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[broadway guy]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 10:05am

It helps alot with circus college.Most at my school come in learning with one discipline and come out with 3 or 4 circus disciplines.You become a more well rounded artist.We also take theatre and dance classes all the time so we learn stage stuff.

Plus it's much much much harder to get into a circus college than it is to get into Theatre college.Usa hasn't fully realized the importance of cirus schools like canada has.There aren't many circus colleges in America and if there are,they aren't very good.The Canadian schools are where you should go if you want a Professional circus college degree/bachelor degree

.There are only 2 professional canadian colleges as opposed to Hundreds of colleges that offer BFA's and BA degreesd.So if you get into one of canadian schools you should thank your lucky stars.

Some artists just go from their sport to cirque du soleil if they are lucky enough but I can't tel you beneficial a college circus education is.

There are also Many profesional circus colleges in Australia,Britain france and all over the world

[dramamama611]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 10:16am

I love that nearly every sentence of your post proves my last comment.


NOBODY said college couldn't be beneficial. It's just not the only way. And why do you feel the need to give us a lesson the wonderful attributes of cirus school?

[all that jazz]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 10:18am

Do you juggle?

[all that jazz]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 10:18am

Do you juggle?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 10:21am

So you shovel elephant dung?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 10:22am

I can. It's not that hard, actually. (The fact that I can juggle kind of PROVES it's not that hard.)

[Tink2]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 10:35am

"I love that nearly every sentence of your post proves my last comment."

Sorry, but this was just too funny not to respond with a "LOL!"

[Kad]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 11:20am

The circus always upset me.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 11:26am

Morgan James went to Julliard

[all that jazz]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 11:38am

I like Britney's circus

[broadway guy]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 1:13pm

No Im not a juggler and No most circus colleges teach contemporary circus arts.No animals are involved.

[broadway guy]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 1:20pm

"NOBODY said college couldn't be beneficial. It's just not the only way. And why do you feel the need to give us a lesson the wonderful attributes of circus school?"

I already stated that It's not always the only option.I stated that some go straight from their sport to a professional company if they are lucky enough.It just depends on the that particular person and their level of talent. Im glad we agree. :)



Updated On: 3/30/13 at 01:20 PM

[egghumor]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 1:38pm

What a coincidence! Pippin goes to circus school, too!

[chinto1984]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 1:44pm

It's not like these actors you have mentioned had been living under a rock, and then they decided to audition for a bway show and got it. Most of them had performed way before college or had some sort of informal or formal training.

[temms]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 1:50pm

I'm not sure that some of the "youngsters" on the board realize that Musical Theatre programs are a relatively new phenomenon. When I was shopping colleges in 1992, I believe Roosevelt University in Chicago was the only school to actually offer a degree in Musical Theatre - there was the MTW department at NYU, which would eventually morph into CAP21, but it wasn't a full four-year program.

I was told at the time that I basically had to choose whether to be a music major and take theatre classes on the side, or a theatre major and take music classes on the side. I ended up doing music at Indiana, where you could declare yourself a Musical Theatre major as an Individualized Major Program, but few people did. (And I ended up not being a performer, but I suspect that would have happened regardless of my major.)

It wasn't for another few years that Michigan and CMU and CCM really started building up their programs. So, until about 1995, there really was no such thing as a true college Musical Theatre program.

[all that jazz]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 2:00pm

Then what's your specialty, broadway guy?

[broadway guy]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 3:00pm

My Main Discipline is Acro/Tumbling.

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 3:03pm

"What a coincidence! Pippin goes to circus school, too!"

Jacques Pippin? The French chef who always cooked with Julia Child on PBS on Saturday mornings? Wow, I didn't know. That is waaaay cool.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 3:04pm

Is it a clown "college" or a clown school?

Do you get a BA at the end of your course of studies?

How long is your course of studies?

[all that jazz]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 3:19pm

Cool, BG!

PJ, I was just about to ask that same question.

[broadway guy]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 3:25pm

It's not a clown college or a clown school.There are colleges for that but I go to a Contemporary circus college.

"Do you get a BA at the end of your course of studies?

How long is your course of studies?"

It is a full accredited School ( i wouldn't be going if it wasn't). Most Circus college courses last 3-4 years. It lasts 4 for some because some are put into a prep-course for One year and then continue with the other 3 years of education.

At the end of the 3 years you get a Bachelors Degree in Circus. It's Usually called a BCA ( Bachelor of circus arts) Kinda like BFA for theater if that makes sense. Some schools offer a BA for students who want to teach circus instead of going in it as a profession.However my school only offers the BCA.It's also sometimes reffered to as a DEC.

I Did My Circus COllege auditions this year and last year and got into a Most of the schools I auditioned for.Im very thankful i ended up in the right place.

Hopefully that clears stuff up.

Anymore questions?

Updated On: 3/30/13 at 03:25 PM

[all that jazz]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 3:31pm

Is there a specific course for ringmasters?

[broadway guy]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 3:37pm

Not that i know of.

[all that jazz]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 3:45pm

That's sad...

Love the new avatar!!

[broadway guy]

Posted: 3/30/13 at 3:46pm

The what?