Akrosphere Aerial & Circus Arts Students From Alpharetta, Georgia Are Taking The World By Storm

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States – May 12, 2022 /MarketersMEDIA/ —

Drew Feely (17) and Parker Calvert (18) each have an unusual goal: to become professional contemporary circus artists. Unlike their peers who spend their time at school dances and social events, these two spend their free time training. Hard.

Both are students at Akrosphere Aerial & Circus Arts, a studio in Alpharetta, GA, that teaches circus classes to kids through adults. Parker has been training in circus arts since he was 5 years old, specializing in the Corde Lisse or Aerial Rope. Drew started his circus training later, at age 11, specializing in Trapeze. On top of their regular public school class load, each of them spends roughly 20 hours per week in the circus gym in a combination of training on their apparatus, tumbling, conditioning, and stretching.

The boys began preparing for their professional circus auditions about two years ago, working closely with their Akrosphere circus coaches to create the artistic routines they would use to audition. Each of Akrosphere’s nationally and internationally renowned coaches is a professional themselves, so mentoring kids into the professional circus life is just part of the job. Early in 2022, Parker and Drew flew to London to audition for the prestigious National Centre for Circus Arts, currently one of the very top professional circus schools in the world. They spent a week there, auditioning, working with some of the coaches, and going through the in-person interviews necessary to even be considered for a spot. National Centre only has 20-25 spots available each year to students worldwide, so the competition is tough.

One week after returning to the states, they each got a phone call with wonderful news: they had BOTH been accepted to begin at National Centre in the fall of 2022. Students from Akrosphere had taken up about 10% of the available spots.

This is not the first time an Akrosphere student has been accepted into a top circus program. They currently have a student already at National Centre for Circus Arts, specializing in Dance Trapeze and Contortion. And there are more on the way.

“Next year (Spring of 2023) we will be graduating another four students who all have aspirations for top circus schools around the world,” states Jen MacQueen, owner of Akrosphere. “École Nationale de Cirque in Montreal (aka the “Cirque du Soleil school”), École de Cirque de Québec in Quebec, École Supérieure des Arts du Cirque in Belgium, The Centre National des Arts du Cirque in France, and a few others. We have a heck of a year coming up, training these kids for their auditions.”

Akrosphere Aerial & Circus Arts is a circus studio in Alpharetta, GA, that teaches circus classes primarily to kids aged 4-17. However they are quickly gaining a reputation for turning out professional level circus performers, and many of their students reach professional levels before they turn 15.

“Out of our roughly 300 students, we currently have a performing company of about 30 kids, all between the ages of 9 and 17. The company is mixed pre-professional and professional levels, but we have about 12 pro-level kids in there…and the pre-professional kids are catching up fast,” says MacQueen. The company produces 4 contemporary circus shows per year that perform in theaters around Georgia, plus festivals and a few other venues.

The students at Akrosphere rave about it, calling the studio everything from “their happy place” to their “second home”; one student even has Jen in their phone as “Mom #2”.

“We really are a family here,” says MacQueen, “and when we are creating, whether it be an audition act or a full contemporary show, it’s always collaborative, so the kids are learning to be artists themselves, rather than just spitting out numbers that the coaches set on them…that is something that really separates Akrosphere from many other circus schools for youth around the world; we have an active interest in creating artists.”

And the kids coming out of Akrosphere are artists indeed. Parker and Drew each created their own audition acts, with guidance from their Akrosphere coaches. Other Akrosphere artists have gone on to perform with many top circus companies around the world.

“Akrosphere is one of the happiest places on earth,” states MacQueen, “and hopefully our young artists will continue sharing the love of circus that we instilled in them and inspiring audiences around the world.”

About Us: Akrosphere Aerial & Circus Arts is owned and operated by Jen MacQueen out of Alpharetta, Georgia. Each coach on staff is specifically trained and certified in their circus apparatuses and there are over 300 students currently enrolled.

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Name: Jennifer MacQueen
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Organization: Akrosphere Aerial & Circus Arts
Address: 795 Hammond Dr APT 1907
Phone: +14049095505
Website: https://akrosphere.com/

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