Vancouver Circus School Blog

VCS at Whistler Children Arts Festival!

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:09:42 +0000

A few of the Vancouver Circus School coaches and crew taught Juggling, Trampoline & Swinging trapeze workshops for the Whistler Children Arts Festival on July 17 + 18 2010 in front of the Creekside Gondala. The coaches also played on the aerial rig when they conducted some uber cool aerial demonstrations.

Check out our professional division, Inner Ring performing BOUNCE on the 18th by clicking here!

VCS Student Accepted into Prestegious National Circus School

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:10:53 +0000

A few months ago, we got a call from Montreal Newspaper, The Peace Arch News. They had heard about Brook’s success and wanted to do an interview with her and Meregon (Brook’s VCS aerial silk instructor). See a sneak peak of the finished article below!

“Look up in the sky – it’s a bird, it’s a plane… no, it’s Brook Pinard, an aerial silk and swinging trapeze student at the Vancouver Circus School…” Read the full article here.

One of our amazingly talented students, Brook Pinard has been accepted into the incredibly exclusive National Circus School in Montreal and we couldn’t be more proud of her!

Congrats Brook!

Our Aerialists Perform on Canada Day!

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:49:30 +0000

Vancouver Circus School Aerialists were invited to perform aerials on our portable aerial rig on Canada Day, July 1, 2010!

Check out our pictures from the event below: (more to come!)

Our professional division, Inner Ring was invited to perform a shorter version of “Bounce” on the same day! Check out the event information and awesome photos here!

Inner Ring Artists & VCS Instructors Perform at Burnaby’s Hats Off Day

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:20:21 +0000

On June 5th, 2010, some of our amazing instructors performed at Hats Off Day, an annual festival held in Burnaby, BC. Among the fantastic entertainment at the festival were Inner Ring Artists (some of whom are VCS coaches), including contact juggling, stilt walking, diablo, and unicycle.

Check out some cool photos from the festival below!

Above: Inner Ring stilt walker, Neezar Joseph roams among the

festivities, towering above the crowds on his stilts

Above: Inner Ring diablo artist, Jake West poses in his wickedly

cool blue costume!

Above: Head unicycle coach and Inner Ring artist, Nigel Wakita

rocks it out on his 7 ft’ high giraffe unicycle

Above: Former VCS & Inner Ring juggling extraordinaire shows off

his contact juggling skills

Have a festival or other event this Summer that you’d like to have circus performers at?

click here for information on acts and services that our professional division has to offer.

Circus Arts: An Alternative to the Gym

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 22:26:39 +0000

On April 29th, we were featured in the West Ender’s cover story, “A Better Fit” (an article on alternative forms of excersise, by Andrea Warner).

Read the article below:

To read the full story, click here.

Summer Classes 2010 Available in North Van!

admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:54:10 +0000

We are pleased to let you know that we have added the following:

Adult summer classes: Swinging Trapeze, Aerial Silks, Aerial Arts & Trampoline

Summer Camps from Ages 6 +

Throughout the month of July & August!

Call the North Van Rec at 604.987.7529 to register!

Need more information on classes?

Email the VCS administration office at info@vancouvercircusschool.ca or call us at 604.568.2181

Circus Classes available at North Vancouver 7pm & 8pm in May!

admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:37:51 +0000

Was the class that you wanted to get into

Full by the time you tried to register?

It happens to the best of us!

We have the gym until 9pm on Thursdays from May

We will have 7pm & 8pm classes from May 6 till June 10!

Class	Time	Bar Code
Swinging Trapeze 15+	7:00 – 8:00pm	238355
Aeria Silk 13+	7:00 – 8:00pm	238324
Trampoline 15+	7:00 – 8:00pm	238253
Swinging Trapeze 15+	8:00 – 9:00pm	238262
Aerial Silk 13+	8:00 – 9:00pm	238323
Trampoline 15+	8:00 – 9:00pm	238254

PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW PHOTOGRAPHY POLICY:

To protect our student’s privacy, the following activities are not permitted:

- Photography and video taping during class time.

- Asking your instructor to take photos or videos.

- Videos taken at the gym should not appear online. (example: YouTube)

For your convenience, we will have a “picture day”: Our professional photographer will take pictures for the last day of classes. You can pick up a picture CD of your pictures at the gym. (prices vary)

We hope you are enjoying your classes so far!

VCS in Paint – Digital Artwork by Ryan

admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:47:13 +0000

Many thanks to Ryan for sending us this great VCS poster he made.

Here is a link to a high quality copy, so you can print it out or set it as your desktop background. Enjoy!

Aerial Silks at the River Rock Casino, Sun March 28!

admin — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:42:06 +0000

On Sunday, March 28th, our aerial silks students and one of our instructors performed an original routine at the RIVER ROCK CASINO Theatre for the show, “Set it off“!

Check out our video below:

Can’t see the video? Watch it here

Check out pictures from the show below!

Vancouver Circus School Classes Sample Video

admin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:18:45 +0000

Are you interested in trying out circus classes?

Sometimes words just can’t describe what we teach!

Check out the video below to better understand what classes we offer up at the Vancouver Circus School

We have classes for all ages!