The École supérieure des Arts du Cirque (ESAC) is a professional

circus school Circus schools are institutions that offer professional and sometimes degree-level training in various circus skills such as acrobatics, aerial arts, object manipulation, and other specialized physical skills. The rise of the circus school as a ...

located in

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. The Ecole Supérieure des Arts du Cirque de Bruxelles is one of very few colleges in the world to provide circus training leading to a

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, along with the Centre National des Arts du Cirque de Châlons-en-Champagne in France, the Ecole Nationale de Cirque in Montreal, Canada, and the

National Centre for Circus Arts The National Centre for Circus Arts (formerly the Circus Space) is a professional circus school in the Hoxton area in London that offers one of the UK's only university degree programmes in circus. It is a leading centre for contemporary circus tr ...

in London, UK. In September 2003, the college was officially recognized by the

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and became the 17th institute of Higher Education in the Arts. ESAC offers a three-year course of study, at the end of which the student obtains a

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in the performing arts and broadcasting and communication techniques, with a major in circus arts. The circus disciplines taught at ESAC include specialised circus skills, dynamic and static

acrobatics Acrobatics () is the performance of human feats of balance (ability), balance, agility, and motor coordination. Acrobatic skills are used in performing arts, sports, sporting events, and martial arts. Extensive use of acrobatic skills are most ...

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, specific physical preparation, dance and theatre. The curriculum also includes courses in

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for circus, circus engineering, law, arts production, science and applied science in the circus arts (

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and

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). The school's mission is to train artists who will be able to integrate their research and creation into the evolution of the

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, creating new forms and new approaches to collective creation.

External links

Information brochure: Ecole Supérieure des Arts du Cirque de Bruxelles
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