InstructIon MAnuAL - Fedec
InstructIon MAnuAL - Fedec
InstructIon MAnuAL - Fedec
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historical background<br />
the cyr wheel is an acrobatic piece of apparatus, a metallic tube in the shape of a<br />
wheel, invented by Daniel cyr<br />
Born in the Îles-de-la-madeleine (canada/Quebec) and<br />
graduated from the national circus School (montreal),<br />
Daniel cyr has made this new piece of apparatus popular<br />
by winning a silver medal with his act at the Festival mondial<br />
du cirque de Demain in 2003.<br />
in just a few years, the cyr wheel has become a piece of<br />
apparatus taught in several schools around europe and<br />
beyond, and practised by an increasing number of artists.<br />
Several shows have integrated this piece of apparatus in<br />
every continent, starting with cirque eloize´s creations,<br />
co-founded by Daniel cyr.<br />
the cyr wheel allows the circus artist to perform a virtually<br />
endless number of acrobatic figures and sequences.<br />
new figures and movements are investigated and implemented<br />
by all these artists, thus contributing to enriching<br />
the circus vocabulary.<br />
in writing and editing this cyr wheel manual, the FeDec<br />
network was faced with a two-fold challenge.<br />
First of all, this was the first experience with a new-born<br />
discipline so the manual is the result of one week of<br />
meetings with cyr wheel teachers from high schools and<br />
professional schools, accompanied by their students.<br />
this was organised in September 2011 and hosted by<br />
Dans och cirkushogskolan in Stockholm, Sweden. the<br />
teachers set out to define new terms to designate the<br />
different moves and figures, share their knowledge and<br />
teaching methods, agree on a classification and establish<br />
some common principles.<br />
Secondly, as explained in the preface, in this manual<br />
FeDec aims at bringing both a biomechanical and an<br />
artistic vision to the teaching of circus apparatus.<br />
© fedec 2011 CYR WHEEL<br />
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