On January 15, 2024, North America’s circus hub welcomed the Montreal Circus Academy (Académie de Cirque de Montréal), whose 35-foot ceilings bring their tagline “Come fly with us” to life….
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…Magazines gathering, Catherine passionately discussed her project’s genesis. Catherine Magis created an artistic sanctuary and established the foundations of contemporary circus in French-speaking Belgium. Returning from her training at Montreal’s…
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…an Associate Professor at University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and Director of Circus Research Lab (CIRCUS/Unicamp), Associate Research at CRITAC (National Circus School / Montreal – Canada), memebr of the PhD…
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…you a juggler who never dropped a ball.” We learn from our mistakes. Sometimes they are not mistakes, but we can still learn from them. In Montreal, I had the…
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…at the initiative of Leandro Mendoza and Júlia Sánchez promoted by the International Contemporary Circus Market (MICC, Tohu, Montréal) to respond to the need to disseminate the circus internationally focused…
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…in your decision to permanently or temporarily relocate…or not! The first four episodes cover Las Vegas, Montréal, Berlin, and Dubai, with this fifth episode spotlighting Santiago, Chile. What other cities…
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…disciplines, performing wherever he could, and honing in on his slackwire skills. He is an alum of three different schools—including Montreal’s prestigious École Nationale de Cirque—and has graced the stage…
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En Piste, the National Circus Arts Alliance, in collaboration with the Conseil des arts de Montréal (CAM), is thrilled to announce the launch of the PROPULSION AWARD, a prestigious recognition…
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…out the fact that there were simply no job openings for a cellist anywhere within the vicinity of the city of Montreal. At that moment, the employee showed her an…
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…Youth Choir of the Faculty of Music of the Université de Montréal, and the choirs of the École de musique Vincent-d’Indy, as well as conducting orchestral and chorus concerts in…
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…CIRCa (Auch, France), and MICC (Montreal, Canada) every July. These events have informed my curatorial approach to the Weiwuying Circus Platform, the only circus-oriented event available in Taiwan. Phare Circus’…
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…the SF Youth Circus at the San Francisco Circus Center. Following in his brothers’ footsteps, he then continued his training at the National Circus School of Montreal. Since graduating, Dominic…
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…Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil following its 2015 acquisition by the US-based investment group TPG. During his tenure, he implemented a data-driven approach to business development and project due diligence and…
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…(photo by Dorothea Tuch) Looking back, Anke remembers her boss, the artistic director of the Chamäleon Theater at the time, travelling to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to find fresh acts for…
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…the Ministry of Culture and Communications of Quebec mandated the École nationale de cirque of Montréal (ÉNC) to structure, develop, and enhance the teaching and training programs and guidelines from…
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…in your decision to permanently or temporarily relocate…or not! The first four episodes will cover Las Vegas, Montréal, Berlin, and Dubai. What other cities do you want to see on…
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…three years dancing for film and TV in Los Angeles, Rick joined La La La Human Steps in Montreal in 1993, with whom he danced and toured the world for…
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…work is a captivating fusion of stories, legends, and acrobatic feats, brought to life for the first time in Montreal. Cirque Éloize, a renowned name in the world of circus…
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Montreal based acrobatic circus duet Agathe et Adrien is set to wow Brattleboro audiences with their show N.Ormes on Saturday, September 30. Brought to NECCA through a grant from the…
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…who has given us among others the shows Bosch Dreams, inspired by the painter Hieronymus Bosch; Vice & Vertu, staged at SAT for the 375th anniversary of Montreal, part of…
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On July 11, 2023, during what is arguably Montreal’s most action-packed week of circus and performing arts, Australia’s Gravity and Other Myths (GOM, to their mates) hosted a Casting Training…
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…in your decision to permanently or temporarily relocate…or not! The first four episodes will cover Las Vegas, Montréal, Berlin, and Dubai. What other cities do you want to see on…
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…the 21st CINARS Biennale (International Conference of Performing Arts), scheduled to take place in Montreal from November 11 to 16, 2024. The CINARS Biennale is one of the most prominent…
