About Skilly Circus
Skilly Circus is proud to announce three new camps in three new locations! Detailed info and registration at www.SkillyCircus.com
Big Top Spectacular - Circus Fundamentals
Bouncing, balancing, juggling, jumping, tossing, tumbling, spinning, smiling, and lots of clowning around! A chance to step into the ring and try your hands at juggling using scarves, bean-bags, spinning plates, diabolos and more. Turn, twist, roll and stretch through the fundamentals of circus acrobatics; test balance with stilts, rola-bola and partner acrobatics; and bang funny-bones through exploration of slapstick and clown theater. Budding circus stars will use their new skills to build their own circus at the end of the session. Campers should be ready to be challenged and have fun! No experience necessary.
June 20-24 & August 8-12 (Aurora School, Oakland)
July 11-15 & July 18-22 (Emeryville Rec, Emeryville)
August 15-19 (Trinity Lutheran, Alameda)
A Clown is Born!- Clown Theater & Improv
Let your inner clown shine! Choose a clown name and explore clown character and technique through improvisation, circus theater games, and physical comedy techniques. Campers will learn traditional clown skits, slapstick, clown make-up and the basics of juggling and balancing objects. Grades 3-5 will learn to make their own balloon animal! Budding clowns will be prepare and present a short demonstration of their new skills. No experience necessary.
June 27-July 1 (Aurora School, Oakland)
Adventure Circus - Circus Apparatus & Acrobatics
Is there a daredevil in your midst? Imaginations soar and bodies explore in this exciting taste-test of circus skills for the adventurous spirit. Campers will learn the importance of "safety first" and partnership skills through exploration of some of the slightly more advanced skills and apparatus of the circus world, including:
Grades K-2: Stretching & conditioning exercises, tumbling fundamentals, simple partner balance exploration, stilts (bucket & hand-held), rolling globe, rola-bola, pedalo (unicycle training toy).
Grades 3-5: Stretching and conditioning exercises, tumbling fundamentals, pyramids & partner balance, stilts (bucket, hand-held, & strap-on), rolling globe, rola-bola, pedalo & unicycles
August 1-5 (Aurora School, Oakland)
