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First ICS student show of 2010 together with “Clowns without Boarders”A quote from a good friend of mine Vercoe the Clown, “I can not listen to too many words I prefer to just do….”In this spirit ICS has grown along its way from days of rice and eggs to a time where we stand on the edge of joining up with the international family of friends and companions in the way of Circus Arts. January 30th brought our local community into a new tradition which is as ancient as the trees. This date in the Jewish calendar is called” Tubisfat”, the day to plant a tree and connect with our growing nature. What a day it was for our youth circus in Kefar Yehoshua! Thanks to Mr. Ken Cholerton and Mr. Arthur Pedlar in the UK and to the Council of Emek Israel, also an anonymous donor from Israel our Circus Center was kept open and re-licensed by the Fire safety authorities. This “Getting our house in order” was an essential step in a strong shift of focus, to move the work of the students to a more highly developed sense of the Art with what they do. The 100,000 shekel safety upgrade was also supported by our good friend from the Bedouine village of Karbiah, Laffi and his family and friends donated work and materials to the circus and carried out the renovation in a spirit of help to our charitable organization. By way of thank-you the Irish ”Clowns with out Boarders” performed in the community hall of Karbiah and the occasion was dedicated to Laffi and his family in front of the hundreds of laughing children and their parents. Our first 2010 show at ICS supported by the Irish Clowns without Borders kicked off the seasons monthly Saturday showing of the students and professional performers at the Circus. Students develop their Art by practice and by seeing high level Artists performing, and high level artists have a great crowd drawn by the body of students and their families, an all round beneficial relationship to build confidence and inspiration and to showcase professionals. Door donations are then channelled back into the circus to improve background and to repair equipment. The very successful Saturday show raised donations that are being used for purchasing “lighting” equipment to improve the quality of our next show at the end of February. The benefits of this team work addresses many issues at one time and is an action of high creative value for the whole community. Great day to every one and for all those involved including the wonderful parents of the circus who sold coffee and cakes and helped to clean up afterwards, thank you all, really great and many more to come. In a final note about this day, our good friend Dr. Graham Jackson, invited members of the Chinese Embassy in Israel to see our circus and the show. The dignitaries came and where well received, their visit showed them that ICS has a good potential and a willingness to grow to professional levels in the Circus world. Dr. Jackson’s idea is to bring teachers from China to our circus and by all indications the officials where very excited by the prospect. However! more on this when it becomes relevant…….stay tuned and don’t miss this blog this year, we have now entered the Chinese ”Year of the Tiger” and ICS is ready to really show who we are to the world. Remember every last Saturday of the month from 11.00am to 13.00 with a donation at the door to help grow our wonderful youth circus here in Israel……+972 (0)77 5030001 for office enquiries:
This is the last chance to join the Circus in 2009. Besides the classes that are all running now in the afternoons (last chance to join!), there are a number of activities we run that you might be interested in. “A day in the Circus” is a program we have been running for a few years now and we offer this program especially for school classes during the day. December is full of action with sponsored events from the lottery giants in Israel, Pais. Bringing Arab and Jewish youth together for an introduction to both the Circus and each other in a bridging day that sees ICS supporting the community in their efforts to bring cultural dialouge into regular meetings throughout the year and Pais giving the means to do this. 11th. December, 14.00 to 16.00 hrs, the students of the circus school will give the winter show to parents and friends in Kefar Yehoshua Circus Center. 10 shekels enterance at the door to support the efforts of the Association in maintaining the center. NEW YEARS or Silvesta as its known in Israel, on the 31st of December, ICS is having a party!! Live latin music, top Israeli Circus artists and great food. Enquiries: 077 5030001
Classes for Children and Youth ICS office enquiries: Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday 16.00 hrs to 20.00hrs, on Telephone 972 (0) 77 5030001 or other times on mobile 054 2313134. Training in the Circus happens all the time through out the week. Afternoon classes are especially desingned for activities after regular school hours. Catagories of beginner, elementry and advanced are determined by how many hours per week a student trains. Beginners come once a week for 2 hours, elementry comes twice a week for 4 hours and advanced trains 3 times a week for 6 or more hours per week. Costing of classes is based on yearly program and is payable in advance at the start of training, together with a one time non refundable insurance fee. Many options of classes are available to the student and parents are encouraged to participate in activities while the child works out.
TIME-TABLE: Starting September 1st -09 Sunday: 16:30 to 18:00 Parent & Child – Acrobalance – Yani 17:00 to 19:00 Open Circus – Acrobatics & Juggling – Larisa 18:10 to 20:10 Open Adult – Acrobalance – Yani Monday: 11.00 to 13.00 Advanced Clown Class – David 17.00 to 19.00 Elementary – Acrobatics – Larisa 17.00 to 19.00 Elementary – Trapeze – Natalia 19.10 to 21.10 Clown Class Open – David Tuesday: 16:00 to 18:00 Elementary – Trampoline & Acro – Gregory & Larisa 16:00 to 18:00 Elementary – Tissue – Nammah 18:10 to 20:10 Open Adult – Acrobatics – Larisa & Gregory 20:10 to 22:10 Open Adult – Tissue – Nammah Wednesday: 16:00 to 17:30 Begginers – Juggling – Sharon 17:40 to 19:10 Elementary – Juggling – Sharon Thursday: 16:00 to 18:00 Elementary – Acrobatics – Gregory 16:00 to 18:00 Elementary – Trapeze – Natalia 16.00 to 18.00 Elementary – Tissue – Nammah 18.10 to 20.10 Advanced – Accrobatics – Gregory 18.10 to 20.10 Advanced – Trapeze – Natalia April 2006 Newsletter Dear friends of the Israel Circus School, The last month was one of the most exciting times that we have been through since we began here in our Circus Center.
