial hoop/silks
  • Creating movement, such spinning and dancing with hula hoops
  • Learning wire walking

Plus many more:
  • Juggling hoops, balls & scarfs
  • Plate spinning
  • Rola rola
  • Ribbons
  • Group skipping
SESSION TIMETABLE

  • 5 minute warm up
  • Short explanation of all aparatus
  • Split into 4 groups of 3 (12 children)
  • Around 10 minutes for each group to try all skills
  • Cool Down

Sessions for ages 5-8 years:

  • Globe
  • Aerial Hoop/Rings
  • Plate Spinning/Diabalo
  • Juggling (Balls/hoops)
  • Wire Walking

Sessions for ages 9-12 years:

  • Unicycle
  • Aerial silks/trapeze
  • Rola Rola/Ribbons
  • Juggling (Scarfs/ball)
  • Wire Walking
PLEASE WEAR FITTED TSHIRT, LEGGINGS/ACTIVE WEAR AND LIGHT TRAINERS. NO JUMPERS WITH HOODS TO BE WORN DURING THE SESSION AND NO JEWELERY.