Circus Arts – Kaysersberg Family Association

Circus Arts is an amateur practice workshop offered in Kaysersberg by the Kaysersberg Family Association .

The Family Association develops numerous leisure activities for the residents and families of Kaysersberg Vignoble . Its program includes sports, artistic, cultural, creative and personal development activities, among which is a workshop specifically dedicated to circus arts .

Aimed at children and teenagers aged 7 to 14 , the workshop is led by Mélanie Doffin .

The sessions are organised in small groups , with a maximum of 12 participants , in order to allow children to discover and practice different circus techniques.

The activity is intentionally multidisciplinary .

Juggling

Juggling constitutes a first major family of disciplines. Children can manipulate scarves, balls, rings and clubs .

The diabolo is also among the techniques explicitly taught in the workshop.

Balances on objects

A second part of the learning is devoted to balances on objects .

Participants can discover pedal boats , rolla-bolla , unicycles and balance balls .

These different disciplines allow you to gradually work on balance , coordination and control of movements .

Acrobatics

Acrobatics constitutes the third major focus of the workshop.

The children learn about rolling , carrying , and building group pyramids .

The presence of lifts and pyramids allows individual bodywork to be combined with a collective practice requiring listening , coordination and cooperation between participants.

Course organization

The course runs during the school year, excluding school holidays .

For the 2026-2027 season, it is organised on Friday in the late afternoon at the gymnasium of the Geiler school in Kaysersberg.

The deliberately limited number of twelve children gives this workshop a different dimension from the large circus schools offering several dozen or hundreds of students and numerous groups.

This is a local workshop allowing children in the area to discover several major families of circus arts as part of the activities of the Family Association.

A workshop within the Family Association

The Kaysersberg Family Association is not exclusively dedicated to the circus. It offers many other activities for children and adults.

Circus Arts is therefore a section or workshop of the association rather than an independent circus school.

This distinction does not prevent it from being listed as a place for amateur practice: the activity is organized throughout the school year and has an identified instructor , a regular group and a clearly defined circus program .

A diversity of disciplines

The diversity of the materials offered allows children to discover several disciplines before developing their preferences.

• Scarves, balls, rings and clubs allow you to approach different types of juggling.
• The diabolo requires a different kind of manipulation.
• Unicycle, balance ball, pedal go-karts and rolla-bolla introduce balancing on objects.
• Rolls, lifts and pyramids complement this practice with an individual and collective acrobatic approach.

The Circus Arts workshop thus provides an opportunity for children and teenagers aged 7 to 14 to regularly practice circus arts in Kaysersberg.

Integrated into the Kaysersberg Family Association, it favours a leisure practice in small groups and a multidisciplinary discovery of juggling, balances and acrobatics.