PREPARATORY + AFTERNOON MASTERS PROGRAM

This course has been cancelled
San Diego Circus Center offers a PREPARATORY TRAINING PROGRAM for students age 15 to 24. The Preparatory Program is a NINE MONTH course during the standard academic school year.

This program is designed to develop a solid base from which the student can advance in order to reach goals that are not limited to, but include, auditioning for ENC, ESAC, CNAC, ECQ*, and building the student’s strength and technique to become a well-rounded performer and athlete. Students will also participate in our seasonal shows.
The Preparatory Program’s focus is split into four categories: aerial, floor, acting, and dance, which are all essential to being a well rounded performer. All students will participate in core classes as a group as well as specialty and private classes per their specific goals.

The students will have the opportunity to be a part of development, creation and execution both on and off stage for our semester show and other opportunities.

Preparatory Program students are also offered the option of enrolling in our weekday afternoon Masters Program, which includes open gym, 1 hour of dance and a Master class, which is a daily (Mon-Fri) two-hour concentrated program in your discipline, in order to train and advance from your Preparatory classes.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS:
Ages 15-24
The availability to commit to consistency and focus to all hours of program
Accepted application: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0dCYxu7vi_STEgyMUlmZmtqeUdsVy1GWU9iek9teml2T1ZB/view?usp=sharing

PROGRAM OUTLINE:
The Preparatory Program includes classes in the four foundational categories of aerial, floor, acting/clowning and dance.
In addition to classes led by our Program Leaders, we will also have recurring guest workshop teachers each month, working with our students and Program Leaders to compliment each student’s high-caliber training program.
Guest Workshop teachers:
Kylee Moats - Straps, Lyra, Silks, Choreography, Flexibility
Carly Sheridan - Straps, Trapeze, Duo Trapeze, Lyra, Flexibility, Injury Prevention, Rope, Chinese Pole
Ivan Dotsenko - Duo Trapeze, Chinese Pole, Artistic Acrobatics
Joe Pinzone - Silks, Dance Trapeze, Choreography
Rachel Walker - Trapeze, Swinging Trapeze, Duo Trapeze, Silks, Flexibility, Lyra
Arthur Davis - Acrosport, Choreography
Others TBA
Program Leaders:
Program Director Jean Luc Martin - Handstands, Hand to Hand, Russian Bar, Teeterboard, Korean Cradle, Clowning, Manipulation, Juggling, Conditioning
Dance Director Courtney Giannone - Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Contemporary, Dance Partnering, Choreography, Gyrokinesis, Cyr Wheel
Derrick Gilday - Clowning
Faegann Harlow - Straps, Silks, Rope, Trapeze, Conditioning
Jessica Avila - Flexibility, Trapeze, Lyra
Rochelle Berwick - Flexibility
Devon Holt - Tumbling, Wall Trampoline, Trampoline
Ehrick Costello - Chinese Pole
Anastassia Dobrynina - Tumbling, Trampoline
Others TBA

PREPARATORY + AFTERNOON MASTERS PROGRAM:
$900/month
Approx. 37 hours/week: Includes afternoon Masters & Specialty classes in addition to the Preparatory Program classes
Final schedule TBD
Mon- Fri
Approx. 12:30-5pm (with break) Master & Specialty classes
Approx 5-8pm Preparatory classes
Saturday: Approx. 10am-3pm

If you or your young adult feels that they are ready and interested in such a program, please do not hesitate to apply here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0dCYxu7vi_STEgyMUlmZmtqeUdsVy1GWU9iek9teml2T1ZB/view?usp=sharing

If you have any questions or would like more information, please reach out to Jean-Luc Martin at jl@sandiegocircuscenter.org or 619-487-1239.

*INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS SCHOOLS
ENC: Ecole Nationale de Cirque
ESAC: Superior School of Circus Arts
CNAC: Center National des Arts du Cirque
QEC: L'Ecole de Cirque de Quebec