NICA ANNOUNCES NATIONAL PRE-AUDITION WORKSHOPS FOR 2016 CIRCUS DEGREE The National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) is putting the call out to people from around Australia with some background in physical training and the dream of a professional career in performing. NICA offers Australia’s only Bachelor of Circus Arts, which is a three-year university degree conducted at its Melbourne campus. Ahead of the auditions for the 2016 course in-take, NICA will be holding pre-audition circus workshops across all Australian states during the June/July school holidays. Aspiring circus artists are encouraged to register for this invaluable opportunity to hone their skills before the auditions begin in September.
In 2015, NICA’s pre-audition workshops will be held in more locations around Australia than ever before including a number of cities not previously visited by NICA for the preaudition workshops such as Byron Bay. Other workshop locations include Melbourne, Darwin, Albury, Brisbane, Fremantle, Sydney, Ulverstone, Cairns, Adelaide and Canberra. The workshops will focus on the audition requirements for NICA’s accredited courses, including flexibility, handstands, tumbling, strength & conditioning, movement and performance. In Melbourne, the workshop will be held at NICA’s own state-of-the-art facilities in Prahran over two days. The second day of the workshop will give participants an opportunity to experience a typical day of training at NICA; engaging in aerial apparatus, manipulation and group acrobalance. The workshops held outside Melbourne will run for one day.
Past graduates from NICA, who are now professional circus performers and trainers in their own right, will facilitate all workshops, and will be able to answer any questions participants may have about the degree and life as a circus performer.
NICA’s Bachelor of Circus Arts is a great career opportunity for those with some background in physical training such as circus, sport, dance, physical theatre, gymnastics, acrobatics, martial arts, diving or trampoline. Those with a flair for the physical and a desire for a challenge should consider attending the workshops. A background in circus is not necessary.
NICA graduates have established successful careers in Australia and internationally with acclaimed companies including Circus Oz, Circa, NoFit State and Cirque du Soleil. NICA’s Executive Director Rose Stephens says, “This year, all of us at NICA are very pleased to be able to offer the pre-audition workshops to more cities around Australia than ever before. As Australia’s National Circus Institute, we want to attract the very best potential talent from around Australia regardless of background or experience. These pre-audition workshops will help us to do that by going out into communities across Australia and giving prospective students the opportunity to hone their skills with our circus professionals.”
Entry into the Bachelor of Circus Arts is highly competitive and attracts applicants from across Australia and overseas. The course is accredited by Swinburne University and training takes place in the custom-built circus facilities on its Prahran campus. 2015 NICA Pre-Audition Workshop dates are as follows: STATE VENUE LOCATION DATE NT (Darwin) Corrugated Iron Youth Arts 8/18 Bauhinia Street Nightcliff NT 0814 Monday 22 June NSW (Albury) Flying Fruit Fly Circus 605 Hovell Street Albury NSW 2640 Sunday 28 June VIC (Melbourne) National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) 41 Green Street , Prahran, VIC, 3181 Monday 29 June* Tuesday 30 June* QLD (Brisbane) Flipside Circus 117 Mina Parade Alderley QLD 4051 Saturday 4 July NSW (Sydney) Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School 115-119 Great Western Highway Emu Plains NSW 2750 Monday 6 July TAS (Ulverstone) Slipstream Circus Flora Street Ulverstone TAS 7316 Tuesday 7 July QLD (Cairns) Cycas Circus 54 Sturt Street Bungalow QLD 4870 Friday 10 July NSW (Byron) Australian Circus Artists 17 Centennial Circuit Byron Bay NSW 2481 Sunday 12 July WA (Fremantle) WA Circus School 8 Philimore Street Fremantle WA 6160 Monday 13 July SA (Adelaide) Cirkidz 27 Fifth Street Bowden SA 5007 Friday 17 July ACT (Canberra) Warehouse Circus 4/70 Maclaurin Crescent Chifley ACT 2606 Saturday 18 July
Workshop Costs One-day Interstate Workshop: $90 Two-day Melbourne Workshop: $190 *Participants must attend both days in Melbourne
For more information and workshop bookings visit: www.nica.com.au
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