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Newsletter November 2007

Forthcoming events and shows

The Circus Space becomes affiliate of Conservatoire for Dance and Drama

The Circus Space, alongside the Central School of Ballet and London
Academy of Drama and Music (LAMDA), has become a new affiliate of the
Conservatoire for Dance and Drama (CDD). Existing members of the
Conservatoire are Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, London Contemporary
Dance School at The Place, Northern School of Contemporary Dance and
the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

This new higher education institution provides the very highest levels of
vocational education and training in dance, drama and circus arts. It was
established in 2001 under a government initiative designed to strengthen
access to training for talented students regardless of background.
The new affiliates will increase CDD's home and EU student numbers to
885 whilst continuing to ensure that students receive intensive training in
small institutions which retain their own identities and personalities.
Students and staff of all the affiliates will also have an enhanced
opportunity for collaboration across the Conservatoire.

Sir Bob Reid, Chairman of the Conservatoire, said "We are pleased to
welcome these three leading schools to the Conservatoire and are sure
that the addition of another strand of dance and drama training and the
inclusion of circus arts will strengthen the Conservatoire and its excellent
work nationally and internationally. We commend the Higher Education
Funding Council of England for supporting us in the development of this
new institution."

Teo Greenstreet, Chief Executive of The Circus Space, added "Joining
the Conservatoire places Circus at the heart of Performing Arts within
Higher Education. Circus education has come a long way since we
developed the first HE circus course, with Central School of Speech and
Drama, for the show in the Millennium Dome. Affiliating to the
Conservatoire makes us a full partner in a Higher Education institution."

Midsummer Madness - 6th Circus Space Festival -
Sponsored by UBS Investment Bank

Sunday 22 June 2003 was Family Day at The Circus Space with over 500 people attending Midsummer Madness. Festival goers were able to participate in drop-in workshops in Flying Trapeze, Juggling, Tightwire, Stilts and Unicycle. Free balloons, face painting and entertainment were also on offer throughout the day - with performances from our local youth circus, Goronwy Thom, Gandini Juggling, The Tim Bat Trick Show, Klezmer Band 'The Matzo Boys' and The London Swing Dance Society. Walkabout entertainers 'The Other Half' and 'Stickleback Plasticus' ensured that the humour flowed throughout the day. In the evening The Circus Space Cabaret attracted over 200 people.

Photo credit for all photos below: Karen Wilkinson

Drop in Juggle

Face Painting

Goronwy Thom

Other Half Productions

Stilts

Tightwire

The Tim Bat Trick Show

Stickleback Plasticus

The Matzo Boys

The Circus Space was visited on 4th November by Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry as a successful example of a social enterprise. She spent half an hour with Teo looking round the building and meeting degree students.

Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt with Teo Greenstreet at The Circus Space

The Jerwood Circus Awards 2002

The winners of the Jerwood Circus Awards, funded by The Jerwood Charitable Foundation were announced on the 18th September 2002.

For further details please click the link below:
Jerwood Circus Award Winners 2002

Please click on the following link for more information about previous award winners:

Previous Jerwood Award Winners

image: Sissle Honore
2001 Jerwood Circus Award winner, Company f/z in 'Night and Day'

The Circus Space Creation Studio Bursaries

The Circus Space announces the winners of its 2002 Creation Studio
bursaries, a UK-wide initiative designed to enable professional circus
performers to experiment and work towards devising new work - with an
emphasis on the process rather than realising a finished show. This is the
first of three years of these bursaries which are funded by The Esmee
Fairbairn Foundation

Eight bursaries have been awarded - 5 at £1,000 and three at £500 - to both
emerging and established circus artists. An additional three awards - 1 at
£1,000 and 2 at £500 - were also made through funding received from UBS
Warburg.

The winners of the awards funded by The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation are:

£1,000 Bursaries
Emma Insley to experiment with a four person swinging triple-trapeze bar
routine;
Lila Lifely & Alison Bullock to create a new aerial act based on 'Trolley
Dollies';
Mark Morreau to experiment with 3D animation and circus;
Amber Noble & Gemma Mawson towards a new acrobalance routine;
Steve Rawlings to experiment with rhythms within different juggling
patterns.

