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7• 29th May 2009
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Welcome Summer of Circus
The Greentop new summer programme is now live! We have called it the 'Summer of Circus' and we think we have something for everyone. There are new weekly classes in dance fusion, hulahoop fitness, acrobatics and acrobalance that everyone can come along to, get fit and have fun while they do it. We also have new monthly weekend workshops for beginners in static trapeze, swinging trapeze, burlesque dance and monthly 'circus for everyone' taster days. See the website or download the flyer for more information. To book onto any of these workshops, call us on 0114 244 8828. Butterfingers Sponsors Youth Circus Butterfingers, our main supplier of circus equipment has very kindly offered to sponsor two Youth Circus places. This has come about off the back of the Friends of Sheffield Youth Circus' fund raising activities and gives the campaign a real boost in terms of both moral and money! "We were really keen to show our support for all the good work Greentop does with the Sheffield Youth Circus and we are delighted to have this opportunity to help out" said Steph from Butterfingers. Butterfingers has also pledged some new equipment for the Youth Circus, which will be really well received by the kids. If you want to get your own circus equipment or even buy some for the Youth Circus, the Butterfingers' website is www.butterfingers.co.uk. Sainsbury's Fundraising Success The Friends of Sheffield Youth Circus recently spent two days fundraising at Sainsbury's on Wreakes Lane, Dronfield, Sheffield on Sunday 24th and Monday 25th May. There were kids, moms, dads, tutors, friends and performers who came down to help by stiltwalking, juggling, packing bags for people and teaching circus skills. Over the two days they raised over £300, well done to all concerned and thank you to Sainsbury's for their help. The CAT's First Meeting The first meeting of the CAT (Circus Action Team) took place on Thursday 28th May. It was well attended by people from the evening classes, centre users, office staff, interns and performers. The main topics of discussion were the purpose and scope of the group, making sure this amazing resource gets fully used and specifically the new 'Summer of Circus' programme, the Transform initiative and the Greentop Secret Cabaret, coming up on the 31st July. The meeting was a constructive and positive and start for the CAT. If anyone wants to be part of this group, call James on 0114 244 8828 Greentop Interns' First Week Beth and Delia are the new Greentop interns, this is how their fist week has gone. ‘Are clowns filed
under C?...’ We wondered, walking to our first day as interns
at Greentop Circus Centre. As members of the CIP
course this year we had practically lived in the centre, training
late in to the evening and returning early the next day. But we
realized that we knew very little about what goes on ‘behind
the scenes’, behind those windows you can peer through when
you’re sky high up a rope. Charlie Competition Charlie Ledger
who recently finished the Greentop CIP course, has been shortlisted
for the Shell Livewire Young Entrepeneur Grand Ideas Award for her
business - Seduced By Circus.
There are eight businesses shortlisted including hers and all the
businesses featured had to submit a video (which she didn't have
long to put together!) the videos are now online on the Shell Livewire
Website www.shell-livewire.org for people to see. We wish Charlie the best of luck! Craig visits Circomedia “Part of my job as Chief Executive is to build strong links with other key organisations around the country, so I have been on my travels visiting the other circus schools. This month I had the pleasure of visiting Circomedia in Bristol. It was a great opportunity to meet with lots of the staff and tutors and compare notes. I’ve come back full of inspiration on a range of topics- from running a circus centre (both Greentop and Circomedia have converted churches) to developing the curriculum for circus based qualifications, plus it was good to see how another circus school deals with technical, rigging and health and safety issues, and also their creative direction. I also got to see the end of course show performed by the students from the 2 year BTEC course- this was just breathtaking- moving, exciting and had a really strong emphasis on performance with lots of narrative and characterisation running through it. I meet regularly with the heads of the other circus schools, but nothing beats getting out and about and seeing how it works in reality. Next stop on my roadtrip will be Skylight in Rochdale, and then to No Fit State when their tour of Tabu returns to Cardiff.” Cabaret Twilight A new show is coming to Greentop called Cabaret Twilight, brought to us by In The Boat Theatre Company which is an integrated company of artists with and without disabilities from Sheffield. It is one of the long-term projects of acclaimed combined arts company, Action Space Mobile, based in Barnsley, supported by Arts Council England. Cabaret Twilight is their brand new production that entertains its audience with dance, live music provided by the brilliant In the Boat Band, songs and clever interplay between characters and their projections in film and image. It is a show that invites its audience to share the same environment, a place between fantasy and reality. It has a multi-talented cast of 15 adults with learning disabilities and 4 artists from Action Space Mobile. In the Boat has toured extensively over the years in the UK and in Europe. It aims to show the very particular talents of people with learning disabilities so that they can be appreciated and included in the mainstream cultural mix of our diverse society. The members meet weekly to devise and rehearse an annual original production. The show opens at the Greentop Circus Centre on Friday 3rd Jul , with performances at 2pm and 7.30pm. Tickets, priced £10 (£8 concessions) can be booked by ringing the Greentop Circus Centre directly on 0114 244 8828. If you have got any stories you would like to include in our newsletter, email them to james@greentop.org. |
Events
& Workshops New
Activities 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 us on We also have
the following Transform
workshops coming up: Download the Transform Programme here. See the web site for more details: www.greentop.or Dance
Fusion Class Acrobalance
Skill Swap Acrobatics
and Tumbling Youth
Aerial and Trapeze Beginner's
Trapeze Swinging
Sundays Burlesque
Dance 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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