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Preparatory Program, ages 9 to 13.

Teaching Circus Arts > Instructor
 

Presentation

The goal of this program is to educate circus arts instructors. These instructors will be qualified to provide an initiation to various circus disciplines in the context of recreational activity. These instructors may also serve as educators in the social services arena, introducing young people at risk to the circus arts.

Circus arts instructors are able to find employment in many areas. These include: schools devoted to circus arts as recreational activity, municipal recreational facilities, day or vacation camps, or resorts that offer leisure activities. Instructors may also be called upon to animate after-school programs in educational facilities. Community and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), which may also incorporate these arts as a form of social education, have occasion to call upon the services of circus arts instructors.

Upon graduating from the School, instructors may further their professional development by enrolling in the Trainer in Circus Arts program (AEC-NCR.09), receiving credit for the first 5 courses.

The program requires 360 hours (270 course hours and 90 in work internship), which are offered full-time over two semesters.

Educational Objectives

  • Apply the principles of class management: 45 hours.
  • Provide an initiation to circus techniques: 90 hours
  • Prepare students to exploit their own creativity and to mount a number: 45 hours
  • Set up and dismantle acrobatic apparatus: 45 hours
  • Animate a circus activity program in the context of social action: 45 hours

Course Calendar

410-101-NC Class Management
6 intensive days before the end of August
561-101-NC Introductory in Technical Training in Circus Arts
4 extended (3-day) weekends during September and October
561-102-NC Facilitating the Creation and Mounting a Performance
2 extended (3-day) weekends in November
561-103-NC Set up and Dismantle Acrobatic Apparatus
3 (2-day) weekends during January and February
561-104-NC Circus as Social Action - Animating Activities
3 (2-day) weekends during March and April
561-105-NC Work-Study Internship
Starting before September 30th

Registration Fees

Fees (in Canadian dollars)
Admission Fee $30
Registration Fee $110
Administrative Fee $100 ($50 per semester)
Tuition $1,135 (payable in two equal payments)
Foreign Students $1,600 (payable in two equal payments)

How to register

Requirements

  • High school diploma (DES) or equivalent
  • Has interrupted studies for at least one school year or has completed one year of post-secondary schooling
  • Has a functional knowledge of the French language, spoken and written

 

Candidate Selection
Admission to the program is limited. The School gives priority to candidates who are already employed in a circus school possess professional experience in circus arts or in performing arts or competitive sports or a relevant discipline.

 

Competency Exemption
A candidate selected may receive credit for previous training or professional experience acquired, conditional upon providing proof. The applicant must also pass an examination to be exempted from any given course.

 

Documents to enclose with admission application:

  • Application Form - Instructor and Trainer Programs, completed and signed by the candidate (in French only)
  • General Questionnaire - Instructor and Trainer Programs, completed and signed by the candidate (in French only)
  • Two passport-sized photographs (4 cm X 6 cm) signed on back by the candidate
  • A birth certificate
  • The most recent report card of secondary-school grades or, if necessary, the official transcript from the Ministry of Education attesting that a high school diploma (DES) or trade school diploma (DEP) or the equivalent has been obtained
  • If relevant, the most recent transcript of college or university grades (courses completed or non-completed)
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Any certificates or transcripts confirming participation in an artistic or sports-related pursuit, relevant to School requirements
  • A registered cheque, money order or bank draft in the amount of $30 CDN, payable to the National Circus School. These fees are non-refundable. Unregistered cheques will not accepted



Admission Procedures

Deadline to register for Fall Semester: May 28, 2010
Applications must be received by the School or be postmarked by the deadline date at the latest, postmark providing proof of same.

Applications for admission must be received or mailed to the attention of:

Registrar
National Circus School
8181 2nd Avenue
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
H1Z 4N9