Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Belfast Community Circus School
Belfast Community Circus School in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Belfast Community Circus School is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Belfast Community Circus School teaches young people from Belfast and its surrounding areas a variety of circus skills. The school's most recent director was Will Chamberlain, who died of cancer on 19 October 2017, after holding the position since 2000.
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Background
History
BCCS was set up in by Jim Webster, Donal McKendry and Mike Moloney (1953–2013) to promote personal and community development through the teaching of circus skills. Throughout the height of the Troubles, BCCS was able to stage successful cross community projects across Northern Ireland. For more than a decade, BCCS operated workshops and created shows in a variety of venues ranging from church halls to community centres and the Crescent Arts Centre. In 1999 the Circus School took a massive step forward when it moved into Ireland's first dedicated circus building in the heart of Belfast's Cathedral Quarter - an area of the city centre promoting arts and culture. Since moving into the Gordon…
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- Coordinates
- 54.6020, -5.9260
- Address
- 18-22 Hill Street, Belfast, BT1 2LA
- Established
- 1985
- Official site
- circusful.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q4882260 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Belfast Community Circus School (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Belfast Community Circus School?
- Belfast Community Circus School is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6020°, -5.9260°.
- When was Belfast Community Circus School built?
- Belfast Community Circus School dates to 1985.