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Spellbound- the Britain's Got Talent 2010 Winner

Have you been following the latest editions of the shows America’s Got Talent and Britain’s Got Talent on TV? If your answer is yes, you would know that the circus, gymnastics and performance art is not dead and is doing well amusing and entertaining people. Gymnastic troop Spellbound, formed by gymnasts aged from 12 to 25, won this year’s Britain’s Got Talent. They train every day before and after school at Brooklands College in Ashford where they study Performing Arts. The group has come away with a prize of £100,000 and a show at the Royal Variety Performance. Contemporary circus is a sort of performing art that developed in the later part of the 20th Century, in which a theme is conveyed through traditional circus skills. Common acts include a variety of acrobatics, gymnastics (including tumbling and trampoline), aerial acts (such as trapeze, aerial silk, corde lisse), contortion, stilts and juggling and clowning arts.

There are many world renowned schools where you can study Circus and Performance Art:

Circus Art program at the National Circus School in Montreal, Canada comprises general education along with subjects specific to the circus arts and practical training in performing arts and the 5 major disciplines of the circus arts: aerials, balancing, acrobatics, juggling and clowning.

The Bachelor of Circus Arts awarded by The National Institute of Circus Artists, is a vocationally oriented degree aimed at providing talented performing artists with skills, knowledge and creativity. The course is based at NICA, on the Prahran campus of Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

The Great Moscow State Circus employs several hundred artists who perform and teach over fifty specialized acts, ranging from clowning, juggling and aerial gymnastics.

We hope to see you in the next talent contest! Good luck!

Tags: Australia, Britain’s Got Talent, Brooklands College, Canada, Circus, Course of the Week, Performing Arts, Swinburne University of Technology, The Great Moscow State Circus