News and events
It’s Official: Ruth Wikler is TOHU’s New Circus Arts Programming Director
This just in– good news from the Montréal circus venue TOHU announcing that the Deputy Director of Programming position has…
Reviews
Stop and Read: Early 20th Century Juggling Manual Re-Release!
Juggling or How To Become a Juggler: the annotated edition is another piece of juggling literature from Modern Vaudeville Press…
Education
Molding the Next Generation of Circus Directors at Circomedia
In Autumn 2019, Circomedia‘s Graduate Class of 2019 will be graduating with a masters degree in Directing Circus. The six…
Meet the Organization
Programming Contemporary Circus Preserves the Ludique in Life
Ruth Juliet Wikler is a name to know. Earlier this month, she was officially announced the Deputy Director of Programming,…
Advice
Negotiating an Artist Contract, a Complicated But an Essential Skill
As a self-employed artist, you have already negotiated many contracts but have you done it correctly? Did you forget to…
Social Circus
These Cambodian Performers Are Using The Circus Arts To Heal Intergenerational Trauma
During the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia, the threat of violence and death permeated daily life. Leader Pol Pot’s brutal…
Research
Circus Kids Are Happy Kids
Circus training delivers multiple mental health benefits for children, and cost savings to the broader community, an Australian study reveals….
Meet the Artist
Jonathan Lardillier’s Harmonic Throws– a New Juggling Notation
“In all the other languages all over the world juggling is a verb, it’s an action. In the French language…
History
Pascal Jacob, Straddling the Circus of Yesterday and Tomorrow
Picture the word impressario, and you will have a perfect image of Pascal Jacob, Vice President of  the Festival Mondial…
Obituary
Julio Revolledo, Considered the Greatest Historian of Mexican Circus, Has Died.
Julio Revolledo Cardenas, widely considered to be the number one historian of Mexican circus, passed away last night in the…
Opinion
Roll Up, Roll Up and Join Us at a Great British Circus Revival
I love the circus. I love it for the fun, the laughter, the sense of transgression. For me the never-never…
