Calling All Educators

If you are looking for a field trip destination where none of your students say "Been there, done that," we introduce you to the Circus Juventas field trip program, a unique educational experience unlike any other. Plan a day with us and we will arrange to suit your needs:

• A class celebration
  A trip to Circus Juventas offers the ultimate reward for achieving a group goal or exceeding expectations. It's also great for year-end fun. Regardless of the nature of the celebration, you'll have more fun here than anywhere! Students have told us "It's more fun than Valleyfair!"
• A middle-level exploratory experience
  Well documented middle-level research confirms that students of this age group need to explore their possibilities and expand their limits. Students will do more than they ever thought was possible and they will leave Circus Juventas feeling proud and confident.
• A community-building or team-building experience
  Students grow closer as they literally cheer one another on to new heights, encourage the faint of heart, and help each other achieve mutual goals.
• A multi-cultural introduction to the circus arts
  Dating back at least to the Han Dynasty in China 2200 years ago, the circus arts have evolved in many different ways through many different cultures. The contemporary, multi-cultural circus arts approach used at Circus Juventas is most closely associated with Montreal's Cirque du Soleil. Our instructors, and the circus arts they teach, come from many countries around the world.
• A unique off-season training experience
  Are you a coach looking for a workout that builds strength and conditioning for your team? Nothing rivals a circus arts work-out for fun and conditioning. Your team will grow stronger, leaner, and more coordinated and they will learn more about the essence of teamwork.
• A Circus Juventas performance
  A performance introduces students to the richness of the circus arts performed by the advanced students of Circus Juventas. Each event is accompanied by a program and study guide detailing the history and background of the performance. See details.
• A circus residency
  A residency is an opportunity for teacher and students to learn alongside our professional circus artists and can combine your current areas of study with the richness of circus arts history, hands-on workshops, and the creative process of presenting a show for colleagues and fellow students. See details.

Circus Juventas Two Hour Field Trip/Workshops

The adventure begins with a tour of the state-of-the-art, one of a kind facility. Soaring visuals will greet the students and will start to spark spontaneity and delight.

Before the students advance to the equipment, students are given training in safety procedures and a discussion of safety rules and techniques. With state of the art rigging systems, students can build confidence in a carefully controlled environment.

Conditioning will warm their bodies and increase their flexibility prior to their sampling of the circus arts.

Five Rotation Areas

Aerial-Performance of feats above the ground especially on a trapeze that promotes muscular development, agility, and timing. Includes Trapeze, Spanish Web, and Low Casting.

Acrobatics-Explore the ancient arts of acrobatic training that promote athletic powers and sense of balance and timing. Includes Tumbling, Han-Balance, Jump Rope, Trampoline.

Balancing-A state of equilibrium that promotes focus and fearlessness. Includes Low Wire, Unicycle, Globes, German Wheel.

Juggling-Keep your eye on the balls, rings, and clubs, all in the air at the same time.  Juggling builds hand-eye coordination and showmanship.

Theatre-Introduction to falling, tumbling, and physical comedy and personal clown work that promotes confidence, comedy and kookiness.

Fees
40 or more - $25 per student
Minimum $1,000 per workshop.

Scheduling
For the 2011-2012 school year, workshops / field trips must be schedule for a Tuesday or Thursday. From 10:00-12:00 or 12:00-2:00 September 2011 through March 2012.

Location
Circus Juventas
1270 Montreal Ave
St. Paul, MN 55116