Escuela Municipal de Circo de Haría

The Escuela Municipal de Circo de Haría is a municipal circus school located in the north of the island of Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands.

It is run by the Youth Department of the Ayuntamiento de Haría and offers regular practice of circus arts in Arrieta.

The classes take place at the Centro Sociocultural La Garita .

The school is open to the entire population from the age of 6 .

This wording is interesting because it does not limit the activity to children: teenagers, young people and adults can also participate.

The 2026 season

The 2026 season confirms the continuity of the project .

An initial period began in March before resuming in September, corresponding to the start of the 2026-2027 school year.

Since September 12, 2026 , classes have been held every Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Each session therefore lasts two hours .

How a session unfolds

The session begins with a warm-up to gradually prepare the body for the different activities.

A technical section is then devoted to circus disciplines .

The current program explicitly mentions acrobatics .

Aerial disciplines also occupy an important place.

Juggling is another regular component of the curriculum.

The various circus techniques are worked on in a multidisciplinary way.

The session ends with a return to calm including relaxation and stretching.

This organization allows physical preparation and recovery to be integrated into the learning process.

The subjects taught

The programs from previous seasons help to clarify some of the subjects taught within the school.

• The trapeze is one of the apparatuses used.
• The aerial fabric is also documented.
• Aerial hoop has been incorporated into the classes.
• The Chinese pole also appears among the disciplines practiced.
• Different forms of balance are practiced.
• Juggling completes this ensemble.

This diversity allows participants to discover several major circus families within the same school.

The practice is therefore not built around a single piece of equipment or a single specialty.

Educational contributions of each discipline

• Acrobatics develops coordination, mobility, and body control.
• Aerial disciplines allow exploration of movement at height and progressively require strength, coordination and confidence.
• The balancing exercises confront students with instability and the search for bodily control.
• Juggling develops coordination, concentration and precision.
• The Chinese pole brings yet another relationship to the body, to verticality and to space.

This multidisciplinary approach is particularly relevant for an introductory school .

It allows new students to experiment with different disciplines before discovering those with which they have the most affinity.

A continuity over several years

The school also possesses a genuine continuity.

The municipal archives make it possible to trace his activity over several successive years.

The 2022 and 2023 courses already used the Centro Sociocultural La Garita in Arrieta.

The operation was already organized on Saturday morning .

The 2025 program confirms the continuation of the project.

In 2026 , the municipality once again gives it continuity with an annual program followed by a resumption in September for the 2026-2027 school year.

The Escuela Municipal de Circo de Haría is therefore not a one-off workshop organized on the occasion of a festival.

This is indeed a school offering regular appointments.

For the year 2026, the initial program planned for 37 actual two-hour sessions .

This represents a significant volume for a municipal amateur practice school.

Student involvement and artistic openness

Students are also invited to participate in setting up and putting away the equipment .

This involvement helps to develop responsibility and understanding of the practice environment.

The transmission is not limited to just weekly classes either.

The school may occasionally offer workshops devoted to other artistic dimensions of the circus.

For example, a special theatre and clown workshop was organised with Antonio Orellana .

This opening allows for the gradual introduction of the scenic and expressive dimension of the circus.

Public presentations

The school also participates in public presentations .

Haría's cultural program includes presentations of work done during the course.

These performances allow students to gradually transform their technical learning into proposals intended for an audience.

This relationship with the stage is particularly consistent with the cultural environment of Haría.

A Circassian cultural environment

The municipality has a significant circus activity on the scale of Lanzarote.

It notably hosts the Festival Internacional de Circo Malabharía .

The festival allows the public to discover circus artists and shows in different spaces throughout the town.

The simultaneous presence of an international festival and a municipal school helps to create a real continuity between the discovery of the show and the practice of the disciplines.

Residents can attend professional performances and then practice some of the techniques themselves as part of the school.

This dynamic is particularly interesting for an island territory.

The school helps to make circus arts accessible without requiring travel to a large city or another island.

Its municipal nature also contributes to this accessibility.

The project is directly supported by the Youth Department of the Ayuntamiento de Haría .

Registrations and information are managed by this department.

The school is therefore part of a local policy aimed at providing regular activities for the population.

NetJuggler directory positioning

For the NetJuggler directory, the Escuela Municipal de Circo de Haría should be considered an amateur school .

I can't find any intensive, selective or specifically designed courses to prepare participants for a career as a circus artist.

It is also not a higher education institution.

Its main objective is the discovery and regular practice of circus arts.

Its educational dimension, however, is obvious.

• The courses are structured, regular and progressive.
• They combine physical preparation, technical learning and recovery.
• Participants also learn to participate in the management of equipment.
• Group practice contributes to the development of autonomy and cooperation.

In summary

The Escuela Municipal de Circo de Haría is ultimately a particularly interesting local school for the north of Lanzarote.

It allows for regular practice from the age of six .

It offers several major families of circus arts.

Acrobatics, juggling, balancing and aerial disciplines form the core of the curriculum.

Over the seasons, trapeze, aerial silks, aerial hoop and Chinese pole were among the disciplines taught.

Its regular programming, municipal support and location at the Centro Sociocultural La Garita make it a true circus school and not just a one-off workshop.

The confirmed continuity for 2026-2027 therefore allows it to be fully integrated into the NetJuggler directory.