Participation week

During a participation week you have the possibility to get to know the programme in practice.

Participation week

Attention! The participation week 2024 = FULL!
Registration is no longer possible. Keep an eye on this page for more information about the participation week 2025.

The participation week is meant for pupils from high schools and circus preparatory schools who want to explore the different circus schools and audition requirements.

Our participation weeks policy

You can participate in an active or passive participation week.

Admission for an active participation week (you participate in lessons):

Minimum age of 17 years or being a student in the exam year of high school
Participation means to join all classes during the full week
Due to safety reasons (technical courses) or to not disturb a work in progress (art- and theory classes), each teacher can decide at any moment whether the candidate shall participate actively or will just observe the class

Admission to a passive participation week (you observe the lessons):

For those who are under 17 years oldor or not yet in the final year of highschool
Spend a few days with us (on request)
Observation of all technical classes
Observation of theory and art classes if the teacher agrees.

Specialisation classes
In the first semester (till 5 February 2024) no specialisation classes will be scheduled during the participation week. In the second semester (from 5 February 2024) participation in specialisation classes can only take place after agreement by the specialisation teacher. This will be agreed in the participation week by the teacher. If participating is not possible, the candidate is allowed to watch the class.

Register

There are several participation weeks you can sign up for.
You can register for these using the registration form at the bottom of this page.

Processing your applications takes time. We therefore request you to apply for a participation week at least two weeks before the start date, but preferably earlier.

Full
The participation week is full when we agree with two candidates after their online application that they will join in that week. We use the order of receipt of the online application form.

Sign up for 3 different weeks
Your preferred particpation week might therefore already be full on the moment of your application. For that reason we ask you to choose three weeks of your choice in total (instead of one).

Participation weeks:

You can join us during the weeks below. Are you planning to take part in the auditions in April 2024? Then there are a few extra weeks available at short notice.

For audition candidates only:

week 45 (6-10 November 2023)
week 47 (20-24 November 2023)
week 4 (23-26 January 2024)

For others: