The arts and cultural sector contributed over $763.6 billion to the American economy in 2015—more than the agriculture, transportation, or…
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Using bamboo as the main equipment and highlighting its role in Vietnamese culture, the show at the Sydney Opera House…
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The Big Apple Circus, which finished a month-long run in Oaks on Sunday, has called off its arena tour, which…
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Some of Montreal’s streets are about to turn into an open-air circus ring. From July 4 to 14, The Montreal…
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Circus Flora is a longstanding tradition for many St. Louisans and is back in action this month for its 33rd…
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I love the circus. I love it for the fun, the laughter, the sense of transgression. For me the never-never…
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Every winter for the last 25 years, Roma circus company Cirque Romanes has set up its big red tent in…
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A SERIES of stunning unseen pictures capture the American circus and actors during its 1940s heyday. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum…
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Karen Graham and her husband sensed that the boy who lived next door wasn’t being treated well. Eduardo Posso seemed…
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If one were to look at the development of the American circus in the last 40 years, as I have…
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In a new documentary titled The Final Farewell about Ringling Bros., CEO Kenneth Feld is purported to have said “Ringling Bros….
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Circus Nock could have been saved, says a former board member. Not true, says the family. What are the real…
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Legendary highwire acrobat Nik Wallenda announced on “Good Morning America”Thursday that he and his sister will embark on a high wire…
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During the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia, the threat of violence and death permeated daily life. Leader Pol Pot’s brutal…
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Wise Fool New Mexico Spokesperson, Life Coach and Educator Oriana Lee joins Wake Up Call Segment Host/Producer MK Mendoza to…
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Circus training delivers multiple mental health benefits for children, and cost savings to the broader community, an Australian study reveals….
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On their 10th anniversary, circus theatre company The Dust Palace is going from strength to strength. Rebecca Fox talks to…
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Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced a new law to ban travelling circuses from using wild animals. Than plan will…
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Julio Revolledo Cardenas, widely considered to be the number one historian of Mexican circus, passed away last night in the…
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The news just broke, Cirque du Soleil, in a continued effort to diversify and distance itself from their brand as…
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A South Korean artist performs at a media preview of the 2019 Seoul Circus Festival: Circus Cabaret in Seoul, South…
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A French culture website in Brittany has highlighted seven short circus films that show just how experimental and diverse French circus has…
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HANOI (Viet Nam News/ANN) — Amazing circus acts performed by artists nationwide will be presented during a circus festival held…
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Playfully poking at our expectations of relationships between ages and genders using dance, circus, and sound, Upswing’s new dance-circus hybrid…
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Urs Pilz, President of the World Circus Federation, promoted circus culture and celebrated World Circus Day in China at the Chimelong…
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BRATTLEBORO — The New England Center for Circus Arts is making its mark on the international performing arts scene. NECCA,…
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A couple of clowns hop onto a stage strewn with garbage. Looking clueless, they stare at the newspapers, plastic bottles…
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After dazzling its audience within the hallowed halls of St Jax Montreal (1439 St-Catherine Street West), at the premiere of…
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HENDERSON, Nev. (KLAS) — Some of the best aerialists and acrobats around the world return to Las Vegas this weekend….
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More than 200 circus artists gathered during the inauguration of the 11th Mexican Circonvention at the CAD Campus of the…
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On a recent Friday night inside The Muse Brooklyn, a circus-arts studio housed in a mammoth warehouse in Bushwick, aspiring…
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Marking its 5th year on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Underbelly’s Circus Hub 2019 programme announced today offers audiences of all…
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The UK’s only international physical theatre festival returns to Liverpool this June for a 6-day extravaganza of performance, workshops and…
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The American Circus Educators (part of AYCO) have made their leap from print to digital final by adopting a website…
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To bring the musical Paramour together with Cirque du Soleil on stage is currently one of the most fascinating and…
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The UK’s new RSE (Relationships and Sex Education) curriculum has caused some controversy among conservative groups, but most agree that…
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Circus Oz and Company 2 will create a mesmerising world this June with the world premiere of Wunderage – an…
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Dumbo is an elephant we can’t forget. More than 70 years since Disney’s 1941 film, the big-eared baby is still…
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Circa is one of the great success stories in Australia’s performing arts scene, rising from a boutique operation in Brisbane…
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In Your Space Circus (IYSC) is delighted to be launching a brand new cross-community Street Arts project for the young…
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SARASOTA — A previously unknown video of the 2017 Circus Sarasota rehearsal that resulted in the collapse of Nik Wallenda’s…
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This short review in the Boston Globe is an indicator of the growing trend of circus as a contemporary art…
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An Inner Mongolia autonomous region acrobatic troupe has won the Golden Bear Award – the top prize at the International…
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After creating a show, rehearsing, staging and then touring it, what happens next? Most of the time the creative team…
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Abu Dhabi: Decked in festive colours, the fourth edition of the Mother of the Nation Festival opened in the capital…
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Partner Acrobatics is a sport that requires another person. It’s the best and worst of two worlds; it allows us…
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This month, I had the wonderful opportunity to perform in both The Hungry Hearts Cabaret in Flagstaff, and A Very…
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Circus was created to fill a gap left by ‘serious’ theatre. Now a new generation of performers is rejecting bureaucratisation…
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The allegations against Michael Jackson in HBO’s new documentary “Leaving Neverland” are serious. In the two-part film which premiered on…