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…from Ecole Nationale de Cirque de Montréal, Kyle performed in an array of renowned circus shows, with a stint as a soloist in Cirque du Soleil’s Broadway run of Paramour,…
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…beyond the circus and independent publishing worlds. MVP at Montreal Completement Cirque MVP at Circus Flora MVP at Circus Smirkus That said, the circus community has been extremely supportive. We’ve…
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…earlier in the week. Barbada—Montreal’s own drag queen extraordinaire who has been co-hosting the cabaret with Shivanana while Briefs Factory is in Montreal—is flying solo tonight. Looking fabulous in sky-high…
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…different continents have become a little older and a lot wiser. Leaving behind their studies at l‘École Nationale de Cirque (ENC) in Montreal and the National Institute of Circus Arts…
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…Montreal, Philly, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore. She branched out to create her own work and her solo show, Catholic Guilt (writer, producer, actor), was featured at The Wilma Theater’s Crush Series…
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…Montreal, Digital District, Telefilm Canada, and Moment Factory in Montreal and throughout the world, bringing to life the most ambitious projects. Guillaume Blais has always been passionate about art and…
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…Circus School also took advantage of the event to officially launch its major fundraising campaign in front of more than 500 representatives of the greater Montreal business people. This major…
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…Carroll’s move to Quebec, and the synergy between an abundant artistic mind and a welcoming and nurturing creative environment, gifted us with a boundary-pushing, fiercely visionary creator, who co-founded Montreal’s…
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Marceau Bidal, a student from the National Circus School of Montréal, developed a new type of circus equipment, called asymmetrical straps, a derivative of aerial straps. The new apparatus is…
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With the premiere of Echo in Montreal this spring, Cirque du Soleil is taking its audience around the globe—er, The Cube—in an experience that draws together people and nature in…
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…singular goal: get students out into the professional world of circus. Last December Cirque du Soleil, the largest contemporary circus producer in the world, based in Montreal, Canada, chose Circus…
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Every July in Montreal since 2015, TOHU’s International Market of Contemporary Circus (the MICC, for its French acronym) holds an Annual Market that calls together industry professionals and top-tier companies…
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Frédérique Cournoyer Lessard is an interdisciplinary artist working through circus and film. I first saw their work at the Montréal Complètement Cirque Festival (2022) at La Chapelle, an intimate theater…
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Montreal, April 19, 2023– Australian company Gravity & Other Myths will return to Montreal this summer for the North American premiere of their sensational show The Pulse, presented by La…
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…confident in your decision to permanently or temporarily relocate…or not! The first four episodes will cover Las Vegas, Montreal, Berlin, and Dubai. What other cities do you want to see…
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…upcoming auditions: one in Montreal and one in Las Vegas. Cirque du Soleil invites circus performers in all disciplines (except clowns), while also welcoming original and innovative acts. Besides these…
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…driving force in Montreal’s cultural scene for 30 years and seen by more than 5 million spectators, Cirque Éloize creates, produces, and stages content that enchants audiences worldwide. Cirque Éloize…
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…the greatest talents from Quebec and around the world converge in Montreal. Tickets go on sale May 4 at 10 a.m. MONTRÉAL COMPLÈTEMENT CiRQUE has unveiled its indoor program for…
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Cirque du Soleil’s ECHO launched in Montreal under the big top in the Old Port after a long postponement. ECHO (three years in the making) is Cirque du Soleil’s 20th…
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…attended the New England Center for Circus Arts in Vermont, and then later graduated from the National Circus School of Montreal, specializing in dance trapeze and Chinese hoop diving. Kevin…
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…little forms are what kept Diane Renee Rodriguez inspired and on stage, from the moment she could talk and walk. The vibrant woman learned to fly at Montreal’s National Circus…
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…Sylvain Corneau, Laurence Wegscheider, Mayi-Eder Inchauspé, and John Lambert. I would also like to thank the stakeholders from the governments of Quebec, Canada, and Montreal, loyal historical partners of CINARS….
