Cirkus LeGrando

1. Objective 

To empower people of all ages: children, adolescents, youths, adults as well as the elderly to reconnect with ourselves, with our playfulness, our childhoods, to move our bodies in an enjoyable and fun way which is achievable for everyone, regardless of age or ability.

2. Target Audience 

1. Any age but especially youths aged  13 to 30 years old

2. Youth workers 

3. Implementation Steps - Peacock feather

   1. Introduction:

      1. Each person receives a peacock feather the tip/shaft of which they try to balance on the back of their hands, on their fingertip, on their palm

      2. Each person finds which place is the easiest for them to balance the feather

   2. Becoming one with the feather

      1. The trick is to watch the “eye” of the peacock’s feather which is key to balancing it 

      2. Once it is possible to balance the feather easily, try to lie down on the floor whilst balancing the feather/keeping it upright 

      3. Try to get up from the floor whilst keeping the feather upright

4. Interactive Activities:

   1. Once each person masters the feather balance, try a game:

   2. Whilst balancing the feather try to get closer to others and blow at their feather so that it falls. Once it falls, the person with the fallen feather is out of the game.

   3. The last person in the with their feather still balanced/upright wins

2. Required Materials 

   1. Peacock feather

   2. Feathers can be bought from any haberdashery, especially in autumn when peacocks shed their feathers

   3. Preferably the activity should be done indoors as even the slightest wind will make the activity very challenging, especially for amateurs.

3. Links to Instructions/Visual Materials 

The main resources, photos and more detailed instructions are listed below:

Shared folder: Link

Summary of activities: Link

Example of feather balancing: Link