In this video series moderated by Janelle Peters, a Licensed Social Worker, they will discuss the importance of addressing mental
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CircusTalk is pleased to present Journeys Through Queer Circus with Charles Batson, a series revolving around the culture and concerns
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June’s PRO Talk guest Julien Panel joined the talent casting team at Disneyland® Paris as Talent Casting Director in charge
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I’m going to start at the end. When wrapping up an interview, I like to ask if there’s anything my
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Cheers erupt from the crowd, hats are thrown high in the air, and all the graduates walk out with the
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Shenea Stiletto is a two-time World Acrobatic Champion, USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame Member, a World-Class Handbalancer and a seasoned
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Our April PRO Talk guest Shana Carroll, director, choreographer, and co-founding artistic director of The 7 Fingers, recounts her journey
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In this video series moderated by Janelle Peters, a Licensed Social Worker, they will discuss the importance of addressing mental
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If in my first article, I drew our attention to having the right attitude for performing in front of an
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With our video interview series called 360 Degrees: Circus Through a Holistic Lens with Stacy Clark, we share professional development
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The Designer Series is a set of articles dedicated to the people who bring color, light, architecture, ambiance, and sound
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In this new CircusTalk Original Video Series, Certified Athletic Therapist and former professional aerialist Yasmine Mucher will be educating us
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In our second episode of PRO Talks, action sport consultant, coach, and talent scout Jean-Damien Climonet shares just what he
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Shenea Stiletto is a two-time World Acrobatic Champion, USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame Member, a World-Class Handbalancer and a seasoned
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After this year’s edition of Le Festival Mondial de Cirque de Demain was canceled, festival planners and artists alike were
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In this article, let’s examine a little more deeply that quality which is so similar to fear, but —more precisely—
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Genis Matabosch wears many hats in the circus world: impresario, festival director, artistic director, juror, author, historian, and ringmaster. On
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In this new video series moderated by Janelle Peters, a Licensed Social Worker, they will discuss the importance of addressing
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Drawn to Life, the long-awaited collaborative production between Cirque du Soleil, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Walt Disney Imagineering, premiered
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CircusTalk is pleased to present Journeys Through Queer Circus with Charles Batson, a series revolving around the culture and concerns
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This winter, the COVID-19 pandemic will mark its grim two-year milestone. Meanwhile, the performing arts industry continues its tireless preparations
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As part of our CircusTalk PRO membership content, available exclusively to PRO membership subscribers, please enjoy this PRO video series
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PRO Talks are live virtual events led by industry influencers and experts, focussed on career-building topics. PRO members will gain
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First impressions are important, and more often than not, we don’t make them in person. We all know the application
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With our video interview series called 360 Degrees: Circus Through a Holistic Lens with Stacy Clark, we share professional development
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CircusTalk is pleased to present Journeys Through Queer Circus with Charles Batson, a series revolving around the culture and concerns
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It’s no secret that pandemic lockdowns put the circus industry on pause– but pausing gives us time to envision something
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In this PRO Talk, Nadine Johnson speaks to three creatives from the circus world in the USA, a region known
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As part of our CircusTalk PRO membership content, available exclusively to PRO membership subscribers, please enjoy this PRO video series
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As part of our CircusTalk PRO membership content, available exclusively to PRO membership subscribers, please enjoy this PRO video series
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There’s the red nose, the lion’s mane, the fan used to cross a high wire, a bagful of popcorn. Those
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As part of our CircusTalk PRO membership content, available exclusively to PRO membership subscribers, please enjoy this PRO video series
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With our video interview series called 360 Degrees: Circus Through a Holistic Lens with Stacy Clark, we share professional development
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CircusTalk is pleased to present Journeys Through Queer Circus with Charles Batson, a series revolving around the culture and concerns
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In this new video series moderated by Janelle Peters, a Licensed Social Worker, they will discuss the importance of addressing
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I’ve had a daydream of this scene before: a curious scholar peers through a telescope from a high window in
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With our video interview series called 360 Degrees: Circus Through a Holistic Lens with Stacy Clark, we share professional development tools
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Human beings are conditioned to look up, our eyes instinctively go for the top. Tourists stare at a tower’s peak
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Gandini Juggling is a world-renowned juggling company that is known for its collaborations with other art forms. I interviewed founder
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As part of our CircusTalk PRO membership content, available exclusively to PRO membership subscribers, please enjoy this PRO video series called
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With our video interview series called 360 Degrees: Circus Through a Holistic Lens with Stacy Clark, we share professional development tools
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Auditions are stressful. Everyone in the room has fingers crossed: auditioners want to be cast; casting teams want just the
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Sometimes you know you are a perfect fit for a show, but how do you convince the casting director, hiring
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With our video interview series called 360 Degrees: Circus Through a Holistic Lens with Stacy Clark, we share professional development tools
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An Olympic diver slowly bends forward, lays his palms in front of his toes, and rises into a perfect handstand
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Shep Huntly is known for suspending a live car battery from his nipples. Sparks fly as he receives electric shocks
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Want to delve into pitching your artistic work, discover best practices, and trade secrets to sell your show to programmers
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With our new video interview series called 360 Degrees: Circus Through a Holistic Lens with Stacy Clark, we kick off our PRO
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Flexibility, or a lack of it, finds its way in each and everyone’s life. Daily reminders come when one bends
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As part of our CircusTalk PRO membership content, available exclusively to PRO membership subscribers, please enjoy this PRO video series called
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Last week was the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. Last summer, world-wide protests erupted and calls for real, sustainable
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YouTube isn’t only for pranksters, beauty gurus and musicians! Artists from other performing arts genres have started to see the benefit
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After the inaugural Circus and Its Others conference in 2016, a series of articles was published in Performance Matters, a peer-reviewed journal.
