Flipside sees circus as a valuable tool in the development of confident, physically aware and social children. Plus, learning to juggle, fly on the trapeze or balance on the tight wire is a tonne of fun for everyone involved! All circus classes are non-competitive and take place within an inclusive, safe and supportive environment.

Flipside believes that circus arts provide a unique opportunity for young people to show off, take risks, trust, dream and aspire, to work hard, to laugh, and to have fun! These ideals form part of
Flipside’s core values, inspired by one of the leading researchers in circus and young people, Reg Bolton.

Flipside Circus offers fun, active, and creative circus classes for all ages

Flipside Circus offers a range of classes that cater to children and young people from absolute beginners through to advance. Young people can begin classes from as young as 18 months and choose to specialise in a range of circus skills and apparatus.

Kindy classes (18 months to 7 years)

Flipside Circus’ kindy classes are a great place for toddlers and young children to explore touch, sound, movement and social settings in fun, play-based circus classes.

Circus play (18 months – 3 years) and Giggles (3 – 4 years): Play-based workshops for little people and their big people. The workshops help increase body awareness, gross motor skills and are a fantastic way to begin socialising in a safe environment.

Flipperoos: (4 – 7 years): A bouncy and active play-based circus class that allows young children to learn circus skills. The class helps children learn to participate and socialise independently.

Beginners (6 to 12 years)

Taste of Circus/Circus Foundations: Fun workshops that help to develop general circus skills, the perfect introduction into the magical world of circus.

Intermediate (10 to 17 years)

Intermediate Circus/Risky Business: Classes for participants with some circus or gymnastics experience who are looking to develop their skills.

All abilities

Explore the Possibilities (3 – 10 years): Circus is for everybody. Explore the Possibilities provides for children with disabilities and additional needs. Flipside joins forces with On Call Children’s
Therapy and classes include a full range of circus skills such as trapeze, tightwire, tumbling, trampoline, juggling, hoola hoop, tissu and more.

Specialist Classes – taking circus skills to the next level

Flipside Circus offers a range of specialist classes for those wanting to improve their circus skills, work on their technique or perfect an act.

Specialist classes include; Mixed Aerials (more complex skills in tissu, trapeze, lyra, and Chinese pole), Juggle (individual as well as complex group and pass juggling), and Tumbling (advanced
acrobatics on the floor and trampoline).

Performance program – learn from professional circus artists

Flipside Circus values children and young people as cultural creators. The performance program participants work with a regular team of extraordinary trainers and guest artists to intensively
advance their skills, and mentor them towards performance.

The Flipside Circus Performance Troupe (8 to 18 years) and Step Up artists perform regularly at inhouse shows, school fetes and community events. On top of this, they perform in professional
environments at venues such as The Judith Wright Centre, The Powerhouse, Woodford Folk Festival, Sydney’s Hoopla Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival and more.

Adult classes

Flipside also offers adult classes that focus on circus skills or fitness.

FREE TRIAL

Run away to the circus and join Flipside for a FREE TRIAL in the class that tickles your fancy!

For more information, visit Flipside Circus at http://www.flipsidecircus.org.au/ today.

Are you looking for a dynamic and engaging way to keep your children active, confident, and excited about fitness? Look no further than Balance Brisbane, a gymnastics and ninja club that’s taking the Brisbane community by storm! At Balance Brisbane, they’re all about helping children make real progress in gymnastics and ninja while having a ton of fun. Best of all, they prioritise the development of skills, strength, and coordinationwithout the pressure of competitions. Here’s why Balance Brisbane is the perfect place for your family.

Who Can Take Part? Everyone!

Balance Brisbane believes that gymnastics and ninja are for everyone. They offer a wide range of programs to cater to most ages and interests:

• Under 5’s program: mixed gender classes that promote fundamental movement and build confidence.
• School age gymnastics: tailored to different age groups and ability levels. 
• Ninja: an exciting fusion of ‘Ninja Warrior’, parkour, and tricking, open to all genders. 
• Tumbling: perfect for children aged 6 plus who love Acro and cheerleading. 
• Classes for Parents and Grandparents: yes, they have programs for adults too!

Gymnastics Programs On Offer

Mini Monkeys (18 months – 3 years)

In this class, parents join their little ones to explore the beginnings of gymnastics. They focus on dominant movement patterns to improve balance, strength, coordination, and body awareness.

