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4 • 15th May 2009
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Welcome New Greentop Interns As part of it's commitment to continue the professional development of it's CIP graduates, Greentop has taken on two new student interns for an initial period of three months. The two new members of staff are Beth Caudle and Delia Taffler, both graduates from our recent CIP course. They were chosen by their audition and interview from a shortlist of five very talented applicants. "We are very proud to have these two new interns as part of our team, we can't wait to get them invloved in the hussle and bussle of life here at Greentop" said James Harkness, Event Manager. The interns will be working on a range of charitable projects for Greentop, including community outreach , workshops, and office support. In addition the interns will get many opportunities to 'learn the ropes' of being a circus performer through work-shadowing, regular training, workshops and assisting our professional artists. CIP Show Inspires Poetry Greentop has started to work with local poet and writer Geena Andrews and we asked her to review the recent Circus in Performance show. She was so inspired by the students' performances that she wrote us TWO sonnets! So here they are. Sonnet for Greentop. How quickly doth each
“End of term” assault us Sonnet for Greentop Mark II A tale of
World War Two unfolded, darkly It's not every day you get a Shekespearean sonnet written for you, and we've got two! We look forward to working with Geena again soon and we hope you agree that this is an original, fun and engaging way to review and reflect what goes on at Greentop. Still CIP related, Elly Clibbens one of the graduates from this year's CIP course, has posted some images from this year's show on Facebook, they can be be viewed from the Greentop Facebook page. New Programme Greentop is currently working on new Centre activities for the summer, including familly circus taster days, beginner's trapeze workshops, burlesque, hula-fitness, dance for performers, acrobatics, acrobalance and new youth classes in aerial. We will email the new programme out to people very soon and post all the new activites on the website. Watch this space! The CAT is out of the BAG!
Never ones to shy away from entertaining acronyms, Greentop's new action groups - the Circus Action Team (CAT) and the Building Action Group (BAG) are progressing well. We have already had some people register their interest in joining these two new groups. CAT is meeting on Thursday 28th May at 3.30pm to 4.30pm and will look at issues relating to circus activities in the centre, such as organising cabarets and shows, advising on public and professional workshops and evening classes. If you want to join this group call James on 0114 244 8828. BAG will meet on a Tuesday monthly, the date for their meeting has yet to be finalised. They have already had a preliminary meeting to look at the scope of the group and see what work needs to be done. The first job is the renovation of the old green door to the centre so as from this Monday can all centre users use this as the main entrance and exit for the building. Key holders will need to contact Frances to sort out keys for the new door, her number is 0114 244 8828. Friends of Sheffield Youth Circus "They're the future of circus. We need to keep the opportunity for them alive" Says Nikki Davies of Friends of Sheffield Youth Circus describing their mammoth fund raising drive. "Many people are working hard to secure small amounts of funding, support in kind and prizes, but all extra is welcome". The message from the Friends of Sheffield Youth Circus is clear that all help is welcome. So can you or anyone you know secure prizes from companies such as free tickets, T-shirts or other prizes?
***STOP PRESS*** Please help! We have
been offered the chance to fund raise for the Youth Circus at Sainsbury's
on Wreakes Lane, Dronfield, Sheffield on Sunday 24th and Monday
25th May. We will be walking on stilts and shaking buckets! If you
have a spare hour between 10am and 4pm each day come down and show
your support. Please call the office to let us now if you are coming Sponsor a Child One way to support Youth Circus is to sponsor a child. This is a great way to offer a place to a child whose family can't afford to pay for them to come to Youth Circus. The suggested sponsorship rates are as follows: one week costs £7, one term costs £72 and one year costs £126. For this you will receive a personalised letter or drawing and an invite to the end of term show. To support the Sheffield Youth Circus, through volunteering, fundraising or sponsorship, call Greentop on 0114 244 8828. Online Calendar Just a reminder that the Greentop online calendar is accessable from the website for anyone wanting to see if the centre is available for training, what workshops are booked, when classes start and so on. If you're coming to Greentop and want to be sure it's availbale, why not check out the calendar here: http://www.greentop.org/notice_board/centre_calendar If you have got any stories you would like to include in our newsletter, email them to james@greentop.org. |
Events
& Workshops Chinese
Pole,
As part of our Transform professional development programme we are putting on four days of Chinese Pole, Hand Balance and Acro Balance, taught by Richard Durnford and Nicky Andrews of Bongo Bolero and assisted by our very own CIP graduate Gwen Scott. We are splitting the workshop into two parts: Days
1 & 2 - Acrobalance and Hand Balance You can choose to do two days or four days. The days cost £40 each or £35 for members/students and concessions. You might remember Bongo Bolero from their turns at the Greentop Cabaret last year where they went down a storm. You can download the workshop flyer here. See our website for more details of this and the other Transform Programme workshops. Call the office
on
Transform is Greentop's professional development programme, providing top level training for Circus and Theatre Students and Professional Performers. These courses are delivered over several days, and held mid-week, to allow artists to get the most out of their training experience with some of the best teachers in contemporary circus and theatre. We have the
following workshops coming up: Download the Transform Programme here. See the web site for more details: www.greentop.org Greentop Business Greentop
is the Yorkshire Circus Centre, we are the only circus
space in the region where you can use a permanently installed aerial
and trapeze rig. We have lots of circus equipment that you can learn
including: stilts, unicycle, tightwire, swinging trapeze and Chinese
pole. Greentop is a social enterprise, we raise income through our
services that helps to develop the centre into a sustainable community
resource. Our services include: To
find out more call James on 0114 244 8828.
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