January 2012 Shows

Assirk Assaghir performed for groups of children and teens during their winter vacation from school as part of our partner centers' vacation program. Shows included juggling, acrobatic, diabolo and clowning numbers and took place in Al-Faraa refugee camp, the Child Culture Center in Nablus and Arameh and Mithloun villages in Jenin. If you're interested in having a show at your center or location, contact us to set it up.

Jenin Project

Assirk Assaghir is now extending its activities even further to the Jenin district in a new project with the Danish Center for Culture and Development. The project was kicked off with shows in Araneh and Mithloun villages and continued with workshops for children in Araneh and Seerees villages. This project provides a good opportunity for children in villages even more remote than the Nablus district to participate in circus and fun. This project will run until March 2012.

Winter Activities

Hello friends and supporters! We'd like to take this chance to update you about the circus activities and fun we've been having this winter. 4months of workshops were facilitated in the fall for children in Sawwiya and Awerta villages and for teen girls and boys in Askar refugee camp. Children from Sawwiya and Askar were given the chance to visit the Nablus Circus School to train and see our facilities. After participating in trainings in neighborhood centers near their homes, it was a special experience for them to walk through the tent-like entry way into the training hall with brightly colored walls lined with unicycles, stilts, boxes of juggling balls, clubs and diablolos. Watching them run around trying out different things and playing together reminds us of the importance of the circus space, and of continuing the effort to bring children from disadvantaged areas to the circus school to play.
During the winter vacation from school, the circus was filled with teens and children practicing their skills, learning new tricks and working together. A small group of teens continues to work on the 'Dancing Colors' black light show which will be performed around the West Bank in late February.