Juniors (3 – 4-year-olds)

Juniors is the next step, with parents transitioning to the sidelines. Children build confidence, master gymnastics-specific elements, and enhance spatial awareness.

Kindy (4 – 5-year-olds)

For the energetic preschoolers, Kindy classes focus on movement milestones, including handstands and can lead to some impressive rope climbs! Safety is paramount as these young ones gain confidence in their newfound skills.

School-aged Gymnastics (4 years+)

Open to all genders, gymnasts build strength, enhance concentration, and positively impacts academic performance. Plus, it’s fun!

Ninja (5 years+)

Balance Brisbane’s Ninja program combines elements from ninja warrior, parkour, and martial arts tricking. It’s a thrilling, mixed-gender adventure that develops core strength, physical confidence, agility, and balance. Plus, it’s loads of fun!

Come Try!

Balance Brisbane want you to find the perfect fit for your child. They recommend a trial session before committing to a class. This allows your child to explore different options, whether it’s gymnastics, ninja, or tumbling. Trials are cost-effective and help you make an informed decision.

Once you decide to enrol, their system is simple and flexible. Your enrollment is ongoing on a monthly basis until you decide to take a break. Payments are made via direct debit on the first of each month, and you can keep your preferred time and day. The longer your child attends, the more progress they’ll make!

School Holidays

Balance Brisbane also offers an exciting school holiday program designed to keep your kids active, happy, and engaged. With both gymnastics and ninja gym options, your child will have a blast while you get some well-deserved time to yourself. Drop off in the morning and pick up at 1pm – it’s the perfect way to keep your children entertained during the holidays.

Find out more about holiday programs here.

Testimonials

“Our kids have absolutely loved Ninja at Balance Gymnastics. The coaches are awesome, the setting is safe and the sessions are fun! This is non-competitive gymnastics with a ‘hip twist’ and, even though our kids were complete beginners, they quickly built their strength, along with a whole range of very cool skills…plus they made some lovely new mates. We’d definitely recommend Balance Gymnastics and Ninja!” – Leith, Balance Brisbane parent

“My 5 year old and 8 year old love Balance Brisbane. It’s been great to see their strength, fitness and coordination improve in a fun and safe environment!” – Amy, Balance Brisbane parent

Balance Brisbane are dedicated to helping your children develop confidence, strength, and coordination in a fun and inclusive environment. Join them for an
unforgettable gymnastics and ninja experience that will benefit your child for a lifetime.

Book a trial session and discover the perfect program for your family at Balance Brisbane!

Visit their website for more details on costs and terms and conditions. Don’t miss out on the incredible journey of growth and fun waiting for your child at Balance Brisbane!

Circa Academy offers exceptional training programs with one of the world’s leading circus companies.

Spanning from early childhood play to pre-professional development, Circa Academy’s programs build physical and creative skills in a safe, non-competitive environment with some of Australia’s best trainers.

By asking “what is possible in circus?” Circa has created a suite of award-winning productions seen by over 1.5 million people across 42 countries. They bring this curiosity, expertise and daredevilry to Circa Academy – making circus experiences available to everyone.

With a program covering foundational circus skills, aerials, creative development and physical fitness, young people will learn how to navigate physical challenges, improvisation, choreography, imagination, emotional intelligence and communication skills.

Circa Academy’s Programs for Children & Young People

Adventure Time Circus (Aged 18 months – 5 years)

Physical creativity for young children starts with Adventure Time Circus.

It’s time for your little acrobat’s next big adventure! With games, obstacle courses, storytelling, creativity and fun movement activities, Adventure Time Circus is the perfect introduction to circus for young people. Adventure Time Circus celebrates your child’s individuality and fosters creativity, expression and acceptance. 

Youth Circus (Aged 4 – 18 years)

Circus skills and fun starts here with cartwheels, backflips, trapeze, acrobatics, mini-tramp, juggling, hula-hoops and silks. Discover your superpowers in Circa Academy’s Saturday program. Designed for every level of experience, Circa Academy’s Youth Circus provides a supportive, non-competitive environment.

“Learning great skills, making new friends” – Parent of a Youth Circus participant.

Performance

Your circus career starts here. Circa Academy’s Performance takes your circus as seriously as you do. At the home of the world-renowned Circa Ensemble, you will learn acrobatics, aerial skills, improvisation and four-space theory technologies. Performance will form ensembles that create and present live works around Brisbane and beyond.

