Circus After School
Cirkus Cirkör’s educational activities engage 35,000 children in Sweden every year. Starting in March 2025, and with support from Signatur Foundation Sweden and Gålöstiftelsen, Cirkör is launching a planned multi-year project in Norra Botkyrka to offer children in three schools free, continuous circus training and an inspiring leisure activity.
A long-term initiative for school-children
During 2025-2027, students in three schools, with levels from preschool to grade six, will receive circus training once a week during the semesters, three holiday courses per year and taster activities. The aim is to make circus training a natural part of school and leisure activities.
Three circus teachers are hired on a freelance basis for four half-days per week and during three school holidays per year. In addition to teaching, time is set aside for planning, collaboration with schools and contact with parents and carers.
Comprehensive activities and annual evaluation
From March 2025 to December 2027, the project plan involves:
- 104 weeks of term-time courses
- 9 holiday courses
- Regular taster activities
About Cirkus Cirkör
Cirkus Cirkör was founded in 1995 and is today the largest circus company in the Nordic region. Its activities include performances on tour in Sweden and the world, courses and educational programmes for all ages, a circus high school, events for companies and countless collaborative projects.
Cirkus Cirkör is an idea about how art can be used to influence, develop and change the world. With curiosity, humour and courage, the diversity and limits of circus are explored. Cirkus Cirkör is a platform where different artists flourish and surprise. Cirkus Cirkör collaborates with many partners and uses circus as a method to lift and inspire people.
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About Social Circus
Cirkus Cirkör, like circus companies around the world, has a strong tradition of using circus training to empower individuals and promote positive social development. The term Social Circus is used within the world of circus to talk about the circus as a social hub, as a meeting place, as an educational tool and as a social actor.
