Cabuwazi
Cabuwazi is a Berlin children's circus . It has its domiciles in the districts of Tempelhof , Kreuzberg , Alt-Treptow , Marzahn and Altglienicke and is one of the largest children's and youth circuses in Europe.
history
In 1992, the circus as was unicycle rider group on a backyard in Kreuzberg founded, operating since 1994 under the name Cabuwazi as socio-educational culture in Berlin. The name is short for C h a otic bu nter Wa Direction zi rkus .
The circus training for Berliners and refugee children has been carried out in the hangars of Tempelhof Airport since the end of 2015 and the integration project is intensified with the complete move from the narrow Postbahnhof in Friedrichshain . Berliners and refugee children come together here in open and closed training groups. There are now three circus tents on the apron at Tempelhof Airport. In the flower elementary school Friedrichshain, the offer of the working groups will be continued and the other cooperative elementary schools go to Tempelhof to practice here.
Awards
In 1998, the circus received the Children's Culture Prize and first prize at the 10th Festival Européen d'Écolees de Cirque as an award for outstanding achievements in working with children for children , in 1999 the project prize of the Berlin House of Representatives and the "Golden Cylinder" at the Circus Festival Cologne luur ens , 2001 the special prize Newcomer Show Krystallpalast Varieté Leipzig , 2004 the Mete-Eksi-Prize, 2006 the excellent learning location sponsorship prize Engagement pays off - child protection prize as well as the German sponsorship prize for the professional orientation project Manege and in 2008 the Open Unicycle World . In 2008 the Prize for Living Art of Learning was awarded by the Federal Association for Cultural Education for Children and Young People (BKJ) for cooperation with the Anna-Siemsen Primary School, in 2009 the Prevention Prize of the Berlin State Commission against Violence and in 2011 the circus received the 1st Federal Prize: Best German Project in the Field Diet and exercise for daycare and school children.
Locations
The locations of the children's circus are:
- Altglienicke, Venusstrasse 90
- Kreuzberg, Wiener Strasse 59
- Marzahn, Otto-Rosenberg-Strasse 2
- Tempelhof, Columbiadamm 84
- Alt-Treptow, Bouchéstrasse 74
The training takes place in circus tents in 32 training groups with 200 young artists and organizes holiday workshops during the summer holidays.
Web links
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- Cabuwazi moves to Tempelhofer Feld. In: Der Tagesspiegel , February 24, 2017