Circus Punt Sint-Niklaas

Circus Punt is a circus school located in Sint-Niklaas, East Flanders. Presented as the sister organization of Circolito , it has its own teaching space and develops a full range of weekly courses, workshops, shows and activities to discover the circus arts.

The school welcomes a particularly wide audience since the practice can begin as early as kindergarten and continue throughout childhood, adolescence and then into adulthood.

Teaching adapted to each age group

The youngest children discover the circus through activities adapted to their motor development. The approach prioritizes play, experimentation, and the joy of movement before seeking advanced technical mastery.

Children can then join the various multi-circus classes organized according to their age.

The multi-circus approach forms the basis of Circus Punt's teaching. Rather than immediately choosing a discipline, students discover different families of circus arts and thus develop a versatile practice.

The subjects taught

Juggling

Juggling is an integral part of this learning process. It helps develop coordination, precision, rhythm, and concentration through the manipulation of different objects.

Diabolo is also included in the offering and occasionally benefits from specialisation courses allowing for further development of the practice.

Balance and working on different apparatus complement this discovery.

Acrobatics and trampoline

Acrobatics is another important component of the training. It helps to develop strength, mobility, coordination and body control .

The trampoline is integrated into the techniques that students may encounter in multi-circus classes.

Aerial disciplines

Aerial disciplines occupy a particularly important place at Circus Punt.

The school offers several levels of aerial acrobatics courses, allowing for genuine progression from learning the basics to more advanced practice.

This level-based organization allows students wishing to specialize to progress technically and join a group that truly matches their skills.

Unlike multi-circus courses, where discovery and fun may remain a priority, specialized courses explicitly aim to allow participants to progress and gradually move to higher levels.

Specializations

Circus Punt also offers a course entirely dedicated to juggling, accessible from age 8 and open to different levels.

Acrobatics is also part of the offering. This discipline allows participants to explore lifts, counterweights, and structures created with multiple people, while developing trust and cooperation between partners.

Unicycling complements the specialized disciplines offered in Sint-Niklaas. Some unicycle lessons are held in a separate sports hall to provide the necessary space for practice.

An intergenerational school

Adults are not forgotten. The programming allows them to continue or begin certain disciplines beyond adolescence, which helps to make Circus Punt a place for intergenerational practice.

The school thus seeks to offer two complementary approaches: a multidisciplinary discovery of the circus and courses allowing students to deepen their knowledge of certain techniques.

This progression allows a child to start by exploring different disciplines before possibly choosing to devote more time to juggling, aerial arts, unicycling or acrobatics.

Regular classes represent about thirty sessions over the entire circus year.

Circus Punt also organizes trial classes every year. These allow prospective students to discover the disciplines, meet the teachers, and determine the group that best matches their level.

Creation and performance

The creation and presentation to the public are also part of the process.

In May 2027 , Circus Punt will organize the eighth edition of its grand Showtime . For the first time, the show will take place at SN!K, the municipal theatre in Sint-Niklaas.

All course groups will present a portion of the work done during the year, allowing students to transform their technical learning into stage experience .

Internships and interventions

Internships constitute another important aspect of the activity.

During school holidays, circus weeks allow children to practice more intensively and explore many techniques over several days.

For the 2026-2027 season, Circus Punt is organizing a circus week during the autumn holidays as well as a day specifically dedicated to juggling.

The organization also offers circus-themed birthday parties, introductory sessions, and various other activities.

Schools can call on Circus Punt to organize circus activities and projects.

These interventions allow children who do not necessarily attend school to discover circus arts in a school or group setting.

The practice can then include techniques such as Chinese plates, diabolo, juggling scarves and balls, flowersticks, walking on a ball or barrel and various forms of acrobatics.

A dedicated place in the heart of Sint-Niklaas

Circus Punt thus has a real room dedicated to the practice of circus in the heart of Sint-Niklaas.

Its close link with Circolito allows it to benefit from an experienced educational structure while retaining a local identity and its own programming.

With its courses from kindergarten to adulthood, its multi-circus, its specializations in aerial arts and juggling, acrobatics, unicycling, its workshops and its grand annual show, Circus Punt constitutes a true amateur circus school and one of the main places for learning circus arts in Sint-Niklaas.