The Circus Department includes all programmes and courses within the circus discipline.
The circus art is in constant evolution, often with extreme displays and expressions. The development demands training that can critically evaluate, question and redefine artistic methods and the role of the circus artist in today society.
The Bachelor programme in circus
The circus education at DOCH uses the skills and the artistic traditions as a foundation on which to build high level technical and artistic competences in new practices. It offers knowledge about, and an understanding of, the many forms of expression in circus. It also initiates innovative processes in methods of working and of expressing oneself in close relationship to choreography and the performing arts. Upon graduating, the student can use his/her artistry to contribute to the development of the circus movement vocabulary and in turn may even perhaps redefine the art form itself.
In the BA programme, this is done on two levels simultaneously, first and foremost through the core group of discipline teachers who interact with the students on a daily basis throughout the duration of the program, bringing a wealth of experience both technically and artistically through their unique pedagogical approaches. In conjunction with this, we establish strong and enduring collaborations with numerous individuals and networks of individuals both within the national and international circus arena. These teachers, prominent artists and researchers, are highly present in the student’s daily practice. Through this rich environment, the students are continuously given tools that facilitate the ability to relate to one’s own activities within an artistic and social context.
Independent courses
Independent/short courses at an advanced level are being developed in close collaboration with the professional circus environment.
Master programe and Artistic Research Education
We are in the process of creating a joint cross-discipline masters programme profiled for circus artists, dancers and choreographers. This is done together with the Dance Department here at DOCH. The artistic research education at DOCH welcomes circus artists.
A New Circus Hall
A new circus hall will be inaugurated in 2012. This will not only guarantee us a qualified environment for achieving excellent training results, it will also enable us to keep the high standards of security in both training and rigging and it will be the right physical setting for the correct mental training in handling risks inherent to circus. This new facility will without a doubt contribute to the artistic representation of circus in Sweden.
Would you like to learn more on our circus programme?
Please contact Walter Ferrero, Head of department, +46 8 562 274 51 or walter.ferrero@doch.se