When the Circus Can’t Leave Town – French Family Show Stranded in Belgian Car Park
The exotic animals are confined to small paddocks, the acrobats have been grounded, and the clowns aren’t able to make…
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Bronx Native Back to Circus Ringmaster Duties After Surgery, Participates in Macy’s Parade
Bronx native and Big Apple Circus Ringmaster Storm Marrero participated in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on Thursday. She is…
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Concussion Risk in Stunt Performers
Dr. Jeff Russell, associate professor of athletic training within the College of Health Sciences and Professions at Ohio University, is…
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Where Have All the Sword Swallowers Gone?
In 2020, you would be hard-pressed to find a sword swallower. Well, any sideshow act, really. In the age of…
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Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group Confirms Closing of Sale Transaction and Emergence from Creditor Protection
MONTREAL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2020 Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group closes previously announced Purchase Agreement with its secured lenders and…
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The Future of Dance and Performing Arts in Montreal
Few sectors have been forced to as grinding a halt or been shrouded with more uncertainty than the performing arts….
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In-Person Performances Return to Boost Civic Engagement
With COVID restrictions still in place, many artists are only holding events virtually but a few groups have found creative…
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Cirque Nocturne Calls On Arts Patrons To Invest In The Arts
After a year that has been devastating for the arts industry, Adelaide circus company Cirque Nocturne are set to bounce…
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OK, Maybe You Should Run Your Franchise Like a Circus
Recently I wrote an article called “Stop Running Your Franchise Like a Circus.” I used circus acts as metaphors for…
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COVID-19 Theatre: La Putyka Circus Puts on Performance for Two
La Putyka Circus is opening a new “cultural window”, where they will perform short pieces for just one or two…
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Cirque du Soleil Closes ‘Zumanity’ for Good, Vows to Bring Back Other Las Vegas Strip Shows
In breaking news that is a mixed bag for Las Vegas circus, Cirque du Soleil announced their the tough decision…
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Play-Along Plink and Boo Review – Circus Duo Upend Gender Bias
Taking children to the theatre always feels like an adventure. How can you create that spirit and excitement for lockdown…
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Arts Centre Loses Fight to Remain at its Stratford Base
Stratford Circus Arts Centre is due to vacate the building later this month after nine years in Theatre Square. Lucy…
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Circuses ‘Are Reluctant to Give Up Their Animals’
Europe’s first elephant sanctuary near Limoges is ready to home former circus elephants, but know it’ll take time. News that…
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London’s Street Performers Face a Crackdown
At the height of the pandemic, during a time when nearly every performer worldwide is unemployed, this local council in…
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Jacksons Lane Starts Redevelopment Program
In early 2020 Jacksons Lane secured the funding needed to begin its ambitious capital redevelopment project and transform the building…
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WA Circus Festival Postponed in Wake of COVID-19
Organisers of Karridale’s long running WA Circus Festival have said that a heartbreaking decision to cancel the 2021 event is…
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Outdoors is the Future of Live Performance, and it’s Time to Get it Right
They say there’s no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes. Nevertheless, contemplating a winter aiming to enjoy…
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Circus with 80% Foreigners to Stay in Japanese City for 11 Months Due to Pandemic
IIZUKA, Fukuoka – Happy Dream Circus, now being held at a former fish market site in this southwest Japan city,…
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Australian Financial Woes Will Not Affect NZ Buskers Festival, Organisers Say
The Australian parent company behind the Bread & Circus – World Buskers Festival has gone into liquidation, but organisers say…
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Fern Street Circus Keeps San Diego Neighborhood Tours Alive with Drive-Thru Performances
As a car pulls into a drive-thru food distribution site at Chollas Mead Elementary, circus performers give the family inside…
Read moreThe 25 Major Theme Park Projects Now Officially Cancelled, Delayed or Slimmed Down (October 24, 2020)
What is the state of theme parks in the USA during the latest wave of coronavirus? In this update from…
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Auckland Magician’s Stolen Circus Props Mysteriously Returned
An Auckland magician who had thousands of dollars worth of circus props stolen from his van while he slept has…
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ARTS Magic Under the Big Top — Carl Krone’s 150th Birthday Anniversary
There is no doubt, according to Frank Keller, the man responsible for animal welfare at the world-famous Circus Krone, that…
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Hit by Pandemic, India’s Circuses Forced to Walk Financial Tightrope
The Great Bombay Circus, one of India’s biggest and oldest, had planned mega celebrations in October to mark its centenary…
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Lights, Cameras and Plenty of Action on Nevis
A major production took place in Fort William and the surrounding area on Friday October 16, with everyone’s favourite mountain…
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Absinthe Set to Reopen at Caesars Palace on October 28
Spiegelworld has announced it will bring its acclaimed comedy-variety show “Absinthe” back to the stage on October 28. The performance…
Read moreFlipside CEO Robert Kronk Talks All Things Circus!