May all your dreams of friendship and teamwork come true just as ours have over the past times. Kind regards to one and all, 01/10/2005 Hello Friends Of the Association for the Development of Circus Arts in Israel, I have just returned from a two-week trip to the home and work of my good friend Arthur Pedlar in Ye Old England near Southport, on the central West Coast. I had a fabulous time and feel the journey was of historic significance for I.C.S. Discovering a feeling for my Celtic roots after visiting preservation listed Castles in Wales we then headed down to “Black Pool Towers Circus” where I met the director of the Blackpool Tower Circus, Laci Endresz Snr. I must say his company certainly work hard doing three shows a day in the peak season. The British Clown of the Year, “Mooky” stole the show keeping the stooge on his toes and keeping the audience laughing between amazing acts from artists from all around the world in a show that was called “Around the World with Mooky”. Then we where off to “Clowns International” in Weston-super-Mare, where I met Sunny and Rainbow the hosts of the Convention. Highly dedicated people worked hard to bring the 200 Clowns to entertain locals and one another for a week. For the second time in my life I won a raffle, an MP3 player and I thank the people who made me feel so welcome in workshops and lectures which abounded over the days. Clowns International has certainly held out a hand of friendship to us here at I.C.S. HI!!, “Toto” the Clown from “Dharma” the Clown (:=} … and many other new-friends too! a BIG HI!! The Clown Convention was a real eye opener for me seeing the level of participation and the organization that went into its creation. It’s worth mentioning the fabulous performance of Nola Ray who performed her one-person show of the life of Mozart. This was done with the use of puppets, mime and a story full of clowning humor at the highest level of creative artistry. An inspiration to all who where privileged to see her work.
After the “Clowns International” convention we headed back to Southport where I prepared to give a second lecture about Israel Circus School to the Southport branch of Rotary. Here I was able to meet and to inform a group of 60 members about our ongoing work in Israel and to thank the members that have supported the Circus Center over the past three years. I had a very special meeting with Rabbi Sydney Kay just minutes before the Rotary lecture. Rabbi Kay had written a letter to the local Imam of Southport extending a hand of friendship and an invitation for dialog over the concerns of the community after the recent bombings in London. He showed Arthur and myself the letter of reply from the Imam who was very happy to hear from the Rabbi and agreed that interfaith conversation where essential for better community relationships. The international-work that is being sponsored in this direction is in a class of its own and Israel Circus School is proud to be a member of this larger international community in its own small way. The peace workers I met where humbly going about their business mindful of one purpose, helping others to find joy and supporting people with the same loving grace to give and receive from each other. Old World concepts of win or loose are being eroded away with a New World concept of every one growing together in loving respect. This is also the core main mission of the Israel Circus School. Since arriving back many people have asked me if the journey was fruitful or not and my answer to that is the fruit of doing good is its own reward and all the rest, hard and easy, just helps you to be creative about it. My personal thanks to Arthur and his family for hosting me and thanks from I.C.S for the ongoing support from all the friends of the Association for the Development of Circus Arts in Israel. On a final note for this letter is worth mentioning that the Israel Circus School has been primarily supported at a material and moral level by the International community over the last three years. However the seed idea of Circus Education is taking root at a local level, with a much stronger support from parents of the students that come to our Center. ICS continues to develop and improve our facility giving better service and instruction and looking for improved ways of Public Relations to our community to get people to come to us. At a personal level the trip to England did a great service in showing the way open for a road that young people can take into the future using the Circus as their vehicle. Many doors are open to ICS as other Circus professionals watch with keen interest how we will develop over the coming years. All the best, |
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Unless you have built something yourself you don’t really know and sometimes don’t appreciate the steps and efforts made. The so called invisible or behind the scenes work needed for something to run the way it should. Since the end of December thru to the beginning of January ICS has invested a huge amount of time, energy and of course resources to upgrade our Center and make the place up to standard for Fire Safety Regulations. This daunting task had to be done quickly in order for the Center to remain active and we took the great risk of starting the work without having all the capital we needed. Fortunately there are people who stand firmly behind what we are doing here in the Circus and they posted resources to us as soon as they where aware of what we needed to do. Workers, friends from Israel and from the UK donated time and capital to cover most of the costs and they are heroes to us for coming to our aid in the hour of need. The invisible people without whose help the Circus ideal would not be manifest here, we thank you all and honor your support by continuing our mission to bring Peace and Joy to this world in our own small way!
