The place to start! Learn the basic skills and conditioning to start your circus journey. You might enjoy staying in a beginner class for several terms to develop your technique and confidence.

If the class doesn’t state a skill level, it’s All Abilities! These classes cater to all skill levels and often combine newer students and those with some experience. Coaches will adjust the lesson to suit the abilities of the students.

Perfect for students wanting to get up in the air! These classes cover both tissu and trapeze, and we’ll cover basic climbs and wraps on tissu and shapes and sequences on trapeze and aerial hoop.  

Sometime called Silks, Tissu are the long lengths of material suspended from ceiling where you can climb, wrap and perform drops.  Build your strength, learn tricks and poses, and then how to sting them all together.

Yah-Yahs is for the Young at Heart – a Circus Mix class designed for adults who want a gentler approach to circus training or who are coming back to regular exercise after some time away. This class covers everything a Circus Mix class covers: manipulation, tumbling, balance and aerial.

A super fun circus class just for toddlers. Kids will have a chance to play with various circus equipment, work through an obstacle course and try aerial equipment in a safe environment. A great place for toddlers to develop gross motor skills, body awareness and confidence, and most importantly have fun! Parents are welcome to assist or watch.

Focus on hula hoop skills in a fun, social class for all abilities. Get a fantastic cardio workout covering a range of skills including traditional body hooping, hand manipulation skills, and more!  It’s a great way to get fit and welcomes beginners as well as experienced hoopers.

For students who love to be airborne! This class will cover rolls, jumps, flips and saults using floor, mini tramp and our double mini trampoline. Learn body control to also work on handstands and conditioning.

Learn the back stage tricks to keep performers safe and spectacular! Spot backflips and aerial skills with lunge lines, try counter weighting with harnesses to make aerialist fly, plus handy knotting skills for secure ties and quick releases, and so much more.

Train with like-minded folk and learn the tips and tricks to build your strength and correct technique to be upside down. Handstands are a skill that compliments many other circus disciplines and this class is great way to prepare you for cane and chair balancing too.

When you can’t decide between the ground and the air, why not have both? Half the class will cover tumbling and acro skills on the ground and mini trampoline, and the other half getting you up on the tissu and trapeze (alternating each week).

A perfect class to do as a family, this class is an introduction to acro-balance with a partner. Have a go at counter balancing, basing and flying in a fun and supportive environment. No experience necessary.

If you’ve been at Ruccis for at least two terms and are looking for more of a challenge, but don’t want to limit yourself to one speciality, Experienced Circus Mix is for you! We’ll go more in depth into aerial skills, tumbling and acro, manipulation and equilibrium. Check with your coach before enrolling.

For students 8-13 years, who have been training tissu for at least 12 months and are ready to move on to more challenging tricks and sequences. 

Students will need to have these prerquisites checked off by their current coach BEFORE enrolling in this class. 

Develop your tissu skills with more intense conditioning and advanced tricks. Suitable for students who have trained aerial for at least a year and are looking for more complex tissu or rope sequences including climbs, release moves, developing movement quality and bigger drops.

A dedicated class for the Lyra. Develop your skills on the Aerial Hoop (or Lyra) and Trapeze and work more complex and dynamic tricks and transitions.