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Preparatory Program, ages 9 to 13.

Teaching Circus Arts > Trainer
 

Presentation

The goal of this program is to prepare trainers in circus arts. These trainers will contribute directly to the development of the circus arts professionals of the future by providing highest-quality instruction in techniques associated with the circus.

In addition to the recreation and social service sectors, educators may be employed in the professional preparatory education sector in circus arts, in primary or secondary-level schools, or in the area of continuing education of circus professionals.

The program requires 720 hours (510 course hours and 210 in work internship) offered full-time over three 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
  • Provide advanced instruction in various circus arts: 90 hours
  • Provide high-level training in a circus technique: 90 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
561-205-NC
 Physical and Psychological Development of the Student
3 extended (3-day) weekends during September, October and November
561-206-NC
 Advanced Training in Circus Techniques
From November to January: 90 hours (Daily schedule)
561-207-NC
 Perfecting a Circus Discipline
From January to May 2008: 90 hours (Daily schedule)
561-208-NC
 Work-Study Internship
Starting before September 30th

Registration Fees

Fees (in Canadian dollars)
Admission Fee $30  (not refundable)
Registration Fee $110
Administrative Fee $100 ($50 per semester)
Tuition $2,165 (payable in three equal payments)
Foreign Students $2,950  (payable in three equal payments)

How to register

Admission 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
  • Possesses at least one year of professional experience as a circus artist, dancer, or actor, or as an instructor of circus arts, dance or acting
  • or has been involved in a competitive sport at the provincial or national level
  • or possesses a Level II certification from the Coaching Association of Canada
  • or has been involved in a Advanced Training in Circus Art
  • Has a functional knowledge of the French language, spoken and written

 

Admission to the program is limited. The School gives priority to candidates who are already employed in a Preparatory Circus School, have completed the AEC Circus Arts Instructor Program possess professional experience in circus arts or in performing arts or competitive sports or a relevant discipline.

 

Financial Assistance
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, except for those offered in the Circus Arts Instructor AEC-NC.08 program.

 

Competency Exemption
To acknowledge the training or the professional experience of it's candidates, the School has an equivalency policy. Following approval of an equivalency request based on training or experience, the student must pass a competency examination to be exempted in part from a given course (except for those offered in the Circus Arts Instructor AEC-NRC.08 program)

 

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