Expr3ss! Sponsors Future Cirque du Soleil CirKidz

Posted by Dr Glyn Brokensha | January - 19 - 2015 | 0 Comment

cirkidz_1Have you ever had one of those experiences that just blew you away and made you decide to make a difference?

Well the Expr3ss! t3am just did.

We’d been working with CirKidz to provide some additional entertainment at the Expr3ss! World Tennis Challenge cocktail functions.

For logistical reasons, the show didn’t work out but we loved the idea so much that we decided to accept their invitation to a circus workshop and performance at their home in Bowden SA.

We had so much fun in the first hour and we didn’t think it could get any better … but we were wrong … it did!

The CirKidz performance was awesome!  Bear in mind… we are veterans of Cirque du Soleil and the t3am was at “Totem” in Sydney as a Christmas treat.

Of course the CirKidz performers were not up to that standard YET!  They were truly,truly amazing!

It was a delight to see young performers of all ages with such skills, such self-confidence, such teamwork and support and yet such humility and earnestness.  It’s no exaggeration to say that I had tears streaming down my cheeks at the end.  Every single Expr3ssor! was touched beyond measure.

CirKidz started as a free social inclusion programme for disadvantaged kids more than 20 years ago and now accepts students from all walks of life.  Circus is a perfect medium for building mind, body and soul.  We saw it in action and it went straight to our hearts.

So we’re initiating an annual scholarship programme that will reduce the barriers for disadvantaged young people to train in the circus arts, and continue to encourage broad cultural diversity within the CirKidz community.

Thanks Nick, Josh and CirKidz kids for a wonderful experience and for allowing us to contribute to the future.  Who knows, we may be seeing one of our scholarship recipients under the Cirque du Soleil Big Top in the future!

Here are the pictures of our CirKidz experience (don’t laugh too much!)…

http://on.fb.me/15hnA2z

and see the mayhem Expr3ss! got up to at the World Tennis Challenge at…

facebook.com/Expr3ss

 

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