Join the Circus!

  • Children performing on stage with an adult, holding peacock feathers, in front of a red and black curtain, with audience members watching.

    SHOW TIME

    Two professional circus artists open the week with a full performance. Students see the finished skill before they touch a prop, so they know exactly what they are working toward.

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  • A man teaching clown in front of a group of children, some with serious expressions.

    Workshops

    Students choose a skill and stay with it. We teach in short lessons and then step back, because the practice is where the learning happens. Guides are welcome to join. Most do.

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  • A man in a blue t-shirt helping a boy in a white t-shirt balance on a tightrope during a summer camp activity, with other children in the background participating in similar activities.

    Student Showcase

    The week ends with a student-run show for classmates and families. Upper Elementary students take on the production: running order, transitions, and introductions. We stay out of the way.

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 HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS

Circus is one of the few art forms where a child cannot fake progress and cannot be graded into it. The prop tells the truth. A dropped ball is not a scolding, it is information, and children figure that out within about four minutes of picking one up.

Skills are grouped by readiness, not by age. Students move up when they are ready, which in practice means some Lower Elementary students end the week on skills we listed as advanced.

More Challenging skills

  • Diabolo

  • Juggling (rings, clubs)

  • Movement skills

  • Stilt Walking

All Children

  • Juggling (scarfs or balls)

  • Western rope spinning

  • Feather balancing

  • Plate-spinning

  • Lasso (rope spinning)

  • Feather balancing

  • Flower sticks

  • Movement skills

Advanced Movement Skills

  • Rola-bola

  • Tightwire

  • Aerial Silks/Trapeze

  • Rolling globe

  • Clowning

  • Magic

Our Artists

Our Equipment

Your School.

Every Montessori school runs a little differently. Tell us how yours works and we will build the residency around it, including how you structure your work cycle, how your classrooms are grouped, and what your space can hold.

Contact us:

Hello@ClownCare.com / 914-261-4044