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Although awareness of circus-type activity has increased in many Western countries, there is little evidence of ‘circo arts’ in school physical education programs and even less written about this activity genre. These activities have the potential to motivate and engage children in exploring and mastering a wide range of physical competencies. They can be seen to align to curriculum intentions and have the potential to expand on physical education program
developments that have occurred in recent years. Circo arts may intrigue not only those wh
o tend to ‘opt out’ of physical education but offer all children an option other than traditional sports, that has the potential to expand their abilities in physical skills, social skills, problem solving, creativity, confidence and sense of adventure. [author summary]