A'Tous Cirk

A'Tous Cirk

A'Tous Cirk is a circus arts association based in Seilhac, Corrèze. Founded in 2015, it develops an original project in which circus arts are used as artistic, physical, educational, and social activities. The association caters to a very wide audience, from toddlers accompanied by their parents to senior citizens, with particular attention paid to the inclusion of people with disabilities.

Their project is based on a simple idea: to make circus arts accessible to as many people as possible. A'Tous Cirk therefore works with individuals but also in schools, leisure centers, early childhood centers, healthcare facilities, facilities for the elderly, local authorities and various social or medico-social institutions.

Target audiences and intervention areas

• Individuals
• Schools
• Leisure centers
• Early childhood centers
• Healthcare facilities
• Facilities for elderly people
• Communities and social or medico-social institutions

The school primarily operates in Seilhac, but its reach extends across a large part of the Corrèze region. The team works particularly in the Tulle and Brive areas and their surrounding towns, as well as in the Égletons area. They can also travel depending on the projects and requests of partner organizations.

Organization of weekly classes

The weekly classes for children and teenagers are structured around a progressive introduction to circus arts. The year is organized into several cycles to allow participants to experiment with different disciplines before choosing those they wish to explore further.

First cycle — discovery

The first cycle is dedicated to discovery. Practitioners explore and experiment with the different techniques offered in order to gradually build their first bodily and technical reference points.

Second cycle — advanced level

The second cycle allows for deeper learning. Students are then encouraged to choose several subjects to which they wish to dedicate more time. This structure allows each individual to begin building a path that better matches their interests and abilities.

Third cycle — creation

A third cycle is dedicated to creation. The techniques acquired during the year can then become the tools of an artistic and collective approach. If the participants wish to present a show, the group works more specifically on the expression and construction of a presentation.

A'Tous Cirk is keen to ensure that the show never becomes an obligation. It is envisioned as a possible culmination of the work done throughout the year and as a pleasure to share with families or a wider audience what the group has discovered and created.

Teaching techniques and objectives

• Juggling
• Object manipulation
• Acrobatics
• Balances

The practice allows one to explore the major families of circus arts. The workshops and public performances allow participants to rediscover the tightrope, the balance ball, and various juggling props.

The teaching does not only aim for the successful execution of a single move. Circus situations are used to develop coordination, motor skills, balance, body awareness, autonomy and confidence, while encouraging interaction between participants.

The collective dimension is particularly important. The workshops allow participants to observe others, help each other, experiment together, and progress within a group. This philosophy is fully reflected in the association's choice to promote, as much as possible, inclusion between able-bodied people and people with disabilities.

Inclusive approach

The children's and teenagers' workshops are indeed designed as a "mixed sector". A'Tous Cirk deliberately chooses to open its weekly classes to children with disabilities when conditions allow for their physical, psychological and emotional safety, as well as that of the group.

This inclusive approach is not based solely on a desire to welcome. The team possesses specific professional skills in the fields of early childhood, psychomotor skills, and disability support.

• State-certified psychomotor therapist
• Early childhood educator

The association's team includes a state-certified psychomotor therapist and an early childhood educator. Aurélie Jaulhac, a psychomotor therapist and sophrologist, has been using circus arts as a therapeutic tool in her work with children for many years.

A'Tous Cirk also offers individual support for children with mental or motor disabilities, whether a diagnosis has already been made or is still in progress.

In this context, circus arts become a set of tools that can be adapted to the child's motor, psychological, or behavioral needs. The project is individually developed and can allow for work on different dimensions of development through movement, objects, balance, and play.

A'Tous Cirk also works with healthcare facilities that care for children or adults. Circus arts practices are adapted to the abilities of the participants and can serve as tools for building relationships, self-expression, motor skills, and self-esteem.

The association also works with geriatric facilities. This outreach to the elderly illustrates the desire to use circus arts at all ages and not to limit these practices to childhood or physical performance.

Early childhood — parent-child workshops

Early childhood also occupies an important place. A'Tous Cirk offers parent-child workshops accessible from the moment children learn to walk, around 15 months old, up to about 5 years old.

These sessions are led alternately by a state-certified psychomotor therapist and two state-certified early childhood educators. Their content combines motor skills development and stimulation, object manipulation, artistic activities, music, expression, sensory experiences, and group interactions.

• Awakening and motor development
• Object manipulation
• Artistic proposals
• Music and expression
• Sensory experiences
• Collective interactions

The goal therefore goes far beyond simply introducing children to the circus. These workshops also aim to create a space that fosters the relationship between parent and child. Play and experimentation become ways to share an activity, observe the child's development, and celebrate their discoveries.

The groups are intentionally limited to around ten pairs in order to preserve the quality of the exchanges and the support.

For older children, the association organizes weekly classes in Seilhac. Groups are formed according to age in order to offer situations adapted to the development and abilities of the participants.

A'Tous Cirk also offers workshops for adults. No prior technical skills are required: these sessions are suitable for both those wishing to discover circus arts and those who want to practice regularly in a friendly environment.

Adults can thus experience different artistic circus disciplines without the objective of competition or imposed performance.

Internships and examples of actions

In addition to regular classes, the association organizes holiday camps for children and teenagers. These camps generally welcome young people aged 4 to 15, divided into age groups.

They offer the opportunity to discover several disciplines over a few days or to extend the learning acquired during the year. A'Tous Cirk also occasionally organizes workshops combining circus arts with other approaches.

In April 2026, the association organized a "Circus and Nature" workshop in Cornil. For four days, a small group of children aged 7 to 12 participated in activities combining circus arts, cooperative games, forest activities, natural artistic creations and work on archaic reflexes.

The association also develops numerous activities open to the general public. These events offer the opportunity to discover circus arts at local events, festivals, open-air cafes, or community gatherings.

In Tulle, during the summer of 2026, A'Tous Cirk, for example, offered several free introductory sessions allowing the public to try the tightrope, juggling, the balance ball and various circus activities.

The school also organizes a major event each year, allowing students to present their work. The end-of-year celebration combines amateur practice, introductory sessions open to the public, and a professional performance.

The presentation of the students is therefore part of a larger event, where families and residents can discover the activities of the association and meet different players in the performing arts.

Artistic and event services

• Clown shows
• Makeup
• Balloon sculpting
• Fire shows

This artistic activity complements the educational aspect and allows the association to be present at numerous events in Corrèze.

Since its creation, A'Tous Cirk has thus built a particular identity among amateur circus schools. Its project is not based solely on teaching circus techniques but on using circus arts as a space for encounter between people of different ages, abilities and backgrounds.

The presence in the team of professionals from psychomotor therapy and early childhood also allows for the development of a specific approach for toddlers and children with special needs.

Based in Seilhac but active in a large part of Corrèze, the association thus contributes to making circus arts accessible to audiences who would not necessarily have access to a specialized school, by adapting the content and conditions of practice to the people rather than the other way around.