1-month intensive
NEXT COURSES START:
5TH MAY & 8TH SEPT 2025
Join a hands-on course taught by internationally acclaimed contemporary circus artists at our dedicated circus centre.
Designed with enjoyment in mind, these courses fully engage you in circus arts training, helping you enhance your skills and prepare for your next adventure.
The one-month Intensive sets you up for our
3 month Pro Track or BTEC and BA Circus degrees coming in 2026.
what will you learn?
Learn a lot in just 4 weeks!
Perfect for those looking to up skill quickly and intensify their training above regular classes, and a great way to see how your body deals with that new level of training.
Guided by accomplished instructors who are also active performers, this course runs from Monday to Friday, fully immersing you in circus and accelerating your development.
You will learn
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Aerial acrobatics in your chosen discipline
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Floor based acrobatics and partner work
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Knowledge of the working body and a specific
training plan for your development
WHICH SKILLS?
AERIAL
Silk/Tissu
Corde Lisse Rope
Straps
Static Trapeze
Dance Trapeze
Aerial Hoop
GROUND
Handstands
Acrobatics
Contemporary Dance
Breaking
HOLISTIC
Injury Prevention
Anatomy & Physiology
your 4 week journey
WEEK 1 & 2
The first week is a big change for the body and perhaps to your regular training schedule. With that in mind, we try to ease you in gently with an even proportion of training in the air as well as one the ground, developing your acrobatic, dance and aerial skills. This intensive training period is designed to progress your skills quickly and get the body used to working hard. Fridays are always open training and are half a day so if you need to work, Fridays give you more flexibility to do that over the weekend.
WEEK 3
Week 3 is about focusing your aerial skills on one particular discipline whilst learning about the body and injury prevention. Designed to keep aerialists safe as they continue training outside of this course, our onsite therapist will focus on anatomy & physiology knowledge, which is then applied to your training.
WEEK 4
This final week is jam-packed with skills training and intensive working on further body development. This week will see you engaging in a training plan specific to your needs, to push your current skill but also equip you for continued training when you complete the intensive. You should leave the course with the ability and a plan to continue skilling up.
You will feel ready to join our 3 month Pro Track, or check out our BTEC and BA Circus degrees coming in 2026.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
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Experience in physical activity (this does not need to be aerial but could be gymnastics, dance or other physical form)
DISABLED APPLICANTS are very welcome, and we will discuss requirements on an individual basis. Please feel free to apply and we can discuss specific needs post-application.
To apply you will need to send us:
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A completed online application
why train at wmcc?
West Midlands Circus Centre, is dedicated exclusively to Circus Arts & Physical Theatre, established in 2013.
WMCC is renowned for high level teaching, world renowned artists and teachers and exceptional professional knowledge.
Uniquely working with international touring contemporary circus company, RoguePlay, you will have direct access to professionally training and performing artists, train in the same location and even witness open rehearsals and talk with the performing team. It really is an immersive space with extensive professional experience.
Together, RoguePlay and WMCC are on a mission to train artists to enter careers in Circus Arts & Physical Theatre, create and deliver Contemporary Circus training and performances for all levels, all abilities and disabilities, and add to the cultural economy of our City.
OUR FACILITIES
Inclusive and accessible. Everyone is welcome
A beautiful Grade 2 listed building nestled inside its own small private grounds, West Midlands Circus Centre is an old Quaker Meeting House, perfect for focused aerial training.
Our Big Rig has 7m's height and accommodates all kinds of aerial disciplines, including lunge line and counterweight facilities.
The Little One is perfect for acrobatics and flexibility in particular with a soft matted floor. The Little One also suits solo and partner training.
The gardens really make WMCC unique. Set in a highly accessible location, the surrounding gardens with oak trees, grassy spaces and a small pond, really provide the wellbeing spaces needed when doing focused training. The gardens provide a sanctuary to clarify your mind or just enjoy a coffee on those sunny days.
WMCC is disability accessible, equipped with an onsite coffee shop and large entrance hall with desks for study.
The Centre benefits from off street private parking and just 6 minutes walk from the busy Fiveways station and main Birmingham ring road.
WHERE ARE WE?
Just 6 minutes walk from Fiveways station and a few minutes from the bus and tram line, WMCC is easy to get to.
Surrounded by eateries, bars and coffee shops, we are also just 15 minutes walk from the City Centre Central Library.
There are plenty of affordable accomodation options close by and a quick bus ride to student centre, Selly Oak.
COURSE COSTS
We are a non-profit organisation and have costed our courses responsibly , ensuring you get high level teaching and specialist facilities.
1 month intensives cost £895 in total.
For 120 hours of training that's just £7.45 an hour!
Pay in full or by 2 instalments.
If you choose instalments then a deposit of £250 is required on application. Followed by £645 no less that 1 month before the course start date.
APPLY NOW
Please fill in the form below. Once completed, you will be directed to pay the £250 deposit to confirm your place.