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This bachelor thesis deals with circus pedagogy and the use possibilities in special pedagogy of socially disadvantaged pupils. Thesis defines students with social disadvantages. It describes their characteristics, possible causes and consequences of a wide range of disadvantages on life and education. It seeks out the opportunities of leisure education for this group and risks of inappropriately spent free time to young people and their surroundings. The observation and interview showed what skills the involvement of the circus and around it in these leisure time brings to these children. It presents circus pedagogy as a possible tool to fulfill pedagogical goals, dissolve social barriers, cultivate personality traits and improve school skills by using circus art. Thesis seeks conditions under which circus pedagogy and its branches originated in the world and how they are currently used in the Czech Republic. Qualitative research on the practical use of circus pedagogy with youth at risk was carried out by intensive long-term cooperation with a selected group of children with social disadvantages. The research focused on three areas of children's lives: personal, academical and social. Using long-term observation and interviews, the research demonstrated which skills pupils developed by involvement in circus in their leisure time.