Circus

Now you've run away from home, it's clearly time to join the circus!

Want to learn to juggle? Get into aerials? Play with poi and diabolo? No experience necessary!

Come and have a go at anything you've ever fancied! Learn new skills and have fun!

(Shh.. Don’t tell anyone but we do play with fire… 😈)

Why should I join you?

Uh.. good question... if you hate learning new, weird and wonderful skills, making friends and challenging your physical ability, this might not be the best society for you..

If however, you have always been interested in wanting to juggle, or do magic tricks, or ride a unicycle, or get paid to spin fire around (safely, AUSA, don't worry), then come along!

When do you meet?

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We train once a week on Mondays 18:30-19:30 at Butchart Recreation Centre.

If you're a beginner feel free to come along! We plan to teach several beginners skills workshops at the start of term, and you're always welcome to work on your own activity with a little guidance from one of our Team Leads! Here we are all learners, and learn new tricks together, so why not find something on youtube you're keen to try, and we'll help you get where you want to be?

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We also meet once a month to do fire spinning on the third thursday of every month behind the tennis courts on King's Pitches 19:00-20:00

We only allow people with experience fire spinning who have demonstrated their ability with unlit equipment, or individuals who have been training with us and achieved this safety standard, to participate. However, if you're curious or a beginner feel free to come along and enjoy the show! You can bring snacks and drinks (we try to have some, but can't promise!), and friends or family, though we will have to take some details for health and safety reasons. As a society we want to help you get to a place where you can participate fully, so if it appeals to you, come along on mondays to get started!

What else do you do?

We are planning trips to learn aerials and acrobatics taught in collaboration with Inverted. As a society member you'll hopefully receive a discount (TBC) of all their classes and you will also be able to attend private workshops they organize for the society. Find out more about their classes at https://invertedaberdeen.com/
We do paid and charity fire and LED performances, and have taught workshops on juggling and more!
We hope to do some collaborative events and shows with other societies soon.
We have had regular society socials and even attended international Circus conventions together!
If there's something you'd like to do, or see more of, or something you'd be keen to teach or organise, we'd love to hear from you 😊

How much does it cost?

We hope to have some semester and year-long membership options in place by September, but also the option for drop-in at specific sessions or types of activity because we know not everyone wants or is able to do everything. Our fees and fundraising cover insurance, site rental, lessons and equipment, so the more funding we have available, the more fun we can make the society for everyone! However, we want the society to be accessible for you regardless of your financial situation, so if you have any concerns please don't hesitate to email circus@ausa.org.uk or speak to one of the team leads and we will work something out that works for you.

You're welcome to bring your own equipment, provided it is in good working condition and it can be checked over by a Team Lead before use, to ensure Health and Safety protocols are met. However, we also provide a variety of equipment including poi, juggling balls and clubs, unicycles, spinning plates, diablos, devil-sticks, hoops, balance boards, bubble equipment, staffs, soft matting, fans and more. All fire equipment needs to meet the standards of our Fire Activities Co-ordinator, Agustín Hernandez.