DU MA XI Collaboration: The Hard Times in Circus–A World Overview from CircusTalk 2020
DU MA XI is the first circus media in Taiwan, founded in 2020 as a quarterly magazine whose mission it is…
Read moreDU MA XI is the first circus media in Taiwan, founded in 2020 as a quarterly magazine whose mission it is…
Read moreIn 2020, the practice of networking was elevated in the performing arts world, as countless creators turned towards the digital…
Read more2020–it’s been a year! Whatever role you play in the performing arts world, your work has likely been heavily impacted…
Read moreThe Uncle Junior Project is a sharing of research on the African-American circus community sparked by respect for the work…
Read moreCircus Voices, a podcast brought to you by CircusTalk, is pleased to present a series called Circus in Process with Casus Circus. In this…
Read moreIn Las Vegas this past Halloween weekend, one of the most celebrated variety arts shows in the US quietly re-opened…
Read moreAustralia has a unique role in the circus world where both traditional and contemporary circus flourish, and the international touring…
Read moreMid-September, Mid-Pandemic I wish I could say we gathered in a dusky church basement or on a sprung floor of…
Read moreOn April 13th 2020, award-winning circus artist Martin Riedel‘s father Andreas Riedel passed away. It was a complicated relationship, exacerbated…
Read moreIn an age when most circuses are folding up their tents, a new circus is emerging to fill the gulf…
Read moreCircus Voices, a podcast brought to you by CircusTalk, is pleased to present a new series called Circus in Process with Casus Circus….
Read moreMette Klouman wanted to be an actress, but she ended up being a publisher for a while instead… until the…
Read moreCirque du Cambodia is a documentary film that follows the circus education and emerging careers of two circus artists (Dina…
Read moreCircus Voices, a podcast brought to you by CircusTalk, is pleased to present a new series called Circus in Process with Casus Circus….
Read moreBruno Costa, co-director of Bùssola and co-organizer of LEME Contemporary Circus Festival in Ílhavo, Portugal, has reached out to CircusTalk…
Read moreCircus Voices, a podcast brought to you by CircusTalk, is pleased to present an interview with Shenea Stiletto on Audio Explorations with the Editor….
Read moreThe 33rd Edition of the Festival CIRCa will take place this October in Auch, France. Over a series of 10…
Read moreIt is difficult to sum up a whole art form in 500 words, let alone 5, but by streamlining our…
Read moreJacksons Lane arts centre has released a contemporary circus short film, Closer, produced by an international collaboration during lockdown between…
Read moreCanada, and Quebec in particular, plays an important role in the circus world. Montréal is home to circus institutions such…
Read moreIn Thom Wall’s new book Juggling–What It Is And How To Do It –a not so brief introduction to the world’s…
Read moreAward-winning aerialist Diego Salles has made a video that is firmly rooted to the earth, which he calls REBOUND–There is…
Read moreCircus Voices, a podcast brought to you by CircusTalk, is pleased to present an interview with Zinzi Oegema as we launch our new…
Read moreContent warning: emotional, physical, sexual abuse and harassment. The creators of Victims_Voices in Quebec must have sensed the change in…
Read moreEric McGill is a Canadian swinging trapeze artist based in the United Kingdom. In 2010, he graduated from the National Circus…
Read moreThe International Jugglers Association’s Festival (founded in 1947) celebrated its festival as many other circus festivals this year did–online. This…
Read moreThe Circus Ring of Fame Foundation began in 1988 and has since inducted 140 circus artists from around the world. The…
Read moreCongratulations graduate! You graduated from circus school and are ready to embark on a career in circus. Perhaps you will…
Read moreWelcome to Circus and Changing Realities 2020. In this episode titled The Evolving Field of Circus Media through the Eyes of INCAM…
Read moreJoel Baker is a seasoned theater clown whose work has spanned the globe. Known for his unique brand of physical comedy,…
Read moreLynsey Wyatt wanted to do something helpful and creative during the pandemic, so she created the COVID-19 Mircrogrant for Early…
Read moreNoeli Acoba, a Montreal-based circus artist specializing in aerial rope, describes herself as your friendly neighborhood circus artist. She has performed her…
