Program areas at Circus Harmony
Showcase and teacher trainingthe Circus Harmony showcase and teacher training program is a unique arts education and youth development program. This ongoing project includes the finding, training, and development of youth Circus performers from different socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. Children work with professional Circus educators, choreographers and musicians to create acts for public performances and to also learn how to teach the skills they practice. Circus arts performed and taught include aerial, acrobatic, juggling, comedy and balancing acts. In the course of a year, students present over 300 shows. In their performances, our young artists display how they have overcome fear, prejudice and gravity while presenting entertaining, quality Circus shows. As they teach, they experience the power of passing it on.
Defy gravity 101 brings Circus classes to local schools and community centers throughout the st louis are. Through teaching Circus arts, we empower individual children to challenge themselves through approprate risk taking; increase fitness through improvements in fine motor and visual tracking skills; and cultivate life skills like patience, persistence, focus and self-confidence while learning to present themselves in public. Students will foster successful behavior including self-cotrol, self-esteem, conflict resolution, positive thinking, cooperation and leadership skills. They will master fear and expand their life skills.
Architecture and acrobats is a program that uses Circus arts to tell the story of historically and architectually significant sites int st louis through live and video performancess created and presented by Circus Harmony youth Circus performers. The program includes free Circus classes for youth in the neighborhoods we are showcasing.