El Gat Penjat – Escola de Circ
El Gat Penjat is a circus and climbing school located in Caldes de Montbui, near Barcelona. Its circus section, established in 2017, offers regular classes for children, teenagers, and adults in aerial silks, trapeze, aerial hoop, rope, Chinese pole, teeterboard, ground acrobatics, and vertical arts. The school combines technical training, physical activity, coordination, self-confidence, and personal growth in a space designed as a welcoming meeting place open to practitioners of different ages and skill levels.
08140 Caldes de Montbui
El Gat Penjat is a circus and climbing school located in Caldes de Montbui , in the province of Barcelona in Catalonia.
The project was born in 2013 with the objective of creating a space dedicated to the practice and training of climbing in the Eastern and Western Vallès.
After the development of the climbing center, the project gradually opened up to other forms of physical and artistic practices.
In 2017 , El Gat Penjat developed a true area dedicated to circus arts .
This development has led to the creation of a school offering regular courses to both children and adults.
Circus arts are now one of the centre's main areas of activity, alongside climbing.
The subjects taught
The school is particularly oriented towards aerial and acrobatic disciplines .
- Aerial silks are among the techniques regularly taught.
- The trapeze is also featured in the program.
- The aerial hoop allows you to discover another form of suspended work.
- The rope complements the range dedicated to aerial apparatus.
- The Chinese pole is also among the disciplines offered by the school. This technique helps develop strength, coordination, and control of vertical movement.
- The seesaw brings a dynamic and collective acrobatic dimension to the training offer.
- Floor acrobatics is also one of the disciplines practiced. It helps develop the physical foundations necessary for many other circus techniques.
- Verticals and handstands complete this training.
This diversity allows for the practice of several major families of techniques in the same space.
A school open to all
Classes are organized regularly throughout the year.
- Children and young people can, in particular, participate in extracurricular activities.
- Adults also have access to classes and training areas.
The training aims to support practitioners from discovery to more technical practice.
A practice that develops the body and mind
El Gat Penjat considers the circus as an activity that allows for the simultaneous development of the body and mind .
- Concentration is one of the qualities that are developed.
- Practice also requires effort and perseverance .
- Physical strength develops gradually through learning different techniques.
- Coordination is another key element, particularly in aerial and acrobatic disciplines.
- Trust also plays an important role.
Students gradually learn to overcome their apprehensions and take on new challenges.
This notion of personal surpassing is part of the general philosophy of the center.
El Gat Penjat aims to create an environment in which practitioners can progress at their own pace while sharing their experiences.
The center defines itself as a meeting place and seeks to develop a genuine community around its activities.
This collective dimension applies to both climbing and circus arts.
Activities for younger children and opening up to the local area
The project aims to make these practices accessible to both children and adults.
Activities for younger children play an important role in the functioning of the organization.
In addition to regular classes, El Gat Penjat organizes activities during school holidays .
The casals allow children to discover different activities in a more intensive and playful format.
The circus is associated with climbing and other physical activities.
These periods allow children who do not necessarily attend school during the year to discover circus disciplines.
The center is also developing a desire to work with schools and educational institutions in its area.
He seeks to make his activities known to surrounding schools and institutes.
This opening aligns with its objective of promoting an active lifestyle and making its disciplines accessible to the widest possible audience.
Circus practice is thus considered an activity that is at once physical , playful and expressive .
Circus and climbing: a unique complementarity
The simultaneous presence of the circus and climbing is one of the distinctive features of El Gat Penjat.
These two universes share several physical and mental qualities.
Strength , mobility , coordination , concentration and apprehension management are particularly required in both practices.
Students can develop in an environment where different forms of movement meet.
The centre also offers other complementary physical activities .
This diversity reinforces its identity as a place dedicated to movement , sport and the discovery of new practices .
More than ten years of activity in Caldes de Montbui
El Gat Penjat has been operating in Caldes de Montbui for over ten years .
The circus school has gradually become established as a permanent component of the project.
It allows children, teenagers and adults to discover or deepen their knowledge of different circus disciplines.
The combination of fabrics, trapeze, hoop, rope, Chinese pole, seesaw, acrobatics and verticals offers a particularly varied practice.
El Gat Penjat in summary
El Gat Penjat thus constitutes a space for amateur circus training, accessible to different ages and levels.
- Technical learning is associated with coordination .
- Trust and perseverance are at the heart of the practice.
- The enjoyment of practice remains the fundamental objective of the center.
A place where movement, sport and community meet on a daily basis.