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With our new video interview series called 360 Degrees: Circus Through a Holistic Lens with Stacy Clark, we kick off our PRO
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“Freezing up is not an option.” … Not then. Not now. As part of our PRO Exclusive content, we introduce
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I recently spoke with Amber Parker and Michael Jay Garner, two US circus professionals, about fat circus bodies. Through their
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As part of our PRO Exclusive content, we introduce a new series hosted by Matthew Jessner called The 3 R’s,
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The inaugural PRO Talks launched with a discussion about the melding of science/tech and circus. What can you do to
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With our new video interview series called 360 Degrees: Circus Through a Holistic Lens with Stacy Clark, we kick off our PRO
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As part of our CircusTalk PRO membership content, available exclusively to PRO membership subscribers, please enjoy this PRO video series called
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I often get asked if I am a “certified circus rigger”. This question typically comes from individuals and programs looking
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As part of our PRO Exclusive content, we introduce a new series hosted by Matthew Jessner called The 3 R’s,
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We’ve all walked on a fallen tree or the playground’s beam with our arms up in the air. A concentrated
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As part of our CircusTalk PRO membership content, available exclusively to PRO membership subscribers, please enjoy this PRO video series called
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Aging Circus Bodies is part of a new series called Circus Bodies. The introductory article speaks to the importance of
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As part of our PRO Exclusive content, we introduce a new series hosted by Matthew Jessner called The 3 R’s,
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Circus bodies, as a topic, is enormously complex. The angles from which one could approach the subject are limitless. Circus
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The crowd keeps on cheering and clapping for the tamer stealing an extra bow as lions and tigers exit one
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In 2020, the practice of networking was elevated in the performing arts world, as countless creators turned towards the digital
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As part of our CircusTalk PRO membership content, available exclusively to PRO membership subscribers, please enjoy this PRO video series called
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As part of our CircusTalk PRO membership content, available exclusively to PRO membership subscribers, please enjoy this PRO video series called
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As part of our CircusTalk PRO membership content, available exclusively to PRO membership subscribers, we are pleased to launch our
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Sometime in early April, I went through my Google calendar deleting, well, everything. I found myself thinking that it was
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In our visual world, one of the best ways to promote your talents and yourself is through photography. Used properly,
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Having explored early traces of contortionism throughout Japan’s entertainment history in Part One of this series, I will now discuss
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As the International Market of Contemporary Circus (MICC) adapts itself to be an online event this year (in response to
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As a circus artist based in the Netherlands, these are some of the observations I’ve made during this self-quarantine. They’re
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Who was your pandemic circus self? Many of us found that our love for circus training had to change during
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At The School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts (SANCA), where I am the Director of Social Circus, we seek
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There is no right and wrong in art. So much depends on the context, timing, mood and message. Compare that
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Welcome to CircusTalk’s online panel discussion series where we gather experts from around the world in the circus sector to
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A profile on an overlooked role in creating touring work, inspired by a Long Table group discussion among touring professionals
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There have been a series of seismic announcements in the circus world in the past weeks in response to the
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During this discussion with our panelists, we ask important questions about the impact of the COVID-19 virus on the physical
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During this discussion with our panelists, we ask important questions about the impact on the physical, mental and economic health
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Welcome to CircusTalk’s first online panel discussion where we gathered experts from around the world in the circus sector to
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As the spread of COVID-19 (also known as the coronavirus) increases, reaching every corner of the globe, the circus industry,
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I recently published my anthropological research study The Art of Contortionism: An Introduction to and Analysis of Chinese Contortionism in
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Two long folding tables covered with white paper are arranged in the center of a studio at Gibney Dance. Colorful
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Cirque du Soleil was founded over 35 years ago, and in that time has produced thousands of costumes for 52
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Funded by the European Commission, the European Union has delivered an important report on the growth of the circus sector
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Opening the Circus Tent – Social Circus for the Inclusion of Minority Groups is an intensive training program for circus
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American comedian and entertainer Milton Berle said that laughter is the best medicine in the world. For years, the clown’s
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In the continuation of our short series about the making of circus trailers, we spoke with the founder of Promotion
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It’s rare that we get the chance to interact with the same institution from many positions. Circus Smirkus camp, the
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It’s about 2013, I’m a recent university graduate, a wide-eyed and keen emerging producer in my early twenties and listening
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“You are never too old to set another goal, or to dream a new dream.” ― C.S. Lewis Making New
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It was the day before the dress rehearsal of our show Limb(e)s in Montreal’s La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines venue. The
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When Marco Motta was a little boy growing up in Salvador, Bahia in Brazil, he lived a happy life, which
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