Flipside Circus and arTour have collaborated on one of the first large-scale tours since the COVID crisis hit Australia –…
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Acrobats Chosen for Arts Residency on Inis Oírr
There has been a massive response from all across Ireland to a recent call for street artists and performers to…
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Could Ex-Cirque Employees Be Deprived of Financial Assistance?
The ownership transfer of Cirque du Soleil could prevent 1,500 of its Canadian employees, who lost their livelihoods due to…
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Local Students Experience Cirque de Soleil Up Close and Personal
Char Lan District High School students in Williamstown were treated to a performance on Wednesday, October 14th, by Indigenous hoop…
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Festival Misses Out on Arts Funding: ‘We’ve No Idea How Grants Were Allocated’
A festival has criticised the way the Government’s £1.6 billion Culture Recovery Fund has been allocated. The Sea Change Festival,…
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Almost 600 Further Arts Organisations Receive Funding from Culture Recovery Fund
Following last week’s reveal that over 1300 organisations will receive grants from the UK government’s culture support scheme, almost 600…
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When the Circus Went Quiet, Mike Finch Picked Up a Pen and Drew a Pub
“I live in a very, very small one-room studio apartment with my partner, Amy Cater, in Fitzroy,” says Mike Finch,…
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Cirque Du Soleil Launches All-New CirqueConnect Digital Experience
Cirque du Soleil has unveiled its exciting fall programming along with a brand-new look for its CirqueConnect content hub. Featuring…
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Circus School Reopens in Full Swing in Brussels
The ropes are swinging. Chalk stains the mats anew. And students at the ESAC international circus school in Brussels are…
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Black Performers of the Nineteenth Century Circus
As we move into Black History Month we should be celebrating the lives of black performers of the nineteenth century…
Read moreStroud-Based Giffords Circus Receives Lifeline Grant
Giffords Circus, which is located in Lypiatt, has been awarded the grant to help it face the challenges of the…
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Show Goes on for Christchurch Buskers Festival Despite Global Events Meltdown
A collapse of the global events industry will not hurt Christchurch’s annual buskers festival. The Australian company behind the Bread…
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Circus Performers on The Downs Living in ‘Absolute Squalor’ and Using Bags as Toilet, Says Ex-Worker
A circus troupe performing in Clifton have been living in “absolute squalor”, says the show’s former box office manager. Circus…
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Curtain Up: Cirque, Caesars, MGM and Others React to New Entertainment Restrictions
Many of the largest entertainment companies in Las Vegas are chiming in on the Gov. Steve Sisolak’s lifting of certain…
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LGBTQ Performers to Bring Socially Distanced Circus to Philly Cemetery
As part of the 2020 Fringe Festival, Tangle Movement Arts will present the show “The Way Out,” a series of…
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St. Louis Circus Group will ‘Walk the Pandemic Tightrope’ in Upcoming Performance
At the beginning of 2020, Circus Harmony had a busy schedule. The St. Louis-based nonprofit social circus was getting ready…
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Major Fundraising Appeal for the Circus Centre
One of Ethiopia’s greatest circus expatriates, Sosina Wogayehu, will launch an urgent international appeal for her trailblazing Ethiopian youth circus…
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Here’s How Performing Artists Stay Afloat Six Months into the Pandemic
Before the pandemic, Nina Sawant made a living hanging from hoops, contorting into improbable shapes and shimmering in sequins under…
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Keeper is Mauled to Death by Bear After Entering the Animal’s Cage at Russian Circus
A worker was mauled to death by a performing brown bear after entering the animal’s cage at a top Russian…
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Circus for the People
When Serenity Smith Forchion couldn’t offer Nimble Arts’s normal two or three performances a week this year due to the…
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Princess Stéphanie Criticises French Ban on Animal Circuses
On Tuesday 29 September, the French Minister of Ecology announced a progressive ban on the use of wild animals in…
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Affected by a Central Force, Dancers Perform Implausible Bends on a Perpetually Spinning Stage
“Celui qui tombe,” or he who falls, is an illusory performance from self-described circus artist Yoann Bourgeois (previously) that opens…
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Disney to Lay Off 28,000 Employees as Coronavirus Slams its Theme Park Business
Prolonged closures at Disney’s California-based theme parks and limited attendance at its open parks has forced the company to lay…
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From Wirth’s to Circus Oz, Melbourne’s Art Centre is Still Home for Australia’s Greatest Circus Troupes
What began as equestrian events in the 1860’s led to travelling troupes of performers and exotic animals which became known…
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Ringling’s Retired Circus Elephants to Move to Conservation Center
