Explor' Action Circus – Arts and Discoveries of the Mayenne Region

Explor' Action Circus is an amateur circus school in the Mayenne region, offering regular classes in Saint-Georges-Buttavent and Commer , in the Mayenne department. Registration is handled by the Arts et Découvertes du Pays de Mayenne association, which develops its circus activities in partnership with Explor' Action Circus.

The school welcomes a particularly wide audience, since practice begins from the age of 3 and continues with groups for children, teenagers and adults.

The teaching is primarily multidisciplinary. This allows practitioners to discover several major families of circus arts instead of immediately specializing in a single technique.

The disciplines practiced include trapeze , aerial silks , tightrope walking , acrobatics , balance ball and diabolo .

This diversity allows us to work on very different qualities: coordination and manipulation with juggling, balance and body control on the wire or ball, physical engagement with acrobatics and discovery of working at height with aerial disciplines.

For younger children, a specific group welcomes children aged 3 to 5. The sessions are adapted to their age and allow for a first multidisciplinary introduction to the circus.

From the age of 6 , children can join longer, multidisciplinary courses. Several time slots are offered to allow for regular practice and progress throughout the year.

Teenagers also have a group specifically for them.

Adults are not forgotten: Explor' Action Circus offers a multidisciplinary adult course allowing them to start or continue practicing circus arts without the limitations imposed on children only.

Special emphasis is placed on aerial disciplines

In Saint-Georges-Buttavent , the school offers a course specifically dedicated to aerial arts for practitioners aged 10 and up. This course complements the multidisciplinary classes and allows students interested in working at height to further explore this family of disciplines.

The practice sessions in Saint-Georges-Buttavent take place under the big top at La Roserie . This location offers students an environment directly associated with the world of the circus and particularly suited to disciplines requiring specific equipment, notably the trapeze and aerial silks.

The school also has a campus in Commer , where multidisciplinary courses are offered.

This organization across several municipalities makes circus arts accessible to a relatively wide audience in the north of the Mayenne department.

Organization of courses and internships

Classes are organized throughout the school year. For the 2026-2027 season, activities take place from September to June with groups divided according to age and type of practice.

In addition to regular classes, Arts et Découvertes du Pays de Mayenne also organizes circus workshops during the holidays.

For example, a one-week workshop was offered in July 2026. These formats allow for a more intensive exploration of circus arts or to complement the practice of students enrolled during the year.

Arts and Discoveries of the Mayenne Region and Explor' Action Circus

The school's organization is based on a partnership between the Arts et Découvertes du Pays de Mayenne association and Explor' Action Circus .

Arts et Découvertes handles registrations and carries out activities offered to members, while Explor' Action Circus is the identity used locally for circus classes and the big top in Saint-Georges-Buttavent.

This organization explains why both names can appear simultaneously in the various documents relating to the school.

A school built to last

For several years, local directories in the Pays de Mayenne have identified Explor' Action Circus as the structure offering circus activities and locate its main establishment under the big top at La Roserie in Saint-Georges-Buttavent.

The activity is part of a long-term project: Explor' Action Circus has already appeared for several years in local guides dedicated to sports and artistic activities in the area.

The school nevertheless maintains an offering that evolves with the seasons. For 2026-2027 , it offers courses from age 3 , multidisciplinary groups for children, an aerial course from age 10 , a group for teenagers as well as a course for adults.

A continuous journey

This diversity allows for the construction of a relatively continuous path.

A child can start with the 3-5 year old group, then join the multidisciplinary courses from 6 years old , then move towards the adolescent group or deepen their knowledge of aerial disciplines.

The presence of an adult course also allows one to continue practicing after adolescence or to start circus later.

Explor' Action Circus is a recreational circus school accessible to different ages and located in several municipalities in the Pays de Mayenne region.

His teaching combines multidisciplinary practice with the possibility of deepening aerial disciplines, including trapeze, silks, wire, acrobatics, balance ball and diabolo.

The presence of the La Roserie big top, the courses offered in Commer, the workshops and the continuity of the groups from early childhood to adults make it an important structure for the amateur practice of circus arts in the north of Mayenne.