£500 Bursaries
Girisho Gordon to create and explore the potential of new aerial equipment;
Andrea Gaechter to create new equipment and experiment with aerial work;
Sam Hague & Stewart Pemberton to create new equipment and work towards a
juggling act;

The winners of the awards funded by UBS Warburg are:-

£1,000 Bursaries
Lucie Pasquier to create new aerial equipment and experiment with it;

£500 Bursaries
Max Haverkamp & Annette Fiaschi to explore new Acrobalance routine;
Ajay Chhabra to develop tumbling within an Asian circus group.

Charlie Holland, Programme Director at The Circus Space, said, "These
awards, which are supplemented by other Circus Space resources, offer a real
opportunity for circus artists to explore new territory which we are
confident will lead to a higher standard of performance in the future. I am
delighted that out of a total of 26 applications we have been able to
support almost half and the three-year funding from the Esmee Fairbairn
Foundation means that we will be able to offer a similar scheme next year."

Stilt-walking Lady Mayoress launches Jubilee events

The Lady Mayoress of the City of London, Sally Oliver, on Monday, May 2002, launched the City's Golden Jubilee programme of events with an hour-long display of stilt walking in Guildhall Yard, in the heart of the City.

Mrs Oliver, dressed in a modern City businesswoman's suit, was trained in stilt walking by Adele Thompson, of The Circus Space company.

In the picture, she is flanked by two male stilt walkers dressed as City Gents and accompanied by Adele (centre, back). The other pictures shows the Lady Mayoress demonstrating her skill stilt walking across Guildhall Yard and watering a plant that was part of a display aimed at encouraging City firms to green their offices.

The Lady Mayoress (front centre) with Adele Thompson from The Circus Space (back)

The Circus Space is the only arts organisation in the Inner City 100

The Circus Space in Hackney is the only arts organisation included in the first annual Inner City 100, a national listing of 100 fast-growing companies located exclusively in the UK's inner cities. Launched by the Rt. Honourable Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in February 2001, the Inner City 100 is an important part of the government's drive to open up enterprise to all through celebrating and showcasing the top 100 business successes in our most challenged inner cities.

Press release

Inner City 100 website

Latest News For a look at the latest news going on inside The Circus Space please click on the news letter link below. Newsletter November 2007
Forthcoming events and shows The Circus Space becomes affiliate of Conservatoire for Dance and Drama The Circus Space, alongside the Central School of Ballet and London Academy of Drama and Music (LAMDA), has become a new affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama (CDD). Existing members of the Conservatoire are Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, London Contemporary Dance School at The Place, Northern School of Contemporary Dance and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). This new higher education institution provides the very highest levels of vocational education and training in dance, drama and circus arts. It was established in 2001 under a government initiative designed to strengthen access to training for talented students regardless of background. The new affiliates will increase CDD's home and EU student numbers to 885 whilst continuing to ensure that students receive intensive training in small institutions which retain their own identities and personalities. Students and staff of all the affiliates will also have an enhanced opportunity for collaboration across the Conservatoire. Sir Bob Reid, Chairman of the Conservatoire, said "We are pleased to welcome these three leading schools to the Conservatoire and are sure that the addition of another strand of dance and drama training and the inclusion of circus arts will strengthen the Conservatoire and its excellent work nationally and internationally. We commend the Higher Education Funding Council of England for supporting us in the development of this new institution." Teo Greenstreet, Chief Executive of The Circus Space, added "Joining the Conservatoire places Circus at the heart of Performing Arts within Higher Education. Circus education has come a long way since we developed the first HE circus course, with Central School of Speech and Drama, for the show in the Millennium Dome. Affiliating to the Conservatoire makes us a full partner in a Higher Education institution."
Midsummer Madness - 6th Circus Space Festival - Sponsored by UBS Investment Bank Sunday 22 June 2003 was Family Day at The Circus Space with over 500 people attending Midsummer Madness. Festival goers were able to participate in drop-in workshops in Flying Trapeze, Juggling, Tightwire, Stilts and Unicycle. Free balloons, face painting and entertainment were also on offer throughout the day - with performances from our local youth circus, Goronwy Thom, Gandini Juggling, The Tim Bat Trick Show, Klezmer Band 'The Matzo Boys' and The London Swing Dance Society. Walkabout entertainers 'The Other Half' and 'Stickleback Plasticus' ensured that the humour flowed throughout the day. In the evening The Circus Space Cabaret attracted over 200 people. Photo credit for all photos below: Karen Wilkinson Drop in Juggle Face Painting Goronwy Thom Other Half Productions Stilts Tightwire The Tim Bat Trick Show Stickleback Plasticus The Matzo Boys

