Strengthen family bonds through circus arts!

This parent–child acrobatics workshop  is designed to bring families closerthrough fostering teamwork, communication, and trust. It also introduces fun exercises you can practice with your family at home. Led by seasoned circus performers, this interactive experience promises to be both educational and fun!

After a series of engaging warm-up activities, parents and children form pairs to explore partner acrobatics. Under the guidance of Compagnie XY’s experienced acrobats, you'll learn basic lifts, balances, and supported movements. This section is all about teamwork and building a connection between parents and their kids. The workshop concludes with a cool-down and reflection session.

• Runtime is approximately 1 hour. 
• Conducted in English. 
• Quota is 12 pairs of parents and children. 
• Suitable for children aged 6 and above accompanied by one parent or guardian. 
• Open to all fitness levels. No prior acrobatic or circus experience required.  
• Participants must wear comfortable, stretchy clothing that allows for a wide range of movement, tie back long hair, and remove all jewellery during the workshop.

Creative Team List

The workshop will be conducted by two artists from Compagnie XY.

Compagnie XY

For 17 years, Compagnie XY has been investigating and exploring the language of acrobatics through the practice of lifts. While relying on the fundamentals of this circus technique, this collective of artists uses play to put the codes, rhythms, and forms of acrobatics back into the very heart of the artistic gesture. 

To multiply creative possibilities and enlarge its field of research, the company works in large numbers. This choice reflects the company's aim to question the concepts of 'mass', 'audience', and their interactions in the same time and space. It also questions the relationship of an individual to a group or within a given social setting. 

Through this approach, Compagnie XY has chosen to be a true collective, sharing the expertise and ideas of each individual by adopting a collegial creative process. This constant desire to be part of a process of transmission and sharing in a non-hierarchical framework strongly impacts daily work and is a direct component of the artistic forms produced. In this spirit, the team has chosen to turn towards the public through the collective creation of large-scale forms for theatres, public spaces or any places that allow frontal or circular performances. 

Ticketing Info

Free to the public. Register here from 13 March onwards.

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