If spinning around inside a gym wheel or swinging from a trapeze sounds like something you’d watch the professionals do from the safety of an auditorium seat rather than try yourself, consider this:

For the next six Saturdays, Circesteem and the Chicago Youth Circus will show youngsters, age 7 and older, how it’s done and let them try it for themselves at Elite Sports Complex in Downers Grove.

“We unite diverse youth and build self-esteem through the practice of circus arts,” said founder and executive director Maribeth Joy.

Joy said students can try juggling, her own personal specialty, or tight-rope walking, clowning, stilt-walking, acrobatics — just about any physical feat associated with the Big Top.

“Everything we do at Circesteem, you build on the skills you already have. We work at the pace of the students,” she said.

Instructors include gym wheel champion Wolfgang Bientzle, Circesteem’s artistic director, who has performed with Cirque du Soleil.

Joy said classes are divided into two age groups. One is for children ages 7 through 10 and the other is for children 10 and older.

Circesteem presented an introductory exhibition Thursday, Feb. 25 at Elite. For more information or to register for classes, call Elite at (630) 968-2699.