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Intended for foreign students who have completed secondary studies, the aim of this 3-Year higher-education program is to train professional circus artists, creators and performers. Upon completion, graduates are capable of creating and interpreting short circus works or numbers at a professional level. They are able to dance, act and sing. They can actively participate in every step of a single or collective work, as well as interpret existing works. Graduates will have learned to maintain good health as well as manage both creative projects and their careers. This program leads to a diploma from the National Circus School.
This program emphasizes students' overall development. It comprises a general education along with practical training in the performing arts and in the 5 major disciplines of the circus arts: aerials, balancing, acrobatics, manipulation and clowning arts, as well as a theoretical grounding in related disciplines.
In the early stages of specialized training, basic skills are mastered and versatility is developed. Then, depending upon personal interest, and physical and artistic ability, students may choose to generalize, mastering more than one circus discipline from among the various discipline groups. Or, they can opt to specialize in a single discipline.
In the final stage, students concentrate on developing and performing a personal creative project that applies their training to their own artistic vision. The end result is presented before an audience and constitutes the concrete demonstration and synthesis of all that was achieved during the program.
The program encompasses numerous opportunities for students to perform in front of peers or an audience, in particular the Annual Show.
* A student who has not sufficiently mastered the French language may be required to take additional language courses at the school.
Specialized training includes courses in physical technique, dance, acting, voice and music, as well as the basic techniques for aerials, acrobatics, balancing and manipulation.
Courses in theoretical and applied anatomy, nutrition, staging techniques and career management complement practical subjects.
Students continue their training in the circus arts through courses in their chosen minor and/or major from among 5 disciplines: aerials, balancing, acrobatics, manipulation and clowning arts.
Detailed program contents are presented in the course schedule and minor or major course outlines.
This program is intended for foreign students *.
The ideal candidate has completed secondary studies, possesses both talent and potential, and is ready to pursue higher education and to complete it within 3 years. She or he has developed a high level of physical and psychomotor skills such as coordination, spatial orientation, flexibility and body awareness, and has demonstrated musicality.
The candidate has undertaken preparatory training in circus arts or dance, or practiced an advanced level of martial art or sport discipline such as artistic or rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline, diving, or figure skating.
The candidate demonstrates obvious artistic inclination and great creativity, is autonomous, determined and disciplined, seeks new challenges, is curious, open to the world and to other artistic forms.
The candidate has a functional knowledge of either the French* or English languages.
The program schedule is intensive, and attendance is mandatory from morning till night all week long. Preparation for the Annual Show and/or for personal and group work frequently require additional weekend hours.
- Summer Intensive: August 6 to August 17, 2007*
- Fall Session: August 27 to December 21, 2007*
- Winter Session: January 7 to June 15, 2008*
- Summer Session: schedule to be determined
* Schedule is subject to change.
Course schedule Diploma of National Circus School Studies (DEE)
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Year 1 (Fall Session)
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- Introduction to Circus Arts
- Physical Conditioning 1
- Floor Gymnastics 1
- Balancing 1
- Specialized Technique 1
- Acting 1
- Dance 1
- Trampoline and flexibility 1
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Year 1 (Winter Session)
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- Physical Conditioning 2
- Floor Gymnastics 2
- Balancing 2
- Juggling and Manipulation
- Aerial Acrobatics
- Specialized Technique 2
- Acting 2
- Dance 2
- Trampoline and Flexibility 2
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Year 2 (Fall Session)
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- Health and Safety
- Physical Conditioning 3
- Specialized and Complementary Technique 1
- Acting 3
- Dance 3
- Flexibility
- Circus Arts and Influences
- Devising and Producing a Number 1
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Year 2 (Winter Session)
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- Physical Conditioning 4
- Psychological Preparation
- Floor Gymnastics 3
- Specialized and Complementary Technique 2
- Acting 4
- Dance 4
- Voice
- Researching Methodoloy
- Devising and Producing a Number 2
- Performing a Number 1
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Year 3 (Fall Session)
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- Specialized and Complementary Technique 3
- Musicand Rythm 1
- Dance 5
- Devising and Producing a Number 3
- Performing a Number 2
- Career Management
- French as a Second Language 1
- Anatomy 1
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Year 3 (Winter Session)
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- Physical Conditioning 5
- Specialized and Complementary Technique 4
- Music et Rythm 2
- Acting 5
- Staging
- Devising and Producing a Number 4
- Performing a Number 3
- Show Creation and Production
- Performing Skills
- French as a Second Language 2
- Anatomy 2
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ACROBATICS
Hand to hand (dynamic)
Contortion
Hoop
Chair
Ladder
Russian Bar
Russian Swing
Chinese Pole
Korean Board
Teeterboard
Trampoline
Bicycle
Icarian Games
Rebound Straps
German Wheel
Cyr Wheel
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BALANCE
Hand to hand (static)
Balancing
Ball
Chair
Stilts
Ladder
Unicycle
Perch
Rola-Bola
Tight Wire
Slack Wire
Tight Rope
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AERIAL
| Cradle |
• Aerial |
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• Korean |
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• Spanish |
| Web |
• Single |
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• Double |
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• Triple |
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• Cloud Swing |
Balancing trapeze
Fixed trapeze
Roman Rings
Straps
Hoop
Tissus
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MANIPULATION
Juggling
Foot juggling
Devil Stick
Diabolo
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CLOWNING ARTS
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Procedures and requirements for admission
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