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Handstand, Specialisation 5

Handstand, Specialisation 5

This circus course is for you who wish to develop and deepen your technique and artistic skills in handstand in both training and in the process of developing an act. The course builds on Handstand, Specialisation 4.
Poto: Einar Kling-Odencrants

During this course you will work with:

  • continuous training in handstand
  • principles for safe training
  • risk analysis
  • physical and mental preparation and in the building of exercises as well as discussions on aesthetics and expression.

Your technical development and work with developing an act is the focus for assignments, discussions and feedback.

Course structure

We offer five specialisation courses in handstand. If this is the first time applying to the courses, we recommend that you apply to Handstand, Specialisation I.

For each course there are higher demands in the respective syllabus, but you who start course 1 with a very high skill level will still need to work as hard as everyone else. Your tutoring will start from your current skill level regardless of whether you start on Course 1 or Course 5.

You will not end up in a group with more advanced students if you apply for a later course. All students from all five courses are mixed together in groups of mixed levels.

Teacher

Teacher Alexander "Sasha" Gavrilov, assistant professor of circus at Stockholm University of the Arts’ Department of Circus. Sasha Gavrilov has a wealth of experience as a handstand artist and acrobat. He has taught circus for over 20 years in Moscow, with Cirkuspiloterna and Cirkus Cirkör and at Stockholm University of the Arts.

Photo: Einar Kling-Odencrants

Information

Study period: 10 February 2025–23 March 2025 - cancelled

Education scope: 7,5 credits

Teaching language: English

Study location: Stockholm

Study pace: 100 %

Subject area: Circus

Application period: 16 September 2024–15 October 2024

Course syllabus/programme syllabus:Download

Head teacher Alexander Gavrilov

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