Circus acrobatics for teenagers (11-14 years)

This course is aimed at young people aged 11-14 and is the follow-up course to the “Circus acrobatics for children” course. It is not necessary to attend the preliminary course to participate.

We discover and expand the possibilities of our body and train dexterity, body tension, flexibility and strength. As a result, we progress to increasingly complex movement sequences and refine our technique: we practise different wheel variations, improve our floor walks, train handstands, expand our repertoire of partner acrobatic figures and also try our hand at the vertical scarf or on the trampoline. Together, but also in smaller groups, we deepen our work on the various circus disciplines.

The desire to exercise with other young people, to improve through regular training and to try out new things is paramount.

Clothing: Comfortable sportswear. Gym shoes or barefoot. In the winter months we recommend long training clothes for before and after the course. Children with long hair should have a hair tie with them.

Maja Ravaioli

Originally a sports enthusiast, Maja Ravaioli discovered the joy of movement and skill at the age of ten. She started out with a unicycle and juggling balls, then began doing cartwheels, standing on her hands and became enthusiastic about partner acrobatics. Since her student days at the University of Zurich, she has regularly attended various open training sessions and is constantly learning new things in many courses and in exchanges with other circus enthusiasts. Maja Ravaioli has been teaching juggling/unicycling since 2009 and later also handstand/partner acrobatics for students at the ASVZ (Academic Sports Association Zurich). From 2010 to 2022, she taught acrobatics, unicycling and juggling at the Marotte circus school.
She has also been offering workshops at juggling and acrobatics conventions for many years. She has been running children’s courses at Zirkusquartier Zürich since 2018.

General information:

• Course information: The course takes place once a week (except during school vacations and public holidays) and lasts 75 minutes.
• Start of the course: August 19 (from the end of the 2024 school summer vacation)
• Course duration: 19 lessons until February 3 (until the start of the 2025 sports vacations)
• Course-free dates Monday: 2.9. (festival week at Zirkusquartier) / 9.9. (Knabenschiessen) / 7.10. 14.10.(fall vacations) / 23.12. 30.12. (Christmas vacation)
• Entry: It is always possible to join the course during the current session if there is free capacity. Just book online.
• New bookers: The first lesson from the date of booking is always a trial lesson and costs CHF 20, after which a final decision can be made on the booking. Registration or de-registration for the whole session must be confirmed by email within three days of the trial lesson. (kontakt@zirkusquartier.ch) The course is then considered booked.
• Trial lesson: See the point on new visitors.
• Individual lessons cannot be booked, only the whole session from the start date. The invoice will be adjusted accordingly.
• Discounts: LEGI & KULTURLEGI. For children’s courses, we also accept LEGI and KULTURLEGI from parents. We give a 5 franc discount per lesson on the second course booked.
• Course confirmations will be sent on request.
• Zirkusquartier is a member of Versa, the association for the prevention of sexual exploitation of children in sport.