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…I attended the Montréal Complètement Cirque and a graduate course at Concordia University. My classmates and I saw a lot of performances that summer, and our conversations tended to veer…
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…as, later on, of those in Montreal, or the Big Apple kids from Harlem. Circus directors began to congregate in Paris yearly, doubling up on the Monte-Carlo trip. Here they…
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In a return to form for the conference itself and a first for Colombian circademics, the fourth Circus and Its Others conference will be held live in Bogotá in 2024…
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Interested in going to a circus school? Look no further! This episode is an in-depth look at Montreal’s National Circus School, l’Ecole Nationale de Cirque. In this week’s video, Eric…
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…of the best companies that Sweden has to offer at the moment. In choosing which companies to bring to Montreal and CINARS, I wanted to make sure that they represented…
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Eric Bates is back with a valuable insider’s guide to auditioning at Montreal’s Circus School (ENC). In this episode, Bates goes over the ins and outs of what they’ll ask…
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…Montreal, Artistic Director of Cie Créations Estelle Clareton, CANADA Péter Fekete, Managing Director of Capital Circus Budapest, President of the Budapest International Circus Festival, HUNGARY Valérie Fratellini, Deputy Director and…
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…to see what was going on inside. “I entered Montreal’s Osteopathy College and saw the life I led in a whole new light. I realized the significant amount of harmful…
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In “All That We Have”, professional circus handbalancer Marie-Eve Dicaire reflects on how she got started, auditioning for the National Circus School of Montreal (ENC), and the struggles she went…
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…the director of the Montreal National Circus School for many years, he was able to anchor it even more deeply in its natural territory, but he also worked tirelessly to…
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…already started rehearsing. They don’t need me.” Then, one day, while I was writing an exam, I got a phone call from Montreal. And for some reason I thought it…
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…minds of the fashion industry. After that, I took a year to prepare for the auditions of the École nationale de cirque (ENC) in Montreal. I trained five days a…
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PLAY it again! With Play, a guest performance series of contemporary circus set for 2023, the Chamäleon presents the complex diversity of modern artistry and acrobatics. Ten companies, six weeks,…
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…is a previous trampolinist and teeterboard performer and current acrobatic trainer at the National Circus School in Montreal. In tandem with teaching, he is a student in the Honour’s Behavioural…
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…the city’s young people, somewhat along the lines of the Centre Immaculée Conception in Montreal, where a circus school would be created six years later as a prelude to the…
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…on programming and staff. Its high-quality programming and reputation as the leading circus arts training center in the U.S., along with its proximity to Montreal, made NECCA attractive to Cirque…
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…summer of 2002 was a colorful one for Montreal’s circus audiences. Under the burning sun were two big tops filled with characters and creatures flipping and flying inside mystical forests….
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…originally from Montreal, Canada, and is currently the Senior Publicist for Kooza by Cirque Du Soleil. She has conducted public relations for Cirque shows such as Dralion, Varekai, Axel, and…
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…advocate for the circus arts throughout his career. Learn more. Dr. Veronique Richard earned her doctoral degree in sport science from the University of Montreal then went on to complete…
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Whether you’re on the studying or the teaching end, aerial training is hard work… but with enough time and support, you’ll have no problem helping young circus students learn to…
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…Learn more about the show’s creation– and when and where to see the premiere. Montreal, October 11th, 2022 – Cirque du Soleil is proud to announce its new Big Top…
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…the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS) hosted their annual conference in Montreal. Why was I, a circus medicine physical therapist, at a dance medicine conference? Two reasons:…
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…Circus School in Montreal. In tandem with teaching, he is a student in the Honour’s Behavioural Neuroscience program at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada under the guidance of Sport Psychologist…
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…send us your reviews! Also available on Breaker, Pocket Casts, Overcast and RadioPublic. . Web3Montreal Event Web3Montreal Event Jean-Luc Pellerin Jean-Luc Pellerin is a 29-year-old civil engineer that aped into…
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…Episode 4: Politics, Authenticity, Interdisciplinarity with guests Jennifer Miller, Eric J. Miles, Louis Guillemette & Billy L’Amour In this episode, and wrapping up the series, Batson talks with four Montreal-based…
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…Canada, Ireland, UK Amiel Soicher Clarke is a previous trampolinist and teeterboard performer and current acrobatic trainer at the National Circus School in Montreal. In tandem with teaching, he is…
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…I saw Scuse at La Chapelle, an intimate black box theater, during the Montreal Circus Festival. Technically, what I saw was a first staging, a work in progress, but if…
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…performing arts! So , I built my first library and transferred it to Montreal in 2003, constituting the base of the ENC Bibliothèque. At this time, my library was installed…
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…Montreal’s ENC, or ACAPA would appear on those infamous stages if previous generations hadn’t made these shows happen in the first place. The question is: can these two styles share…
