Trapeze, acrobatics part of program at National Circus School
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TORONTO – Emma Stones has a unique nickname amongst her teenage pals.
“All my friends and all my brother’s friends call me circus freak!” the—year-old laughed Thursday in an interview at a Toronto circus arts studio, where she and three others nimbly performed feats on the trapeze and other aerial equipment.
Stones, a trained dancer and gymnast from Toronto, is in her first year at the National Circus School in Montreal, which was established in’81 to help young people combine an academic education with professional training in circus arts.
The school has–3 students and offers a full-time high school program, two college diploma programs and a part-time program. Classes include trapeze, acrobatics, juggling, drama and improvisation.
Stones and the other performers were in Toronto to promote the school’s audition tour, which will take place next month in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. Exact dates haven’t been announced but the deadline to apply is Jan.’.
“You have to be athletic, you have to be in shape but you also have to be able to improvise and sort of present yourself,” said 16-year-old Anna Kichtchenko, who is in her third year at the school.
The Russian-born, Toronto-raised student hopes to specialize in aerial arts and travel the world once she’s finished, either with an established circus company or one that she hopes to create herself.
According to a release, “more than 95 per cent of graduates find employment in the first weeks following completion of their studies.”
Vancouver’s Chelsea O’Brian graduated from one of the college programs last year and Kevin O’Connor of London, Ont., finished in 2006. The two are now running their own dance/circus company, Tipping Point Productions.
O’Brian had this advice for those thinking of – as the old adage goes – running away with the circus.
“Just go for it,” she said. “Don’t hold back at all, don’t think that you’re not good enough or be worried about anything.”
“And have fun,” added O’Connor. “Remember, it’s circus and not a corporate world where you’re stressed all the time.”
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