Read moreAlmanac Circus Dance Theatre is known for their multi-disciplinary work, and now with their latest piece, an exquisite corpse style…
Read moreWelcome to Circus and Changing Realities 2020–A Series of Virtual Dialogues about the Future of Circus. In this episode titled Imagining…
Read moreIn a sea of unpleasant news last month we were happy to see something inspirational pop-up. It was a notice…
Read moreCircus Arts Hub is the brainchild of Australia’s Antonella Casella, an original member of Rock n’ roll and Vulcana Women’s…
Read moreWelcome to CircusTalk’s online panel discussion series where we gather experts from around the world in the circus sector to…
Read moreRisk is something circus people talk about constantly, but there is something private about it too. The risk is an…
Read moreThere have been a series of seismic announcements in the circus world in the past weeks in response to the…
Read moreZak McAllister and Stephen Doutt, two circus school students from Philadelphia, are using their quarantine time to create. Already on…
Read moreDuring this discussion with our panelists, we ask important questions about the impact of the COVID-19 virus on the physical…
Read moreDuring this discussion with our panelists, we ask important questions about the impact on the physical, mental and economic health…
Read moreWelcome to CircusTalk’s first online panel discussion where we gathered experts from around the world in the circus sector to…
Read moreAs bad news on cancellations are flying into our inboxes left and right, it seems like the whole world is…
Read moreAs the spread of COVID-19 (also known as the coronavirus) increases, reaching every corner of the globe, the circus industry,…
Read moreHere in Chicago, we think we get winter. Our unique understanding of the nuances of lake-effect snow and our ability…
Read moreCircusTalk is about to launch its podcast Circus Voices. We will kick off the podcast with podcaster, juggler/musician Book Kennison…
Read moreEvery once in awhile my non-circus family friends will ask me, “And how do you find something to write about…
Read moreFunded by the European Commission, the European Union has delivered an important report on the growth of the circus sector…
Read moreIn the continuation of our short series about the making of circus trailers, we spoke with the founder of Promotion…
Read moreYou have seen Circus Talk news articles on your feeds. You have seen job listings and new member announcements popping…
Read more“You are never too old to set another goal, or to dream a new dream.” ― C.S. Lewis Making New…
Read moreWhen Marco Motta was a little boy growing up in Salvador, Bahia in Brazil, he lived a happy life, which…
Read moreIn the new book titled Contemporary Circus, three academics with a focus on circus studies (Lavers, Leroux, and Burtt) endeavor…
Read moreRecent research has shown some startling information about video content online. By 2020 80% of consumer social media content will…
Read moreMy first introduction to the show Se Prendre came as a pleasant surprise. Se Prendre means ‘To Take’ in French,…
Read moreLes Foutoukours is a production company with a special mission to help the world understand clowning and physical theater. Since…
Read moreLEME CIRCUS FORUM will take place from the 5th to the 8th of December 2019 as a joint project organized…
Read moreThe circus library–ideally, every circus professional has their own section of the bookshelf cordoned off for the circus classics. But…
Read moreA new research project has been published titled Self-Determination Through Circus Arts: Exploring Youth Development in a Novel Activity Context…
Read moreDr. Jen Crane has many credentials beyond her doctorate in physical therapy. Among other things, she is a board certified…
Read moreAs Circadium School of Contemporary Circus welcome its 3rd class of students in Philadelphia, it is a good time to…
Read moreWith a show named Love, Chaos and Dinner, you’d think you’d know what you are about to get served. But…
Read moreEvery other year, ARTCENA (The French National Centre for Circus, Street Arts and Theatre) and Circostrada host FRESH CIRCUS, followed…
Read moreZirkus Wissenschaft is at is again, creating sleek and practical multi-media materials for the circus practitioner, and this time they…
Read moreThree clowns with black noses dominate the stage, busily manufacturing misery. Their monochrome world is colored only by two things,…
