Then the next act began and a troop of miniature poodles pranced into the tent and Caroline clapped along with the crowd while the dogs jumped through hoops and paraded around the ring on their fore paws, back feet carefully balanced over their heads. Caroline has a higher intolerance level for sitting still, and the clown and his patter didn’t win her over, so, after looking for the flying trapeze and not finding one, she decided it was time to go - “jdeme out!“ she said, “we leave now!“ Prima.īut the show was strangely appealing, maybe because we had a two year old with us to enjoy it with, maybe because I haven’t been to a circus in so many years, and had no expectations other than a vague hope that cotton candy might be on offer (it was).
The fences had a lean look about them, as if they were more for show than for actually stopping large carniverous cats from jumping into the stands and devouring squirming morsels of small children, prompting Will to quote our pal Jim (who has said this about many aspects of life in Prague, mostly pre EU) “Not exactly OSHA approved, eh?“ Since we missed the big cat show, and dancing dogs don't worry me much, I didn’t really mind the sketchy safety conditions until I looked down at the sawdust covering our feet and noticed cigarette stubs mixed with the sawdust. In retaliation, she made us buy the more expensive box seats, so we sat right by the ring as their clown made his rounds and circus hands cleared the tall fences standing between the audience and the tiger act we had just missed. To learn more about Cirkus Cirkör, please visit cirkor.Ten minutes late to the show, I had to talk our way into the tent, arguing with the ticket lady that, indeed, we would not be coming back the next day, our friends were already waiting. Cirkör also offers possibilities for young people to work as circus teachers, to teach other youths. The circus training is given in order to further personal development, to promote creativity, and to produce performances. The pedagogic department meets 30 000 children, youths and staff working with youngsters per year, in 50 different cities across Sweden through workshops, courses, camps, open training, and school activities. The core values of the organization are cocky commitment, individualistic solidarity, and quality madness. One of Cirkör’s statutes is to inspire and to be inspired by the youths and the street arts. The Cirkör House (training hall and headquarter) is situated in Alby in Botkyrka, one of Sweden’s youngest and most international municipalities, where long-term and social circus projects are implemented in the community development. Cirkör stages circus arts training and education for young people with or without disabilities, and has an upper secondary school. Today Cirkör is touring the whole world, including Cirkör LAB, Cirkör Event and Cirkör Education.
Cirkus Cirkör is a contemporary circus company since 1995 founded by our artistic director Tilde Björfors.