🎭 Performing ArtsSchool of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts (SANCA)
4.9Seattle, WA
Ages 5–18About this program
Nonprofit circus school in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood teaching aerial fabric, static trapeze, aerial rope, tumbling, trampoline, tightwire, German wheel and juggling. Year-round recreational classes start with Kid Circus for ages 4-5, and week-long youth circus camps run in age bands from 6-8 through 10-15.
Families and students repeatedly describe the coaches as patient, encouraging and skilled at building confidence, including with kids who don't see themselves as athletic. Reviewers also praise the unusually wide range of apparatus available under one roof (trapeze, silks, rope, German wheel, tightwire, trampoline, juggling) and the on-site parking lot.
The recurring complaint is administrative rather than instructional: several reviewers found the front desk unenthusiastic or had trouble with class-pass purchases, refunds and billing. A couple also noted the large shared gym gets warm in summer and that another class may be running in the same space at the same time.