Circus & Performance Art – Fontys School of Fine & Performing Arts

This Bachelor’s programme educates talented and motivated young people for the profession of circus performer. This internationally orientated study programme results in an internationally recognised academic Bachelor’s degree in professional education as circus performer and is taught by a highly qualified team working in state-of-the-art training facilities. This Bachelor’s programme provides training in a variety of circus disciplines such as Juggling, Partner Acrobatics, Swinging Trapeze, Chinese Pole, Hand to Hand, Rope, Straps and Static Trapeze.

Our study programme is qualified as a Member of the European Federation of Professional Circus Schools FEDEC, and is a business partner of INTENTS, Festival Circolo and many more. Career prospects for the contemporary circus performer encompass the entire world of the circus, a broad professional field that has undergone solid evolution and that today embraces a variety of structures ranging from circus and variety shows through street performances and site-specific work to circus theatre, visual theatre, amusement parks, events and many more.

Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts in Tilburg, The Netherlands, provides higher professional education at Bachelor’s and Master’s degree level in the field of art education, the performing arts and science. One of our key goals is the development of creative talent. Fontys School offers an inspiring learning environment in which you acquire the knowledge and develop the skills needed for success in the rapidly changing world of the arts.