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06.07.22

LifeLine: An Interview with Musical Director Michael Chang

For circus spectacles, a lot of work goes on behind-the-scenes – from rigging to operations to music – it all plays an essential role in the experience. Our European Youth Ensemble will perform to original music composed by Michael Chang, an incredible Galway-based musician originally from Seattle, whose family have been involved with Galway Community Circus since his children were born. Audiences will also be treated to traditional Irish music performed live from world-class musicians based here in Galway during the spectacle. We had an interview with LifeLine Musical Director Michael Chang about his experience composing and organising music for the LifeLine highwire spectacle.

04.07.22

LifeLine: An interview with Artistic Director Ulla Hokkanen

Circus is an art form that brings people together from all walks of life, all around the world. The Lifeline highwire spectacle aims to embody that essence of circus, working with the international circus community to bring together performers from 15 countries aged 11-66 years from all walks of life with various experience on the wire. We had a quick interview with Ulla Hokkanen, Executive Creative Director for Galway Community Circus and Artistic Director for LifeLine, about the impact of this event and its importance in the international circus community.

20.06.22

Get to know our ESC Volunteers - Nastja

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 Nastja from Slovenia.

09.06.22

Choose Galway Social Enterprise: Choose Galway Community Circus

Did you know that you or your child can take circus classes in Galway while at the same time helping and investing in your community? Galway Community Circus is a circus school but is also a social enterprise. We exist to not only bring the joy of circus to Galway, but to improve the lives of our local community. Galway Community Circus was created to meet the needs of our local youth by offering a non-competitive, physical and creative activity in a safe and welcoming space. Our philosophy is ‘circus for all’, and we use the circus arts to teach young people, including those who are disadvantaged, at-risk and vulnerable, the tools to develop self-confidence, resilience and social skills while tapping into strengths and hidden talents.

30.05.22

Galway Community Circus featured as case study in Arts Council Ireland's Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Toolkit

We are very proud to be featured as one the case studies in the new Arts Council Ireland Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Toolkit. We believe that circus is for everyone, and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of circus practice.

18.05.22

Youth Consultation Results Are Out!

Galway Community Circus conducted an in-depth youth consultation with children, young people and their communities in early 2022 as part of the planning process for our 2022-2027 strategic plan. The purpose of this consultation was to gather information on the needs and wishes of our participants towards the direction of our programmes, analyse possible barriers for participation and provide recommendations on our future development.

18.05.22

Get to know our ESC Volunteers - Laura S.

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 Laura S. from Italy.

03.05.22

Perform during Scratch Night, Friday May 20th, 2022!

Do you have something fun you’d like to perform? Join us on Friday, 20th of May at 7:30pm and perform during Scratch Night as part of our Mayhem Youth Circus Festival!

06.04.22

Reintroducing BassAlto!

BassAlto are a new, all-female company of professional wirewalkers. Their debut performance, also called BassAlto, will premiere in Galway on 15 July and be performed again during the LifeLine Spectacle on 16 July, 2022. In this blog, we reintroduce them ahead of their first residency in Brussels 11-15 April.

25.03.22

Join our European Youth Ensemble and perform in LifeLine

Learn to wirewalk with us. We're looking for 6 Irish youth aged 13-17 to join our European Youth Ensemble and perform in the LifeLine spectacle!

25.03.22

Join our wirewalking Community Cast and perform with BassAlto in LifeLine

We're looking for 10 people ages 18+ (no upper age limit) to form a Community Cast and perform alongside professional wirewalking company ‘BassAlto’ in the LifeLine highwire spectacle.

07.03.22

Are you 19-25 years old? Take our Youth Consultation survey!

We are currently gathering information toward the creation of our new strategic plan and equality, diversity and inclusion policy and we want your voice to be heard.

17.02.22

Now accepting applications for 22-23 European Solidarity Corps volunteers!

We are seeking four European Solidarity Corps (ESC) motivated volunteers for the 2022/2023 school year (August 2022-July 2023). The volunteers will work in youth, social and adaptive circus with children and young people aged 3-18 and adults 19+. There is also the opportunity to work in and learn arts administration.

09.02.22

How to become a European Solidarity Corps volunteer

The European Solidarity Corps (often shortened to ESC) is a funding programme of the European Union that brings together young people in order to build a more inclusive society and respond to societal challenges. It creates opportunities for young people aged 18 to 30 to volunteer and run their own solidarity projects that benefit communities around Europe. If you like to travel, learn new languages, discover new cultures and are interested in helping the wider community in Europe and beyond, the European Solidarity Corps is for you! In this blog, Galway Community Circus ESC volunteer Ines explains how you can start the process and find a project in your own country or abroad.
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