The retired elephants of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will be moving to a spacious new home at…
Read moreBWW Interview: xoxo moongirl by Nicole Burgio at Morris Museum 9/24 and 9/25
An exciting show, xoxo moongirl, an autobiographical circus fantasia, will be performed live by Nicole Burgio at the Morris Museum…
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Deprived of a Last Lap by the Epidemic, the Cirque Plume Bows Out
After 36 years spent amazing the public, Cirque Plume is finally lowering the curtain. Its farewell tour scheduled until the…
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South Koreans Defy Virus to Attend Drive-in Circus
A clown juggled and acrobats launched themselves through the air above a stage in an open field in Seoul at…
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Review: Midnight Circus Lights up the Afternoon in a Chicago Park — With a Few Cirque Ringers in the Cast
“Foster Park,” the ringmaster cried, piercing the quiet of a September afternoon in Auburn Gresham, “are you ready for a…
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Laura Bonner Talks Touring Children’s Circus
Flipside Circus and arTour are collaborating on one of the first large-scale tours since the COVID crisis hit Australia –…
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Circus, Traditional Arts to be Combined on Stage for First Time
Vietnam’s first theatrical work made up of circus and cai luong (reformed arts) – Cay gay than (The Magic Stick)…
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Artistic Director David Dower, Who Built Arts Emerson’s Foundation of Equity with David Howse, Will Step Down
In theater, once a show is ready for opening night, the director has to let go. This is the analogy…
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Meet Khalil Oghab: “The Father of Iranian Circus”
Born Khalil Tariqat Peyma in 1924, the athlete acted as a stuntman in different world countries and set a record…
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It’s a Balancing Act, but Local Whip Round Keeps Stranded Circus Going
A circus troupe is surviving on savings and the kindness of strangers while they’re stranded in a paddock in Melbourne’s…
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Battements de Cirque by Anouk Vallée-Charest is on Now at TOHU
Montreal circus arts centre TOHU has announced a new show that starts tomorrow called Battements de Cirque. Created by Anouk…
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Mitch Garber to Step Down as Chairman of Cirque du Soleil
Mitch Garber announced on Monday that he will be stepping down as chairman of the board of the Cirque du…
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Circus Harmony’s The Balancing Act: Walking the Pandemic Tightrope Announced October 10
Circus Harmony presents: The Balancing Act: Walking the Pandemic Tightrope on October 10th at 7pm featuring Circus Harmony students and…
Read moreNo Animals, Just Stunts: How I’m Keeping the Circus Alive Through the Pandemic
When I joined the circus as a clown 20 years ago, showmanship was at its peak and thousands would line…
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International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo 2021 is Cancelled
On September 9th, the organising committee of the International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo took the decision to cancel the festival’s…
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Walking a Tightrope
Clowns, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians and dancers does this sound like a fantasyland to you? If yes, then probably you…
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New England Center for Circus Arts Director Departs for New Job
Jamie Hodgson compares her departure as executive director of New England Center for Circus Arts to dropping a child off…
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Solo Circus: Downers Grove Acrobat Performs for Alzheimer’s Patients in Burr Ridge
Evan Baird literally jumped at the chance to perform Thursday at a memory care center in Burr Ridge. All the…
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A Risky Circus Enterprise makes Beautiful Theatre at Belco
There’s no longer any need to run away to the circus. Instead, you can make your escape from this pandemic-riddled…
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CATCH ME Comes to Greenwich + Docklands International Festival
Adapted to be a socially distanced duet for one day only at GDIF, Upswing’s dance-circus hybrid uses dance and acrobatics…
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Waiting for the Show to Go On
Israel Portugal pivots on the slack wire with catlike confidence, catching the small balls tossed to him by his brother…
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They Do Circus and Acrobatics so They Can Work
Representatives of more than 70 Mexican circus companies gathered in front of Palacio Nacional in order to demand that their…
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Disney to Begin Rehab Work on Cirque du Soleil
his morning, September 1, WDI submitted a “notice of commencement” with Orange County. Disney “hereby gives notice that improvement will…
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What you’re doing is impossible! How a Plus-Size Aerial Hoop Acrobat Smashed Stereotypes in Russia’s Circus Industry
“I’m a toy, a defective toy — there wasn’t enough fabric left when they made me,” 27-year-old Dilya Abdulaeva said…
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Occupiers Petition City of Cape Town to Lease Circus School Land in Observatory
Earlier this year, 30 people who’ve been living at 2 Willow St – at what used to be the South…
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Silent Film Festival Amplifies Creative Collaborations from a Distance
