Arte Olimpia – Escuela de Circo – Madrid
Arte Olimpia is a circus school located in the Vallecas and Embajadores neighborhoods of Madrid. It welcomes children, teenagers, and adults, offering pre-circus arts, ground acrobatics, and a variety of aerial disciplines: silks, hoop, trapeze, rope, straps, and vertical dance. Classes are organized by age, discipline, and skill level, with a progressive approach combining technique, physical conditioning, and artistic expression. The school also offers open training sessions, workshops, family circus activities, and develops its own original productions blending circus, dance, and physical theatre.
Le second site est Arte Olimpia Embajadores, Calle de Martín de Vargas, 13, 28005 Madrid.
Arte Olimpia is a circus school based in Madrid with two locations in Vallecas and the Embajadores district.
The school welcomes children , teenagers and adults and offers particularly developed training in acrobatics and aerial disciplines .
The pre-circus for the youngest children
The youngest children can start with pre-circus.
Aimed at children aged 4 to 7 , pre-circus combines the discovery of circus disciplines, psychomotor skills , socialization and the development of physical abilities.
The sessions allow participants to discover several techniques throughout the year.
Children can, for example, combine fabrics and acrobatics or discover balances and aerial hoop .
Floor acrobatics from age six
From the age of six , specific ground acrobatics classes are offered.
The students work on different equipment adapted for acrobatic learning.
- AirTrack
- trampoline
- mini-trampoline
- rugs and various accessories
This equipment allows for progression adapted to the age and level of the participants.
Aerial disciplines
Aerial disciplines are one of Arte Olimpia's main specialties.
Children can, in particular, practice aerial silks .
Aerial hoop is also part of the training.
The trapeze completes this exploration of aerial apparatus.
Aéreos Teens courses
Teenagers have specific groups allowing them to practice with other young people of the same age.
Aéreos Teens classes combine, among other things, silks , hoop and trapeze .
This organization allows circus arts practice to continue during adolescence in a suitable group.
Vertical dance
The school also offers vertical dance.
This discipline uses a harness system and allows exploration of movement on planes different from those of traditional dance.
The offer for adults
Adults have a particularly wide range of options available.
They can practice aerial silks at different levels.
Aerial hoop and trapeze also have regular slots.
Aerial ropes complement the specialization possibilities.
Straps are among the circus disciplines taught by the school.
Floor acrobatics , acrobatic lifts and verticals complement the work done on the apparatus.
Complementary physical disciplines help to develop strength , mobility and flexibility .
Free training
The school also offers open training slots.
They allow sufficiently independent students to continue their practice outside of supervised classes.
Internships and one-off activities
Arte Olimpia also organizes workshops and one-off activities .
Family circus allows children and adults to practice together through play , movement and experimentation .
Activities and internships are also organised during certain holiday periods.
The scenic dimension
The school is developing a true theatrical dimension .
Arte Olimpia has its own creative and performance activities.
His productions combine several disciplines from the circus and performing arts.
- Ground acrobatics
- Acrobatic lifts
- Fabrics
- Aerial hoop
- Pole dance
- Dance and physical theatre
These disciplines can thus be brought together in a single creation.
This relationship with live performance allows teaching to be situated in an environment where technical practice and artistic expression meet.
A progressive and versatile approach
Children gradually learn to use their bodies in space and to develop coordination , strength and control of movement .
Group activities also allow us to work on trust and cooperation .
The diversity of techniques offered gives everyone the opportunity to gradually build their own practice.
Some students may prefer aerial disciplines .
Others can further develop their ground acrobatics skills .
The courses also allow for the combination of several disciplines in order to maintain a versatile practice.
Two locations in Madrid
The presence of two locations in Madrid allows Arte Olimpia to offer a significant program of weekly courses.
The two sites
The school is based on two complementary locations:
- The Vallecas site is the historical home of the school and hosts many circus and acrobatics activities.
- The Embajadores website offers courses for children, teenagers and adults as well as open training and one-off activities.
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Arte Olimpia is a multidisciplinary circus school specializing in aerial arts and acrobatics , offering training from the discovery of the circus in childhood to advanced training for adults.
