SEEDS Circus Musicus

WORK/PROJECT: The SEEDS CIRCUS MUSICUS workcamp will give you the opportunity to experience two weeks into the land of Northern lights, exploring cultures through music and circus acrobatics.

Participants can learn to juggle with bowls or clubs, and do acro-yoga. Circus artists will give workshops where participants have the chance to learn the arts of juggling, balancing and all object manipulation. Participants can also learn to balance on tightropes, slack ropes, rola bolas, unicycles and globes. Group acrobatics and pyramid building is combined with trampoline and tumbling. Truly brave souls can venture into the air on teeterboard or aerial acrobatics.

Furthermore participants can share their music influences and own cultures, learn by each other, and create music as a group. Basic introduction to the music pentagram will be given; how to play some instruments (according to availability) and voice training. We will use some of our days playing and listening to music from your countries and for the special international evening, we invite you to bring some of your favorite music, in MP3 or as tablatures to play together!

If you already play an instrument and it is possible for you to bring it to Iceland, please do that!

In the end of the workcamp we may be able to challenge ourselves by performing all together as a band if possible in a kindergarten or elderly house.

Have in mind that you don’t have to be an advanced musician or experienced in circus to join the workcamp: positive energy and love for music is more than enough to be part of it!

ACCOMMODATION:  SEEDS volunteers will stay in a well equipped house, in a beautiful setting inside the Botanical Gardens of the city of Reykjavík, which are located about 4 Kilometres from the centre of the city. Volunteers will be sleeping in shared rooms/dorms in a sleeping bag accommodation. Please bring your own sleeping bag.

Volunteers will receive food supplies and be in charge of the cooking and cleaning activities.

Do not forget some traditional/typical food & music from your home for the international evening.

LOCATION: The population of Reykjavik is over 200,000 including the metropolitan area, so two thirds of Iceland’s inhabitants live here. It is a dynamic, modern city which lives in harmony with beautiful nature, using renewable energy sources. The world’s northernmost capital bridges the Atlantic, between Europe and North America. Reykjavík is spread across a peninsula with a panoramic view of the mountains and the Atlantic Ocean on almost all sides.

Reykjavik is often called “the nightlife capital of the north”. But there is more to Reykjavík than pubs and clubs. Reykjavík also gathers the most interesting of Icelandic culture. It is an incubator of new ideas and styles which often indicates new global trends. It is an International city with a lively Cosmopolitan cultural scene surrounded with beautiful nature.

In November you can see the Northern lights (Aurora Borealis) in Iceland. In the area closer than 100 Km from Reykjavík, there are several spectacular waterfalls, geysers, impressive coastline and the well-known geothermal Blue Lagoon spa to visit.

LANGUAGE: English will be the language in the camp; basic conversational skills are needed.

TERMINAL: Closest international Airport: Keflavík/Reykjavík (KEF). Bus station: Central Reykjavík (BSÍ).

EXTRAS / SPECIAL REMARKS: Participation fee EUR 150 (Euros). Please note that these fees are to be paid to SEEDS on arrival in either Euros or Icelandic krónas.

Tours and excursions (Golden Circle, Blue Lagoon or South Shore) can be arranged for SEEDS volunteers at discount fares.

Weather can be cold and rainy. Bring warm winter clothes, overcoats, scarves, gloves and hats.     If you play an instrument or have circus implements that you can bring to Iceland, please do that!

Age: 18+