National Institute of Circus Arts - N.I.C.A.

The National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) is Australia¹s only centre of excellence for professional training in contemporary circus arts and physical theatre. NICA offers an accredited Bachelor of Circus Arts, a three-year degree in affiliation with Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia. NICA offers the only Bachelor of Circus Arts in the Southern hemisphere and runs all programs in English. NICA trainers are experts in their field, hailing from a wide variety of traditional and contemporary circuses, locally and internationally. NICA students come from varied backgrounds, including circus, gymnastics, sports acrobatics, dance, diving, trampolining, extreme sport, performing arts or physical theatre. Students graduate from NICA with awe-inspiring circus and performance skills, coupled with innovation, creativity and entrepreneurial savvy. The first group of students graduated from NICA in December 2003 and already many graduates and ex-students have secured work with Circus Oz, Cirque du Soleil and Tokyo Disney. For more information www.nica.swin.edu.au