Wigan lad’s classroom just like a circus!
A typical day at circus school
From: wigantoday.net
March 14, 2014
NOT many people know that circus school exists yet alone want to take up such performing as a career, but one Wigan lad is finding out just how tough it is to learn the art of fooling around for a living.
Michael Standen from Ashton is in his third year of a BA Hons degree in Circus Arts - the only course of its kind in the country.
The 23-year-old former Winstanley College and Cansfield High pupil trains five days a week to perfect his talents, which he honed at Wigan Seagulls Acrobatic Gymnastics Club.
After studying A-levels in art, psychology, sociology and philosophy, Michael made the decision to pursue a career in circus performance and after a gruelling two-day audition was accepted onto the course.
Michael said: “It was really daunting going for the audition as they rigorously test you in every element of circus performance. As well as my gymnastics, I had to show I could act and dance too. I had to complete an obstacle course, movement class, theatre class and flexibility, strength and acrobatic assessments.
Michael Standen
“I suppose I quickly learnt, like a lot of degree students, that any degree is hard work and this really is. There is no time for messing about at all as everything you do and learn ids critical to your success.
“It’s really hard work and some days you think, ‘I don’t want to go in today,’ because you are physically tired and your muscles are aching, but when you get in, the teachers really help.”
Circus Space is a registered charity and one of Europe’s leading providers of circus education. Based in a magnificent Victorian power station adjacent to Hoxton Square in the East End of London.
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