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…is Montreal-based aerialist Clara Laurent, winner of our CircusTalk Spotlight Award at this year’s Young Stage Festival, who reflects on the artist’s role and her hopes for the journey ahead…
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…Pratt Institute. Eric J. Miles Dancer & teacher Eric J. Miles began his dance career in Ohio at the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. He then settled in Montreal where he…
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…across Canada, professional development initiatives for artists, and industry sector support for producers, presenters, and instructors. Program highlights include the much-anticipated show Sweat and Ink by Montreal’s Barcode Circus Company…
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…Paris; Stacy Clark – CEO @ Circus Talk, Casting Director Canada; Samuel Roy – Senior Casting Advisor @ Cirque du Soleil, Montreal ; Sandra Wawer – Artistic Director @ GOP…
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…already knew Viktor as a performer, but only from videos and various Cirque stories. I even had taken a selfie with him in front of Cirque headquarters in Montreal. (Well,…
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…Leandro and I were invited by the International Contemporary Circus Market (MICC, Tohu, Montréal) to lead the FOCUS LATIN AMERICA panel series and to propose something to connect people from…
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The École de cirque de Québec (ÉCQ), a member of the Association des écoles supérieures d’art du Québec (ADESAQ) and the Fédération Européenne des écoles de cirque professionnelles (FEDEC), is…
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…across its global enterprise, configuring the software to meet the needs of their high-performance staff, coaches, and artists. Established in Montreal, the Cirque organization has presented in 450 cities throughout…
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…Montréal Professional Trainer in circus arts (NRC.09) with a specialization in aerial straps, under the instruction of famed circus coach, Victor Fomine. Chloé also holds a State Diploma in Circus…
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…so hurry up! International Market of Contemporary Circus (MICC) in Montréal is scheduled for July 11-14, 2022. The MICC offers professional visibility opportunities to contemporary circus artists and companies seeking…
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…. Designed especially for the 2022 edition of Montreal en Lumière, Cadence by The 7 Fingers is a journey through the history of skating including figure skating, ice dancing, acrobatic…
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…management for different organizations and cultural institutions from 2007 to 2008; > Director of the creation and production center of la Caserne Letourneux-Théâtre Sans Fil in Montreal from 2003 to…
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…case is built that lesser-known circus artists are renewing circus performatives forms in Montréal. Circus, Out of the Normate Circus nourishes an equivocal relationship to social mores which translates into…
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…school of Montréal when I asked her how many years of training it takes. Contortionists also need to develop a lot of strength to manage their flexibility. Contortionists must stretch…
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…players in the circus field in Taiwan and even some from beyond. Curated by Gwen Hsin-Yi Chang the project was also a collaboration with (CAN) Circus Asia Network, and Montréal…
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…players in the circus field in Taiwan and even some from beyond. Curated by Gwen Hsin-Yi Chang, the project was also a collaboration with Circus Asia Network (CAN) and Montréal…
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…and Cirque Éloize, which is helping to establish Montreal as the world’s circus arts capital. This project is a testament to the resilience of Montreal’s tourism and arts communities and…
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…drive new growth projects, adding valuable expertise and a strong Montreal-community presence to the Board of Directors. “While there was no specific timeframe for me passing the baton after 20…
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…and standing tall between them. Stephanie Gasparoli co-created the “Duplex” with her coach and riggers at Montreal’s National Circus School (ENC) in the 90s. “I was drawn to the trapeze…
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…Promoters and was a resident for Circus Stories, Le Cirque Vu Par with En Piste in 2015 at the Montreal Completement Cirque Festival. They are the former editor of CircusTalk.News,…
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…invited (hence yours truly included on behalf of CircusTalk). On stage, the youthful competing cast was an interesting balance of circus schools provenance (Montreal, Kiev, France, Italy) and family-circus training….
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…Area Reporter. It is, perhaps, a story of return for San Francisco natives Snider and Carroll. Before establishing The 7 Fingers in Montreal, both women began their circus careers as…
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Montréal, Quebec, October 15, 2021 – Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group (“Cirque du Soleil”), the world’s leading producer of high-quality live entertainment, and Visit Malta are pleased to announce the…
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…credit: David Konečný. Origin Story With sparkling eyes and enthusiastic gestures, Batson told me the conference’s origin story. “It began with a conversation in Montreal – as so many good…
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Circus schools are back in swing and Ecole national de cirque (ENC) announced their new director of studies (Thursday, September 16th). It is none other than former graduate, circus artist…
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…FIRCO 2021 Lineup Andrea Ramírez – Mexico Cyr Wheel An École National de Cirque de Montreal graduate, Andrea Ramírez has always believed in superpowers – which she ultimately has found…
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Montreal, September 26, 2021 – This year marks the 40th anniversary of the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal (EDCM). In order to share this celebration with as many people…
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