Read moreEight high school students fuss about their looks, jockey for social position and explore romantic relationships with one another in…
Read moreSitting with Lauren Eisinger before a day of triple Australian shows at Underbelly’s Circus Hub, I had a chance to…
Read moreOn an aerial device that is a giant rectangle, four people slowly explore their boundaries in the air. They depend…
Read moreIn Germany, an insult that is used to shame women for daring to have a career and children is ‘raven…
Read moreSeven acrobats in red fly across the stage, prop each other up, climb atop a tower of their kin, play…
Read moreFeast by Clout Theatre is on at Summerhall until August 18th, and if you like your physical theater with a heavy…
Read moreDisaster—or the possibility if it. A glass of milk precariously close to the edge of a table. This is how…
Read moreOf course people come to the European Juggling Convention to juggle, but they also attend to stock up on hard…
Read moreHigh summer is here, and this August that means the European Juggling Convention is in high gear. For nearly 24…
Read moreCircus is an exciting and challenging subject for the camera. While there is no shortage of amateur and professional videographers…
Read moreAt CircusTalk, the international circus community’s online professional network and resource, a large percentage of our email is from circus…
Read moreSpring by Gandini Juggling arrived in Montreal midsummer (July 3-8) to be part of the Montréal Complètement Cirque Festival, filling up the…
Read moreThe European Juggling Convention (EJC) is one of the most revered annual juggling events in the world. Now in its…
Read moreErin Ball is a circus artist and coach based in Kingston, Ontario, the owner of Kingston Circus Arts and a…
Read moreIn this companion article to Stav Meishar‘s Molding the Next Generation of Circus Directors at Circomedia , Circomedia co-founder and current…
Read morePicture the word impressario, and you will have a perfect image of Pascal Jacob, Vice President of the Festival Mondial…
Read moreIn early April the local Chicago arts press was invited for a ‘hard hat tour’ of the still under construction…
Read moreIt will be the 6th year for Physical Theater Festival Chicago (May 31st–June 8th, 2019), and as in previous years,…
Read moreDisney is synonymous with entertainment, and Disneyland Paris keeps up with this precedent by offering live shows– both outdoor shows…
Read moreThe 10th Annual World Circus Day will be celebrated around the world on Saturday, April 20th 2019. The Fédération Mondiale…
Read morePearls of Juggling is a labor of love kind of book (and blog) written by Anthony Trahair. The book was…
Read moreAs a circus artist, how do you sign up with an agency? Which agency would get you the types of…
Read moreThere were three walls visible on the stage at Krannert Center for Performing Arts when Réversible began–connected in a straight…
Read moreDr. Franziska Trapp is a researcher at the University of Münster who founded the Zirkus|Wissenschaft research project, a project which…
Read moreCircus Knie, which started 100 years ago as Switzerland’s National Circus, has found a rather unique way to celebrate their…
Read moreFor the month of February in 2019, a new production from France called When Angels Fall by Cie L’Oubliée’s founder…
Read moreThe quiet pulse of house music rises slowly as the audience settles in. In the center of the circus ring…
Read moreIn February of 2020, The 7 Fingers will officially be moving in to a new market, cruise ship entertainment. Along with…
Read more3AM Theatre is one of the new breed of small circus companies like Cirque Us and Acrobatic Conundrum that is…
Read moreMakeup and mustaches, feathers and leather, bananas and balloons, these opposites are toyed with in just the right proportion to…
Read moreEveryone has their own favorite reasons for going to Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain. For some it’s the iconic…
Read moreIn many ways, 2018 has been a great year for circus. This is really saying something when you consider that…
Read moreAs one of the foremost circus institutions in the world, École national de cirque (ENC) is gifted with many resources,…
Read moreFrom January 4th thru the 8th in New York City, The Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) will open its doors…
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