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Circus Knie, often called Switzerland’s national circus, will soon set off on its centenary tour. This will certainly gain attention,…
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I first learned of the Konyot family through professor Ron Beadle, a renowned British circademic and a descendant of the Konyot…
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Liberace brought Las Vegas into the living rooms of families across the country in the late-1970s with his CBS-TV specials…
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A circus act, which saw three motorcyclists enter the ‘cage of death’ went horribly wrong, leaving one injured and shocked…
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SANTA FE – A Democratic proposal that seeks to allocate $100,000 for “circus arts” education in New Mexico is drawing ridicule from…
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Joe Culpepper first felt the magnetic pull of magic at 14, when the boy who would become his best friend…
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House Majority Leader K. Joseph Shekarchi introduced a bill that would protect defendants who settle in the Ringling Bros. case…
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YUCK Circus and theatre work Rest have shared the top prize at the 2019 Fringe World Awards, which were presented…
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I took a deep breath and dared myself to speak the closing words of our week together, quoting a man born…
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In a dystopian future that doesn’t appear as far-fetched as it should, a looming, manipulative entity watches over a machine-run…
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For almost five years now in Turkey’s Southeastern city of Mardin, local and foreign volunteer teachers at the Her Yerde…
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Bufano, an assistant professor in Berklee’s Film Scoring Department, will document technology’s impact on circus music. Peter Bufano, assistant professor in…
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Sydney Tuesday 5 February, 2019. This June, ground-breaking contemporary circus troupe Nouveau Cirque du Vietnam will make their Opera House…
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Cirque du Soleil is expanding its long and wide reach into a new realm: magic. Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group,…
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YUCK Circus is a show which couldn’t have been timed better. With the #metoo movement and the recent Gillette advertising…
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An English busker who boxes with his audience has won the Iron Chicken award at the Bread & Circus –…
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Cape Town – The city’s Zip Zap Circus has set its sights on wooing Ivory Coast circus lovers after being…
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As diplomatic relations grew tenser between Canada and China last month, one of Canada’s most recognizable entertainment companies withdrew from…
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Audiences at Soho Theatre are being given a chance to enter the hidden world of circus, as the award winning…
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From Perth and Sydney to Castlemaine, as Australia’s international arts festivals reveal their programs it’s become increasingly common to see…
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I hovered 30 feet off the ground, trying not to look down, a long loop of fabric my only support….
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A man limps awkwardly on to the stage, mimicking a mouth twisted to one side, head bent towards his feet….
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Garry Starr wants to save theatre. In order to complete his mission, this clown in a Shakespearean ruff – and sometimes little…
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BRATTLEBORO — The day the girls were leaving Learning Beyond camp and going back to their orphanage in Mumbai, 15-year-old…
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Rituals is a monthly column that looks at the obscure beauty routines and sacred acts of self self-care different professionals practice…
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Four acts will be inducted into the Circus Ring of Fame on St. Armands Circle Jan. 13. They’ve walked the…
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Circa is one of the great Australian success stories in the arts. In just over a decade, artistic director Yaron…
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Ulaş and Melike Cankurt have raised their children in a caravan. They travel all across Turkey to perform shows in…
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A short documentary by Amanda Levenson exploring how circus in North America has evolved in recent years. The United States…
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In season two of her video series The New Circus, in which she explores the major players and influences upon…
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed legislation Friday that made his state the first in the nation to ban…
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The city of Ontinyent presents the 7th edition of its Festival of Circus and Theater. The festival started as an…
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A Cirque du Soleil performer fell off his BMX bike during a stunt in the final part of the organization’s…
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Circus Bella has come a long way from its first performance, crashing an event in San Francisco’s Dolores Park to…
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A casting notice posted this month offers a few clues to the new Cirque du Soleil show scheduled for Walt…
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In a British circus, you will no longer find big cats, dancing bears or sea lions balancing on balls. Anne,…
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Alex Mizzen is a creative who uses circus and dance-theatre to make evocative, challenging works. She is a world-class hand-balancer,…
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Montreal has long been a hub for creative innovators, entrepreneurs and artists. In this column, Brendan Kelly offers a snapshot…
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Nico Pires, a diabolo artist in the Cirque du Soleil show Totem, has been passionate about diabolo since he was…
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MONTREAL — In the light of recent geopolitical tensions in Saudi Arabia, Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte has expressed…
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Celebrating 40 years of Circus Oz in 2018, Australia’s leading troupe of theatre, satire and rock’n’roll keep the thrills coming…
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COME ONE, come all, the Palais is set to re-open in a spectacular fashion this November. When news of the…
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You no longer need to run away to join the Circus Project. After most of a decade spent walking budgetary…
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BETWEEN Hanoi’s glamorous French Quarter — where Graham Greene penned The Quiet American — and the Grand Opera House is…
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“The Circus,” a four-hour PBS documentary about the big top’s history, finds one of its most forceful witnesses in Orlando….
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In May 2017, after years of entertaining children of all ages, the curtain fell for the final time on the…
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A Day in the Life of Lucy Frost, Touring Production Manager at Circus Oz. Model Citizens Tour 2018 I wake…
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The Greatest Showman may not have been a massive critical success, but the musical has won over droves of fans…
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Nico Pires, a diabolo artist in the Cirque du Soleil show Totem, has been passionate about diabolo since he was…
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