Fontys

The Bachelor Diploma at Fontys Circus and Performance Art enables its students to start a professional career in the artistic field of contemporary circus and other related performing arts.

It provides them with the aptitudes to meet the requirements of an incessantly evolving art on a professional level. This consists of mastering the common language, and the specific correlation between artistic processes and technical excellence. The academy aims to participate in the development and enrichment of contemporary circus art, as an important element of culture and society.

The international, highly competent educational team contributes to didactical and methodological research work and participates in setting ground-breaking and innovative standards in circus and performance art education.

The school is responsive to the particular connection between contemporary circus and other arts, and namely with Performance Art. Therefore, students are challenged with a learning environment that encourages experimentation and artistic research.

Fontys Circus and Performance Art offers exceptional training facilities. In cooperation with 6 other art disciplines that are part of Fontys Academy of the Arts. Fonty Circus and Performance Art takes advantage of an exceptional learning environment, which is unique in the Netherlands.

Training offered

Bachelor Diploma Circus and Performance Art: 4-year full-time programme.

Admission

Selection procedure can be found here.

Educational requirements

As a prospective Bachelor's student you must have a diploma of higher secondary education that is equivalent to Dutch standards.

For Dutch students: VWO-, HAVO- or MBO 4-diploma (your diploma will be verified via Studielink).

Non-Dutch students: once admitted after the audition you will be asked to send a certified copy of your original diploma and grades list of your high school diploma, so Fontys can evaluate these.

Minimum level of foreign diploma's:

• Belgium: Diploma van Secundair Onderwijs with a transcript (after 7 years BSO or after 6 years ASO/TSO/KSO).
• Germany: Fachhochschulreife or Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife.
• France: Baccalaureat.
• Other nationalities: check if your diploma will be sufficient through this Nuffic website.

NOTE: you do not need to apply for a diploma evaluation with Nuffic yourself. Fontys will arrange this and you will be informed about it. The diploma evaluation may take 2 weeks.

Talented prospective students with a different education have to take a test to prove capability of studying at a higher professional education level.

Language requirements :

The Circus program is officially in English.

Disciplines

• Floor acrobatics (Urban Circus)
• Aerial straps
• Aerial hoop
• Dance trapeze
• Static trapeze
• Aerial pole
• Chinese pole
• Handstand
• Juggling
• Diabolo
• Partner acro
• Rope
• Silk
• Swinging trapeze - Cloud swing
• Tightwire

Learn more about this member

Management

• Study leader: Josine Fontrodona

Teaching language

English

School year

School year from September to June

Location

Fontys Circus and Performance Art
Professor Goossenslaan 1 | P7
5022 DM Tilburg
The Netherlands