3-month PRO TRACK circus intensive
NEXT COURSES START: 5TH MAY & 8TH SEPT 2025
A highly practical course led by world-renowned contemporary circus artists at our specialised circus centre.
Enhance your skills, dive deep into circus arts, and depart with a professional photoshoot. And most of all, have fun!
The 3 month Intensive prepares you for our 1 Year Professional Development Course or BTEC and BA Circus degrees coming in 2026.
what will you learn?
Experience an elevated level of training that goes beyond standard classes, perfect for those eager to significantly enhance their circus skills.
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 also have the opportunity to perform as an ensemble and leave with a professional photoshoot.
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 -
Rigging fundamentals
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Ensemble work
Finish with a group performance and professional photoshoot.
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
Aerial Rigging
your 3 month journey
MONTH 1
In the first month we focus on 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 kickstart your training, progressin your skills quickly across disciplines. We tailor the aerial elements dependent on the strengths of the participants on the course and adjust the course content to suit those needs.
MONTH 2
Month 2 is about focusing your aerial skills on one particular discipline whilst continuing your ground based dance and acrobatic training. There is also a shift into ensemble working and creation in this month, working together on a professional level piece of performance for sharing at the end of the course.
MONTH 3
This final month is jam-packed with enhanced skills training and intensive working on performance. Month 3 completes with the performance itself and a professional photoshoot for all participants, so you will leave this course with a great portfolio.
You will feel ready to train on our 1 Year Professional Development Course 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.
3 month courses cost £2445 in total.
For 360 hours of training that's just £6.80 an hour or £40 a day!
Pay in full or by 3 instalments.
If you choose instalments then a deposit of £250 is required on application. Followed by £1195 three months before starting and £1000 no less that 1 month before the course start date.
NEXTT COURSES START:
5TH MAY & 8TH SEPT 2025
APPLY NOW
Please fill in the form below. Once completed, you will be directed to pay the £250 deposit to confirm your place.