In 2013, dancer and musician Leah Casper was struggling to find a band or performance troupe that fit her skills,…
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Circus Festival Letní Letná in Full Swing
“We cooperate with the Prague hygiene station and follow the recommendations of experts. Based on a government decision, we have…
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Wave of Denunciations: Call for the Circus Arts to Examine Itself
La Presse, the French-language, digital daily in Montreal, Canada, published an exclusive interview with the creators of the Victims_Voices_Circus social…
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Nik Wallenda Highlights Sarasota Circus Ring of Fame Candidates
Showbiz royalty, literal and figurative, are the latest nominees for induction into the 2021 Circus Ring of Fame, announced by…
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Circus Shows Cancelled Due to COVID-19
The union’s premier event of seven shows featuring circus and puppet performances, to be staged by 30 young and veteran…
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Cirque du Soleil Creditors Win Control; TPG, Fosun Wiped Out
Lenders to Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group won control of the company in a court-supervised restructuring. The bid by the…
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AP PHOTOS: Clowns Suffer, Adapt in Peru Due to the Pandemic
Circuses in Peru are built around clowns, providing work for more than 500 of the characters. But the shows have…
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FringeArts Announces Full Details for 2020 Fringe Festival
FringeArts in Philadelphia has announced details for their 24th annual Fringe Festival, which runs September 10 through October 4. The…
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Mongolian Circus Artist Walks on 130-meter Long Rope over Chuluut River Canyon
Mongolian circus artist M. Myagmarsaikhan walked on a 130-meter long tight rope 50 meters above the ground above the Chuluut…
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Le Reve at Wynn Las Vegas to Permanently Close Due to Pandemic
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — One of Las Vegas’ most popular shows on the Strip is permanently closing due to the…
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Great Moscow Circus Opens New Season with Charity Performance for Medical Workers
Artists perform during a show at the Great Moscow circus in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 7, 2020. The circus opened…
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Circus Juventas Postpones Shows, Adapts Programs to Stay Afloat
Dan Butler is used to being nimble and flexible. As executive director of Circus Juventas, he’s been teaching trapeze and…
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The Show Must Go On! What a Visit to The Big Kid Circus Looks Like with Covid-19 Measures in Place
A 22-strong Circus group, including 20 artists from the Cirque de Cuba, have arrived in the North East for a…
Read moreDuffy’s Circus May Face Final Curtain as it Celebrates 150 Years
David Duffy, the managing director of Duffy’s Circus, lives, eats and breathes the big tent, the performers, the noise. This…
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America’s Got Talent Will Feature Sarasota’s Bello Nock and More Florida Acts
America’s Got Talent is returning for its 15th season on NBC starting Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 8 p.m., and you…
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PHOTOS: South Africa’s Zip Zap Circus Brings a Big Heart to the Big Top
Phelelani Ndakrokra prefers not to talk about his past. But what the 23-year-old acrobat will say is that if he…
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Custom-Built Circus Centre to Open in Brisbane in 2021
A custom-built circus training centre, operated by Queensland’s largest youth arts organisation Flipside Circus, is set to open in Brisbane…
Read moreThe Spectacular Tale of a Stranded Circus—and its Great Escape from Honduras
Eduardo Segovia was eating at a restaurant in a small coastal town in Guatemala when he met Telma Nineth Segura…
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Horrifying Moment Circus Performer PLUNGES 5 Metres into the Audience after His Hands Slip from ‘The Wheel of Death’ in Helicopter ER – but Escapes with Minor Injuries after a Spectator Breaks His Fall
Air ambulance crew told of the moment they had to rush to the aid of a circus performer after he…
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91-Year-Old Irish Circus Star Survived COVID after Three Heart Attacks
Tom Duffy, of Duffy’s Circus in Ireland, tested positive for the virus in April. Since his diagnosis, the former ringmaster…
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Tumbling, Balancing and Soaring Together: Creating Circus in the Time of Covid
This Sunday 36 acrobatic performers and dancers will come together for the first time at the Circa Contemporary Circus’s rehearsal…
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Bhutisi Initiates Clowns Against Covid-19
Comedian Admire “Bhutisi” Kuzhangaira is coordinating an initiative dubbed “Clowns Against Covid-19” aimed at educating and informing young people living…
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Ireland’s First Outdoor Flying Trapeze School Opens
Ireland’s first outdoor flying trapeze school has opened in Dublin offering classes in the art of the famous circus act….
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Forget Buildings – Circus Tents are Ideal for Covid-Safe Shows
Big tops are being built up across the UK. With sidewalls raised and seats spaced out, tented circuses are resuming…
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