News and events
High Wire Bicycle Act Falls Off the Wire in Stuttgart
At the Christmas Circus in Stuttgart during a premiere on Wednesday evening, several artists fell to the ground in front…
Reviews
Who Brought the Jugglers to the Metropolitan Opera?
When the curtain rose on Philip Glass’s opera “Akhnaten” last month, Sean Gandini was sitting twenty feet above the Metropolitan…
Education
CSAW Introduces Its International Circus School Ambassadors
I spent three years applying and auditioning for professional circus schools before I found the right one for me. I…
Meet the Organization
LEME CIRCUS FORUM “Matters”
LEME CIRCUS FORUM will take place from the 5th to the 8th of December 2019 as a joint project organized…
Advice
Why You Need a Video Trailer for Your Circus Show– Advice from Double Take Cinematic Circus
Recent research has shown some startling information about video content online. By 2020 80% of consumer social media content will…
Social Circus
Pulitzer Center Brings Circus Without Borders Filmmakers and Acrobats to DC Schools
180 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students from Washington, DC sat forward at the American Film Institute (AFI) Silver Theater in…
Research
Circus as a Healing Art: What Polyvagal Theory Teaches Us About Why Circus Works
If you’re involved in the circus world, you’ve likely heard people talk about the healing power of circus, whether they’re…
Meet the Artist
Two Circus Theatre Artists from Australia Explain How the Form is a Mix of Both Acrobatics and Theatre
Is it dance? Is it acrobatics? Is it theatre? No, it is circus theatre! If one asks the two performers…
History
Colliding Expectations: Cautionary Tale from the Circus
It was the widespread use of trains that finally got the circus business on track. But wild success also brought…
Obituary
Carlos Raluy, a Seminal Figure of Spanish Traditional Circus, Has Died
Carlos Raluy (Sant Adrià del Besòs, 1944), creator and co-founder of Circus Raluy has died in Barcelona yesterday, his family…
Opinion
“Go Beyond the Stereotype”: A Thoughtful Discussion Regarding Gender, Binaries, and Contemporary Circus
“As a female base, I realized that by literally lifting people up, I could quickly change audience perception. I had…
