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Inaugural National Youth Circus Day - September 13, 2007
Westside Circus
is inviting students from local high schools and participants from the
Westside “Circus in Schools” Education Project
to a FREE performance at the Westside Circus Space as part of our National
Youth Circus Day celebrations!
There will be two fantastic shows to watch. Helium is
presented by our youth ensemble Behind the Wall - they scramble up high,
play on stilts, launch themselves in all directions and have the most
contagious kind of fun. These young people have been training weekly at
Westside for one to five years.
Spilt Milk is an irreverent and quirky investigation
of the hazards of expressing and denying our feelings. A dynamic work
of physical theatre and clowning which explores emotional well being and
human relationships in all their messiness. Westside Circus’
Professional Troupe is bendy and strong, acrobatic and dexterous.
They play hard and bounce off one another, throw each other in the air
and squeeze themselves into tiny spaces. Equipped with a red nose, a magic
hat, a violin and a tower of scaffolding, Westside Circus dares to reach
beyond the boundaries of the blues.
Other events as part of National Youth Circus Day include
Tick Tock Team workshop for parents and their pre-school
children, Westside Crew youth class and a showing of Learning
to Fly a short documentary from our Westside “Circus in
Schools” Education Project featuring refugee and newly arrived young
people from the Western English Language School and Sunshine West Secondary
College.
Warehouse 3
433 Smith St
Fitzroy 3065
Ph: (03) 9482 2088
Fax: (03) 9489 9711
info@westsidecircus.com
www.westsidecircus.com
Trix Circus presents - 'uplifted'
Acclaimed South African Aerial Artist and Owner/Director of Trix Circus,
Rodleigh Stevens, in association with Hayley Linthwaite, ignite the Gold
Coast Arts Centre with ‘uplifted', a spectacular
and dreamlike journey of an avian love story…..
Seamlessly integrating virtuosic circus, new media technologies, physical
theatre, dance, lighting, puppetry, animation, haiku and music, ‘uplifted’
is a story of courage, fantasy, humility and the extra-ordinary. Performing
artistically dangerous and athletically spirited physical action the work
exposes Trix Circus’s talented students, all of whom are from the
Gold Coast and greater Brisbane regions. Promoting the State’s increasing
accessibility to circus, ‘uplifted’, reveals
explosive physicality and a dynamic circus style accessible to international
and local audiences.
Founding Director of Trix Circus, Rodleigh Stevens, says the idea behind
'uplifted' is to create a contemporary theatrical context
whilst embracing the multicultural heritage of circus. “The philosophy
of Trix Circus aims to become a major inventive and creative force in
Australian Circus, offering quality circus experiences for all audiences.
We are dedicated to performing with excellence and, within this production,
creating innovative physical and new media theatre dialogues.”
Lyrical in style, epic in scope, this debut of Trix Circus's work in the
GCAC is not to be missed. Co-commissioned and co-presented by the Gold
Coast City Council, four performances will run over the 13th and
14th September 2007. Which coincides with National Youth
Circus Day on the 13 September. Matinee performances begin at
1pm and evening shows at 7:30pm. Tickets are $15 for children and $25
for adults for bookings contact the Gold Coast Arts Centre on (07)5588
4000.
www.trixcircus.com
Australian Theatre for Young People
Brewarrina Youth Circus
Catapult Festival
Cirkidz
Circus West
The Flying Fruit Fly Circus
The Handstand Factory
Kellyville High School
Lunar Circus
Snug Primary School
Vulcana Women's Circus
YMCA Perth
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This project has been assisted by the Federal Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.