The future of Australia’s only tertiary circus school – which churns out world-class performers – is in doubt, as its parent university assesses its viability.
Swinburne University last week emailed feeder schools and students who were set to audition across Australia to tell them that 2024 enrolments for the Bachelor of Circus Arts at the National Institute of Circus Arts had been “paused”.
“Swinburne has taken the decision to pause enrolments in NICA’s Bachelor of Circus Arts for 2024, while we assess its future viability and strategic alignment with Swinburne’s priorities,” she said. A Victorian government spokesperson said it bought the site from Swinburne University “to ensure a strong arts and educational presence remained at Prahran and to provide tenants with certainty around leasing to allow for continued student enrolments”.
“We are working right now to look for alternative schools overseas because there’s nowhere else in Australia,” he said. “They not only offered a degree program, but disciplines that weren’t accessible to youth circuses and other small facilities around Australia,” he said.
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