Aximax – Circus workshop, Brussels

Aximax is a youth and leisure center located in the heart of Brussels that offers a wide range of activities for children and families throughout the year.

Among its annual workshops is a genuine teaching of circus arts , developed in collaboration with Circus Zonder Handen , a Brussels school specializing in the practice and transmission of circus arts.

This collaboration allows children attending Aximax to directly benefit from the educational experience of Circus Zonder Handen while practicing on the center's premises.

For the 2026-2027 school year, a circus workshop is offered every Wednesday to children aged 6 to 12 .

This is a regular activity organized throughout the school year, from September to May .

The workshop is open to both beginners discovering the circus and children who already have experience.

The exercises and learning can therefore be adapted to the level of each participant.

The goal is to allow children to discover different circus disciplines while gradually developing their own skills.

Teaching is therefore not based solely on the successful execution of a specific figure or technique.

Children are encouraged to experiment, progress at their own pace, and discover the disciplines with which they feel most comfortable.

This approach aligns with Aximax's broader project, which aims to provide Brussels children with a space for leisure, meeting, discovery and expression.

The center organizes numerous artistic, sporting and creative activities throughout the year.

The circus is fully integrated into this multidisciplinary program.

Aximax also develops circus activities during school holidays .

In 2026 , the center notably organised a week entirely devoted to the circus with Circus Zonder Handen.

During this type of course, children can experiment with several techniques, including juggling with scarves or flowersticks, balancing on a ball , and various forms of acrobatics .

This complementarity between annual courses and internships allows children to discover the circus in different formats.

The partnership with Circus Zonder Handen is an essential element of this workshop's identity.

Circus Zonder Handen develops in Brussels an approach to circus that is particularly oriented towards accessibility , the diversity of audiences and the social dimension of the practice.

Aximax allows this teaching method to be offered in an additional location in the center of Brussels.

The workshop thus constitutes a true local branch for the practice of circus arts, even if Aximax is not legally an independent circus school.

The center also pays particular attention to the accessibility of its activities.

Reduced rates are offered, notably through the Paspartoe system, to facilitate participation for families with more modest incomes.

The workshops are organized in an environment specifically designed for children and have spaces adapted for physical, creative and group activities.

For Brussels families, Aximax therefore provides an additional place where children can practice circus arts regularly during the school year.

Its annual program, its own location, its independent registration system and its collaboration with a real circus school justify its separate listing in a geographical directory of places to learn circus arts.

It is nevertheless important to specify in its description that circus training is provided in collaboration with Circus Zonder Handen , in order to clearly maintain the link between the two structures.