“The trainers were amazing at positively motivating the young people at their individual ability levels….they lead by example and were talented at creating a cohesive, collaborative group atmosphere.” – Parent of a Youth Circus participant.

Why Circa?

Circa Contemporary Circus is one of the world’s leading performance companies – since 2004 from their base in Brisbane they’ve toured the world performing in more than 40 countries to over 1.5 million people.

Circa is at the forefront of the new wave of contemporary Australian circus. Circa Academy provides a platform for aspiring young acrobats to work toward achieving their personal goals in a fun, supportive and non-competitive environment.

Through sharing Circa’s knowledge and skills, Circa Academy is committed to developing a new generation of acrobats, ready to stand on the shoulders of the giants who have preceded them, and create circus at the cutting edge of the artform. Circa Academy is where your young person won’t just be learning circus, they will develop and grow physically, emotionally, socially and mentally.

It starts here with Circa Academy!

Book now on the Circa Academy website.

BOUNCE Freestyle Academy is made up of 4 specialised programs that develop skills from walking age toddlers through to Freestyle athletes. Progression milestones are rewarded and celebrated along the way.

All programs within the Academy offer the same platform of movement and development skills. Each program then focuses on the specific areas of ninja, trampoline and fundamental movement skills.

By joining the BOUNCE Freestyle Tribe, participants develop friendships and social skills while keeping healthy and active. Participants learn how to navigate physical and mental challenges in a safe and supportive environment.

BOUNCE staff hosts are selected and trained around a philosophy of inspiring physical activity, self-expression and human connection.

Mini BOUNCE Squad

Mini BOUNCE Squad is a program designed specifically for preschoolers learning the fundamentals of physical, social and emotional skills, on the way to becoming the freestylers of tomorrow.

The program teaches self-expression, confidence and fundamental movement skills, incorporating the unique fun and physical health benefits of trampolining. BOUNCE is a safe and multi sensory environment for participants to harness balance, coordination, strength and agility in a way that focuses on fun, creativity and self-expression. It is the perfect freestyle playground for children to progress, inspiring self-expression and human connection in physical activity.

The aim of Mini BOUNCE Squad is to create positive movement experiences that shape children’s outlook on physical activity for life. Classes encourage creative exploration and safely practising skills.

In structured, one-hour classes, Mini BOUNCE Squad participants will be taken on a developmental journey – building social, physical, emotional and cognitive skills.

BOUNCE Squad

BOUNCE Squad provides participants with a great head start in developing social, emotional and fundamental skills – the perfect program for kids in the early years of school.

This all new program teaches fundamental movement skills, establishing a key foundation that will be built on in the early years of school. Participants learn important physical skills with an equal emphasis on socialising, working with others and relevant aspects of physical literacy.

The program will build on these achievements by introducing progression, challenges, taking safe risks and celebrating success to build confidence. Classes provide consistency and stability for children who are starting school.

In structured, one-hour classes, BOUNCE Squad participants will be guided through fundamental movement skills, balanced with the fun of learning through play. Coaches take participants through challenges such as springing, landing, rotation, balancing, holds, swinging and object management.

Flight Squad

Flight Squad is a trampoline based development program designed for all levels to learn freestyle trampoline skills and tricks. It combines dedicated coaching time and gymnastic technique into a fun and challenging program.

The aim of Flight Squad is to build correct technique, whether participants are beginners or experienced gymnasts. Classes provide a solid basis to progress onto more advanced dynamic movement skills relevant to any sport or physical activity.

Flight Squad balances fun, skills progression and development, in a social and inclusive environment. The program develops and harnesses balance, strength, coordination and agility through the lens of freestyle sport.

In structured, one-hour classes, Flight Squad participants will learn how to master the fundamentals of trampoline skills, progressing onto more advanced freestyle skills safely.

Ninja Squad

Ninja Squad combines core elements of Ninja, Parkour and Freerunning into an exciting and challenging program.

The program teaches athletic movement fundamentals in a way that opens up the world of adventure sport, and also provides a great base for any other physical activity.

The aim of Ninja Squad is to balance fun, and skills progression and development, in a social and inclusive environment. The program develops and harnesses balance, strength, coordination and agility through the lens of freestyle sport.

In structured, one-hour classes, Ninja Squad participants will be taken on a developmental journey – progressing from ground skills through to aerial techniques.

Find out more on the BOUNCE website at https://www.bounceinc.com.au/bounce-freestyle-academy/.