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CAN DO CIRCUS COMPANY

Where ageing is celebrated and perceptions of what older people can and can’t do are challenged

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Generation Circus is providing FREE aerial circus and circus theatre training for a group of

over 50s for a whole year -

ending in a show!

(Funded by The National Lottery / Community Fund)

What are they learning?

Aerial circus (trapeze, rope, silks)

Ground-based circus (like hula hoop and juggling)

Circus Theatre (performance skills, creating characters, working to music)

 

What are the benefits?
Circus is a wonderful community where everyone works towards a common goal - a positive, non-competitive and social environment where mistakes are expected to be made.
Training supports left brain/right brain integration, increases visual perceptual abilities, reaction times, rhythm, concentration, memory recall, coordination and motor skills!

It’s great for patience, confidence, social skills, cooperation and solidarity, problem-solving, well-being and happiness, self-esteem, leadership, teamwork, empathy and focus.

 

As well as being great for your emotional and mental health, practising aerial circus improves:

  • Balance

  • Coordination

  • Flexibility

  • Stamina

  • Fitness and cardiovascular

  • Spatial awareness

  • Strength

  • Reflexes

  • Agility

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