5. CHOOSE RIGHT: Place of Study

....All key factors should be managed at top level. Of course many of us cannot reach the maximum of each key factor.

Let's continue with:    

Place of Study

This is the environment of work where the configuration of student/teacher takes place. It can be a simple hall in a school, a circus studio or a circus school. It can be nonprofessional or professional.

In most cases the perfect configuration of student/teacher will reach good success and the place's quality level will not determine it. A good configuration solves many problems, it is only question of time and money. If you have found a perfect teacher than you do not really need to care about the place of study, especially in the beginning. In case you do not have a good S /T configuration, than you have to find a good place to study as that usually has good teachers.

Of course if you study in a high quality level place, you will save time and efforts to reach your goal.

How to choose a good place? Where to study? Circus school? Studio? ...

Let us see what are the main quality parameters of the place of study:

• Brand
• Budget
• Administration
• Teachers
• Working Environment (building, props, mats, library, camcorder ...)

When your act is ready, than you need an easy take off in your career.

These days one of the best place to study is the National Circus School in Montreal.

It is a really competitive place at the circus education market. In the last 20 years they have build up a well known brand, they have good budget to run the school, the administration provides the students with a higher education certificate, the teachers are well known in the circus industry as they are following and adapting good techniques in most disciplines. And last but not least the working environment, the building of practice  and all the equipment are up to date with high standards. When you have finished school than you just cross the street to Cirque du Soleil, or can easily meet well known contemporary circus companies such as Seven Fingers or Cirque Eloize in the same city: Montreal. 

"There are many schools, but good schools are never cheap." 

- Education Report in Hungarian Radio

But not every prospective student has the money to pay for such a place. You can choose circus schools from the following list on the website of FEDEC (European Federation of Professional Circus Schools): FEDEC Circus School Directory.

A "good" place of study is not the main factor in many cases.... watch the next video:

Until than CHOOSE RIGHT!!!


All the best..... be the best!

György Losonczi

1. THINK BIG: Vision, Dream, Mission

To become a performing artist you will need a certain goal:

SUCCESS!!!

What is success? How can you measure it? Happiness? Money? Golden Clown??????

Success is a state of mind. A feeling that last for a while..... You can feel success for a couple of days (e.g. having a good weekend), for several months (e.g. having a new car)  or for years (e.g. being a prize-winner at the circus festival).

Can you be successful for a lifetime?

With 25 years entertainment career behind me and with my mission to carry on a well known 100 years old brand, I think you can manage it.

In our world the question is not quantity, it is the question QUALITY. Quality is a main driver of the modern competitive market to become the first, to become the best .... to become successful!!!

THINK BIG! And make your dream become a mission!

The first step is to develop the habit of doing whatever needs to be done with concentrated attention, with skill rather than inertia. 

- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life)

How can you reach your dream?

Well...... to become a performing artist, especially in circus industry is a big challenge for all of us. Challenge for the "new comers" without circus family background ("private people") and it is a challenge for the circus families as well. To become a successful artist you will need to create an amusing show or act. Like most of the things in this world success has a recipe. It is a complex task to create a good act and it is necessary to adapt new aspects to accomplish it. Why do many new comers fail? The private people do not have the circus background and hardly understand this life style, meanwhile many circus families do not improve their knowledge and aren't open to new aspects.

To become an artist and to develop a good performing act you need to manage the following key factors:

1. Tricks, techniques, teacher or mentor, place of study... 
2. "Be Different!" - concept of the act (e.g. theme, innovation).
3. "Wrap the act!" - performing skill methods, choreography, music, costumes & make up, equipment(s)...
4. Career management.
5. Luck.

The first key factors evaluate the circumstances around you: WHAT we have?
The rest of the factors try to answer the following question: HOW will we reach our goal?

All key factors should be managed on the highest level. Of course many of us cannot reach the maximum of each key factor but you need to try to maximize them to become competitive.

"Only the best is the best"

- Motto of LEGO

In my next blog you can read about the first key factors: Tricks, techniques, teacher or mentor.....

Until than THINK BIG! .... Focus on it! .... Act!


All the best..... be the best!

György Losonczi

INTRODUCTION: FALUDY MISSION

F a l u d y™

is a well known brand in the circus entertainment business due to quality performing acts, unique techniques and teaching methods. Faludy is not a circus dynasty, it is a generation of Master Teachers handing over their mission and core values over decades to their students. This knowledge and know-how made up of collection of adaptive education methodology combined with continuous improvement philosophy (Kaizen 改善 = "Change for the better") and flow positive psychology implemented in practice work creating a synergy effect. This synergy is the interaction of education and entertainment sectors used by Faludy Master Teachers over 100 years now to achieve their mission.

Our mission is to find the best solution for our clients (students) to reach their goal in education and entertainment business by using progressive education methodology & tools and career planning concepts.

This blog is part of the FALUDY MISSION: hand over our mission and core values!


All the best...... be the best!

György Losonczi