Programs
Learn Circus Arts in our very own European big-top circus tent!
Summerfield Waldorf School & Farm is one of the few Waldorf schools in North America with a full circus arts program. This fun and fantastic program is directed by Sieglinde and Don Basmajian, long time circus arts instructors here at Summerfield, along with Circus Program Instructor, Rose MacDonald, a Summerfield Waldorf alumna and certified/trained circus arts instructor.
Circus Waldissima
Circus Arts
Circus Skills • Mixed Aerial Arts • Unicycle • Juggling • Tumbling • Teen Silks • Trapeze • Stilts
​Summerfield students G3-12 participate in circus arts classes as part of the physical education program during part of the school year. Students learn circus skills including juggling, clowning, tumbling, trapeze, aerial, and more! They also prepare for and perform all the skills they learn in a Circus Show in the Spring.
Circus Club
After-School Program
(G3-G12)
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Classes include: Circus Skills, Mixed Aerial Arts, Unicycle, Juggling, Tumbling, Teen Silks, and Trapeze.
We also have an advanced performance group, Cabaret, who put together their own Spring show along with professional circus arts guest performers.​
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Open to the public!
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Circus Club Sessions during the school year
Spring Session 2025:
Jan-March, dates TBC
Session concludes with Circus Weekend Spring Extravaganza.
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For more information,
please contact Circus Program Coordinator, Rose MacDonald
(707) 575-7194 ext. 160
Summer Circus Camp Two Groups:
Ages 6-8 and 9-14
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Run away and join the circus this summer! Dust off your juggling balls and get ready for three weeks of acrobatic fun, led by experienced circus arts instructor, Rose MacDonald and a talented team of circus instructors.
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