Bryan Donaldson's Rigging Fundamentals Course This month we caught up with Bryan Donaldson to speak about his career story and his Rigging Fundamentals course. This is the first in a series of articles about the types of training out there, to help you discern which courses would be appropriate for your specific needs. The video
newsletter Featured April Circus Rigging Livestream Our next Circus Rigging Livestream will be on 29th April at 4 pm BS. We'll be discussing rigging circus equipment from box truss with Chris Higgs. We'll cover UKCA equipment markings, dispel some prevalent myths about the right and wrong ways to sling from truss as
events Livestream this Friday This Friday we'll have our next Livestream event on equipment inspections. In last month's article, we published a guide on 'Inspections and Circus Rigging [https://circusrigging.info/inspection-in-circus-rigging/]'. We'll be discussing that article along with its practical implications this Friday at 4
newsletter Equipment Inspections and other news Last week, we released another in-depth article from our project on equipment inspection [https://circusrigging.info/inspection-in-circus-rigging/]s, covering what the regulations say about inspection and how that applies to circus in different ways. I would love to get your feedback on the article and any questions you may have
regulations Featured Inspection in Circus Rigging We all recognise regular inspections are needed for aerial rigging equipment in circus. This article is designed to help answer the questions: * What do we need to inspect? * How often do we need to inspect it? * What types of inspection should we perform? * What does the law say? All equipment
Inspections, big tops and circus schools We've moved the next live stream back to January as we've had too many new learning opportunities come up! Thanks to everyone who reached out with ideas and contributions to what we should do next, keep them coming. NoFit State Circus Build Team NoFit State have
newsletter What's coming next on the livestream? What happened at the Technical Symposium? How can you watch the content you missed? What can you look forward to next?
events Featured Building the 2021 Technical Symposium Two days until we launch our new event, live streaming on YouTube.
events Featured 2021 Technical Symposium Our annual conference this year is on October 5th to 7th we will be streaming it live on YouTube with an amazing range of guests covering topics like show rigging, teaching & training, engineering and a Scottish focus event for artists, training spaces and venues.
force Force Test Live Stream August 13th @ 4 pm: Force Testing Chris Higgs, Ryan Watson, Mark Gibson present a session on force testing in circus. We have an interview with Marion Cossin from Montreal on her research paper "Making single-point aerial circus disciplines safer" as well as some information on her latest research
newsletter Conference changes, webinar on July 7th, and finally a stage! The good news for this month is we have been awarded some funding from Articulation Arts [https://www.articulationarts.org] for this year's conference (Technical Symposium). We are still working out all of the details, but have taken their advice to postpone the event to organize the new
Rigging Conference, India and a New Scottish Venue There's been a lot going on in both here at Circus Rigging and Safety as well as everywhere else in the world. We've been planning the 2021 rigging conference for July and furiously editing our latest guide on Factors of Safety. 2021 Rigging Conference - Technical
newsletter Featured India, Scotland & New Events Building a Stage in the Jungle After a month or more of hard work, and more R&D by the local team here in Goa the stage build is nearly finished. We have tested it with a live show, where we had a total of 8 musicians and 13
newsletter Featured Good things come to those who innovate The last few months have been very chaotic with lockdowns, school closures and ever changing training and work schedules impacting the recording and writing of new content. I thought I’d catch everyone up on what I’ve been doing since the end of last year and give some idea
newsletter November News The last couple of months have allowed us to focus on our rigging at home content. This content is designed for parents or recreational students who want to set up a training space at home and need to know what is involved. Currently we have created two articles and two
factors-of-safety Setting up a safe rigging point at home Contents: 1. Introduction 2. How strong does your rigging point need to be 3. Is your building strong enough? 4. What kind of equipment do you need? 5. Is it done correctly 6. How to get the best from your structural engineer Introduction This document looks at the setting up
September News September has included a lot of new experiences for the world of circus dealing with a pandemic. There has obviously been a massive impact to everyone’s lifestyle and careers but we are starting to see some changes. We have seen a number of circus training organisations re-opening up in
Introduction to Safe Training at Home This document is part one of a series aimed at people who aren’t professional riggers but want to install equipment at home. There will be separate documents for riggers, and for structural or building engineers. This series includes: * Introduction to Safe Home Training (this document) * Setting Up a Safe
events Practical COVID-19 Solutions for Circus Schools Date: Friday 28th August 3-5pm As we are all opening or near to opening, come and find out what everyone is doing to try to stay safe and open. We have speakers from The National Centre of Circus Arts, Circomedia and Aerial Edge. We are moving beyond theory and into
newsletter August News This month we've been busy with a few different initiatives including creating some public guides on rigging, safe training at home and recording two videos on hoop rigging. We've been delving deeper into COVID-19 as we prepare to open again next month. We've also
events July Events Factor of Safety Working Group Monday July 13th 2pm In our Slack forum we have been discussing Factors of Safety in acrobatic rigging and co-creating an advisory document on the subject. This meeting is to help define the audiences for this content and what types of advice is suitable for
