Most CircEsteem youth classes are offered for students ages 7 and up. Students should wear comfortable clothes that they can go upside-down in and sneakers. CircEsteem’s Chicago Youth Circus and HomeWork & CircusWork programs are offered with a sliding scale of fees. Please contact CircEsteem for more information.
Adult Aerials **NEW** – MON: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. $200 per session Pre-requisite: None This class will focus on static trapeze and hanging fabric (silk). Building strength, coordination, and a basic aerialist vocabulary are its goals. Instructor: Lizzy Gifford
Monday-Friday • 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. June 18th-August 3rd 2012 Full Week: $260 Before & After Care are available. Ages: 7 & up. Levels: Beginner students who are trying circus for the first time; AND, Intermediate to Advanced students wanting to work on skills. Refer-A-Friend Program: Sign up with a friend and you both get a [...]
Learn to unicycle! Our Beginner Uni class focuses on the fundamentals—correct sizing, pedal position, posture—and is intended for those who need heavy spotting. That said, free mount, straight line, turns and idling are all possibilities for beginners. Our Beyond Beginner class will focus on mounts, hops, and idling. If you can ride across the Youth Center without a spotter, the Beyond Beginner class is for you. Trick mounts, acrobatic riding, one pedal and no pedal tricks will be introduced to more advanced riders.
Learn wire walking fundamentals. The majority of the instruction will take place 2 feet off the ground. Focus will be on technique and form in order to build the confidence necessary to cross the wire unassisted.
In addition to our most popular class Circus Buffet which covers the basic principles of circus, we are now offering loads of other classes. NEW CLASSES: Clowning, Chinese Pole, Mini-Trampoline, Juggling & Manipulation.
HomeWork & CircusWork is a free after-school tutoring program, which addresses the need CircEsteem participants have to keep up on their schoolwork while still being able to spend time learning circus skills. Students spend an hour developing their circus skills with our highly- trained circus instructors and an hour working on their homework or other academic enrichment activities with our tutors.
Hailed as one of the best workouts in Chicago, CircEsteem’s Adult Gym Wheel Class is an opportunity for grown-ups to get in on the fun. Adult Gym Wheel is a fun and energizing core workout for people of all levels of fitness.
Adults are encouraged to drop in for a class to try it out. You’ll be so busy having fun, you won’t notice that you’re getting an excellent work out.
One of the most beautiful parts of the circus, students can experience the static trapeze, silks, web and lyra. Students will develop flexibility and full body strength as well as confidence and grace.
Excellent classes for those looking to fly or learn to fly. The floor tumbling and trampoline skills work in tandem to give students spacial awareness, strength, balance, and coordination.
Parent-child bonding with a circus twist. Children and parents alike build strength, coordination, flexibility and memories that will last a lifetime.
An exciting way for children to increase motor skills while having fun and reinforcing good classroom behavior. Classes include fun games to encourage focus and strength as well as basic circus skills to work on coordination and balance.