Edmund the Circus Director

I met Edmund the first time in 2018 or 2019 in the school. This was sometime not too much before his 70th birthday. I was very impressed by the training he did, especially of course the acrobatic elements.

And that's why I decided my first video (I was learning film editing at that time) should be a birthday present about Edmund and his circus lessons:

In 1938 his father emigrated from the Dutch colony Surinam in South America to the Netherlands and married a woman from Arnheim.

Edmund was born in 1949 and grew up in Amsterdam. He fell in love with circus at the age of six when the “Children Circus Elbow” gave a show in his neighbourhood. But the circus was too far away for the child to get into contact.

Then he started to volunteer with the “Children Circus Elbow” for 17 hours a week. In the following years he taught circus skills at various Dutch youth centres.

Also he volunteered in a theatre performing the children’s musical “The Booted Cat”.

As he grew older, he moved his residence slowly to India.

After teaching in various Indian schools he retired, thinking he would never train again as he was already in his sixties, until he met Shanti Ananda Nature Concept School :-))

Edmund was a certified EHV teacher (Education in Human Values) and social worker, having completed his training in the Academy.

There he learned about the three milieus:

• The first milieu is the family.
• The second is the school where you get education for your work and career.
• The third is the out of school education, creativity and hobbies.

When he visited the Shanti Ananda School he was excited about the integration of the 2nd and 3rd milieu.

Actually this was the main reason why he started his “Circus Club” teachings again.

One more time: