14.10.21
News
05.08.21
Get to know our ESC Volunteers - Gokce
The European Solidarity Corps (often shortened to ESC) supports young people aged 18-30 to be full-time volunteers in many foreign countries. Thanks to Erasmus+ funding, Galway Community Circus has been hosting ESC volunteers since 2013. Learn about the ESC experience with GCC and get to know one of this year's ESC volunteers in this interview with Gokce.
29.07.21
Homegrown Circus Artists at Galway Community Circus
With our youngest participants in the youth circus programme just five years old, some participants grow up with Galway Community Circus as their second home. The youth-centric focus really supports homegrown circus artists who find their footing on the highwire early in life and pursue the art form they love.
22.07.21
Head, Heart, Balance: The Art of Funambulism Conference
The Art of Funambulism Conference took place on Zoom 10-11 July, 2021. Full recordings of the sessions are now available.
16.07.21
Step Off from worry, fear, doubt, angst, pressure, and ordinary – at Galway Community Circus
Friday, 10th of July 2021, during Head, Heart, Balance, The Art of Funambulism Conference, we premiered our short film ‘Step Off.’
18.06.21
In Youth We Trust: Youth-led Participation at Galway Community Circus
Whether circus is a casual hobby or a burgeoning passion, when young people take part in Galway Community Circus, their experience is fully theirs. As a youth circus school, GCC keeps our young participants at the front and centre of everything we do.
13.05.21
Paying Artists Benefits Us All
At Galway Community Circus, we understand the value of artists and their perspective. That artistic perspective is so important to what we do, and we value artists not only as performers but as key members of the team. In 2020 we were proud to be able to hire two company artists in full-time employment with two-year contracts as a core part of GCC’s small team of seven staff members.
05.05.21
For the Love of Clowning
ESC volunteer Gemma discusses her love of clowning, how she got started, and how you can try it too.
30.04.21
Find confidence, hope and joy at the Irish Centre of Funambulism
Founded in Galway in 2018, the Irish Centre of Funambulism (ICF) is Ireland’s first and only training and participation centre dedicated to the art of funambulism (the art of walking on a wire while holding a balancing pole).
28.04.21
Get to know our ESC Volunteers - Aline
The European Solidarity Corps (often shortened to ESC) supports young people aged 18-30 to be full-time volunteers in many foreign countries. Thanks to Erasmus+ funding, Galway Community Circus has been hosting ESC volunteers since 2013. Learn about the ESC experience with GCC and get to know one of this year's ESC volunteers in this interview with Aline.
23.04.21
Wires Crossed: The Journey and Beyond
Wires Crossed is a project spanning five years, 13 countries and thousands of participants, instructors, artists and performers. It is a European-wide community project based around funambulism, the art of walking across a wire using a balancing pole.
16.04.21
Can't Spell Funambulism Without Fun
When we think of circuses and carnivals, the daring acrobat crossing the tightrope is a classic image. Today we’re taking a look at the history of the high-flying, death-defying art of ‘funambulism’.
31.03.20
Léana Valentini Circus Research
I’m Léana. I’m currently a tutor at Galway Community Circus and I’m passionate about circus pedagogy! A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to share the work that we do in GCC: I participated in a young researcher’s day as a contributor at Centre National des Arts du cirque in Châlons-en-Champagne in France. Linking social science research and Galway Community Circus, the University world and the circus world, could seem surprising. It’s what I’ve been doing for two years now, here is what got me there.
31.01.20
