InstructIon MAnuAL - Fedec

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