The Circus Space was visited on 4th November by Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry as a successful example of a social enterprise. She spent half an hour with Teo looking round the building and meeting degree students. Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt with Teo Greenstreet at The Circus Space

The Jerwood Circus Awards 2002 The winners of the Jerwood Circus Awards, funded by The Jerwood Charitable Foundation were announced on the 18th September 2002. For further details please click the link below: Jerwood Circus Award Winners 2002 Please click on the following link for more information about previous award winners: Previous Jerwood Award Winners image: Sissle Honore 2001 Jerwood Circus Award winner, Company f/z in 'Night and Day'

The Circus Space Creation Studio Bursaries The Circus Space announces the winners of its 2002 Creation Studio bursaries, a UK-wide initiative designed to enable professional circus performers to experiment and work towards devising new work - with an emphasis on the process rather than realising a finished show. This is the first of three years of these bursaries which are funded by The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation Eight bursaries have been awarded - 5 at £1,000 and three at £500 - to both emerging and established circus artists. An additional three awards - 1 at £1,000 and 2 at £500 - were also made through funding received from UBS Warburg. The winners of the awards funded by The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation are: £1,000 Bursaries Emma Insley to experiment with a four person swinging triple-trapeze bar routine; Lila Lifely & Alison Bullock to create a new aerial act based on 'Trolley Dollies'; Mark Morreau to experiment with 3D animation and circus; Amber Noble & Gemma Mawson towards a new acrobalance routine; Steve Rawlings to experiment with rhythms within different juggling patterns. £500 Bursaries Girisho Gordon to create and explore the potential of new aerial equipment; Andrea Gaechter to create new equipment and experiment with aerial work; Sam Hague & Stewart Pemberton to create new equipment and work towards a juggling act; The winners of the awards funded by UBS Warburg are:- £1,000 Bursaries Lucie Pasquier to create new aerial equipment and experiment with it; £500 Bursaries Max Haverkamp & Annette Fiaschi to explore new Acrobalance routine; Ajay Chhabra to develop tumbling within an Asian circus group. Charlie Holland, Programme Director at The Circus Space, said, "These awards, which are supplemented by other Circus Space resources, offer a real opportunity for circus artists to explore new territory which we are confident will lead to a higher standard of performance in the future. I am delighted that out of a total of 26 applications we have been able to support almost half and the three-year funding from the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation means that we will be able to offer a similar scheme next year."

Stilt-walking Lady Mayoress launches Jubilee events The Lady Mayoress of the City of London, Sally Oliver, on Monday, May 2002, launched the City's Golden Jubilee programme of events with an hour-long display of stilt walking in Guildhall Yard, in the heart of the City. Mrs Oliver, dressed in a modern City businesswoman's suit, was trained in stilt walking by Adele Thompson, of The Circus Space company. In the picture, she is flanked by two male stilt walkers dressed as City Gents and accompanied by Adele (centre, back). The other pictures shows the Lady Mayoress demonstrating her skill stilt walking across Guildhall Yard and watering a plant that was part of a display aimed at encouraging City firms to green their offices. The Lady Mayoress (front centre) with Adele Thompson from The Circus Space (back)

The Circus Space is the only arts organisation in the Inner City 100 The Circus Space in Hackney is the only arts organisation included in the first annual Inner City 100, a national listing of 100 fast-growing companies located exclusively in the UK's inner cities. Launched by the Rt. Honourable Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in February 2001, the Inner City 100 is an important part of the government's drive to open up enterprise to all through celebrating and showcasing the top 100 business successes in our most challenged inner cities. Press release Inner City 100 website