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Youth Summer Programs

FOR KIDS & TEENS AGES 6 – 16

Registration opens Monday January 5th, 2025, at 10am! Select “Youth Summer Programs 2025” on the Registration page to sign up then.

children training on trapeze and playing

Youth Summer Programs

Summer programs at Esh Circus Arts offer kids and teens an opportunity to explore many aspects of the circus arts, including ground acrobatics, aerial acrobatics, tumbling, juggling, wire-walking, hula hooping and much, much more!

Each day will include an exciting mix of aerials, acrobatics and other circus skills! We keep our students safe: we maintain a 5-to-1 student-teacher ratio in Youth Summer Program.

children training on trapeze and playing
children playing and training on aerial hoop and trapeze
children playing and training on aerial hoop and trapeze

Youth Circus Intensive Week

JUNE 23 – JUNE 27, 2025

AGES 8 – 16

The Intensive Week is for youth ages 8-16 who have some background in circus arts, either through classes at Esh or at another school. Participants should be excited to play hard and focus on good technique and training in a variety of circus arts!

Participants in the Intensive Week will be expected to participate safely and responsibly in all program activities. They should be able to mount and dismount a static trapeze safely on their own, climb an aerial fabric and put on a foot lock, and should be familiar with basic tumbling skills such as forward rolls and cartwheels (form does not have to be perfect).

As with all youth programs at Esh, the Intensive Week is non-competitive, and aims to help each participant explore their own potential in circus arts!

DAILY SCHEDULE

9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

children playing and training on aerial fabric and trapeze

Youth Circus Survey

WEEK 1: AUGUST 4 – 8, 2025
WEEK 2: AUGUST 11 – 15, 2025

AGES 6 – 14

Circus Survey weeks at Esh Circus Arts offer kids and teens an opportunity to explore many aspects of the circus arts, including ground acrobatics, aerial acrobatics, tumbling, juggling, wire-walking, hula hooping and much, much more! All levels of experience are welcome, from circus newbies to budding big top stars.

DAILY SCHEDULE

9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

SAMPLE DAY

9:00am – Hello & Warm-Up
9:30am – Aerial Fabric
10:15am – Wire Walking
11:00am – Snack
11:15am – Tumbling
12:00pm – Lunch
1:00pm – Clowning
1:30pm – Juggling
2:15pm – Trapeze
3:00pm – Cool-Down & Goodbye!
3:30pm – Pick-up

children playing and training on aerial fabric and trapeze

Tuition

Participants may attend one, two or all three weeks of the programs.

Cost per week: $850

LATE PICK-UP

3:30-5:00 p.m. $45 per day
During late pick-up, students work on craft activities, read, play card games, or watch circus videos.