Showbiz & The Spanish Flu: Lessons from Last Century’s Pandemic
The entertainment world is in a spiral, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cirque du Soleil has temporarily laid off 95%…
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Cirque du Soleil Launches Digital Hub to Fill the Void
Cirque du Soleil is already reinventing itself. The entertainment group has launched a digital content hub called CirqueConnect, available at cirquedusoleil.com/cirqueconnect….
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Today’s Struggles, Tomorrow’s Strengths; Gamma Phi Circus Members React to the 2020 Home Show Cancellation
“Do or Die” is a motto said often by members of Illinois State University’s Gamma Phi Circus. Now, more than…
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Cirque du Soleil Explores Options Including Bankruptcy
(Reuters) – Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group is exploring debt restructuring options that include a potential bankruptcy filing, after it…
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Look For The Helpers: Denver Aerialist Helps Artists Find New Roles
A popular meme going around social media right now includes a quote from Mr. Rogers: “When I was a young…
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Baraboo Circus Museum Provides Virtual Tours, Content for Homebound while COVID-19 Delays Opening
Although Baraboo’s circus museum can no longer entertain and educate visitors in person due to the spread of COVID-19, its…
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How to Hire Artists Put Out of Work by Coronavirus Cancellations
This article offers a local solution in response to the sudden unemployment within arts/entertainment community due to COVID-19. Hopefully this…
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Boston Establishes Artist Relief Fund in Response to Coronavirus
The Boston Artist Relief Fund will award grants of $500 and $1,000 to individual artists who live in Boston whose…
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Coronavirus: Cirque du Soleil Lays Off More Than Half Its Staff
1,400 staff and technicians from its touring and resident shows and 1,200 artists from its shows have been temporarily laid…
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People of Color in Contemporary Circus: Culture, Identity and Representation
On November 6, 2019, Gibney Dance, a prominent dance institution in New York City, hosted a Long Table discussion entitled…
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Traveling Circus Brings Barnumesque Entertainment to Boca
The circus is in town, and it’s so 19th century. Mr. Swindle’s Traveling Peculiarium, a traveling circus and vaudeville extravaganza…
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Circus Spectacular Celebrates a Decade of Thrills
This marks the 10th year of New England Center for Circus Arts’ Circus Spectacular — a show known for its…
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Criss Angel Fires at Cirque’s ‘R.U.N’ as Show Closes
Of all the options being considered to replace “R.U.N” at Luxor, it’s safe to say a reunion of Cirque du…
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Circus Juventas Celebrates 25 years of Circus Excellence
25 long years ago, Dan and Betty Butler had a dream to create the world’s premier youth circus performing arts…
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Review: FLIP Fabrique’s Blizzard Is a Welcome Respite
Here in Chicago, we think we get winter. Our unique understanding of the nuances of lake-effect snow and our ability…
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Cirque du Soleil Show R.U.N. at Luxor to Close Permanently in March
The Cirque du Soleil show R.U.N., considered by many as risky a business endeavor as the performances it showcased, will…
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Circus Sarasota Reinvents the Great American Circus for the 21st Century
The circus is an ancient art form, dating back to the Roman Empire, at least. The reason it’s still around?…
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People of Color in Contemporary Circus: A Long Table Discussion
Two long folding tables covered with white paper are arranged in the center of a studio at Gibney Dance. Colorful…
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OSHA Opens Investigation into Accident in Cirque’s ‘Love’
The Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration is back in a Cirque du Soleil theater for the second time this…
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Exhibit Explores Performers of Color in U.S. Circus
An art exhibit by Radiance Campbell featuring photographs of performers of color in a modern U.S. circus will be on…
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Founder Guy Laliberté Sells Remaining Cirque du Soleil Shares
Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté is selling the last of his shares in the entertainment behemoth nearly 36 years…
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The Beatles Love Rope Stunt Goes Terribly Wrong… Show Ends Early
A super scary moment went down during a Sunday night showing of The Beatles LOVE in Las Vegas … when…
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Circus Sarasota Entertains Thousands Each Season. But First, It Needs That Tent
How did the tent get there? How big is it? Who made it? We asked circus tent master Luis Garcia…
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Arts and Lectures Bring the Circus to Town
The world of tamed tigers and tightwire artists has long captured the public’s fascination, transforming risk into a celebration of…
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Costumes at Cirque du Soleil–The Challenging Work of Preserving Circus Heritage
Cirque du Soleil was founded over 35 years ago, and in that time has produced thousands of costumes for 52…
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Can You Name a Famous Juggler? | Thom Wall | TEDxGatewayArch
The Ted X Youtube page says of Thom Wall that he is, “known for his avant-garde performance style and is…
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Keeping Tradition of Circus Music Alive Is Focus of Retirees’ Windjammers Group
More than a hundred, mostly retired, part-time musicians from around the country gathered last week in Sarasota to revive what…
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The Contemporary Circus and Immersive Arts Center in Troy, NY: An Example of Emerging Scenes for the Circus Arts in the US
What do an architect, a financial lawyer, an actor, a proprietor of a historic-home-turned-B&B, a professor of French and performance…
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New Inductees Step into Circus Ring of Fame
What do circus performers from Canada, New York, Madrid and Colombia have in common? On Sunday, they joined more than 140…
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Females Join Ring at New Zoppe Circus Show
For families like the Zoppes, the circus isn’t just a way to make a living. It is part of their…
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Therapeutic Clowning Course Trains the Next Generation of Healthcare Clowns
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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Circus Aerialist Discusses the Art of Circus Performance
While circus arts are generally on the descent — the company that owns the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey…
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Press Release–The Actors Gymnasium Adds Clown Concentration to Professional Circus Training Program
The Actors Gymnasium is expanding its nine-month Professional Circus Training Program to include a new concentration in clown, giving actors…
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Montréal Welcomes Next Generation of Innovators at National Social Circus Gathering
Are you looking for an event to warm your heart during the cold Montréal winter? From January 17th through January 19th,…
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Swing Act Performer Falls During Cirque du Soleil Show at Bellagio
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A swing act performer fell during a Cirque du Soleil show Sunday at the Bellagio on…
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A ‘Very Fast, Very Scary’ Aerialist Accident Reported During the Revivalists Concert on New Year’s Eve
Two people were injured early Wednesday morning when an acrobat performing above the crowd at the Revivalists show at the…
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Cirque du Soleil Job Cuts
A recent video from Montreal City News discusses a minor downsizing move on Cirque du Soleil‘s part, siting reorganization and…
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Tassels, Capes and Reindeer Onesies: New Takes on Traditions Ring in the Circus Holiday Season
Ah! New York City in December! A month brimming with expectation and joy while bristling with deadlines and tension. In…
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The Hideaway Podcast 2019 Winter Season: Episode 71 – 77
Josh Aviner and Lyndsay Magid Aviner’s partnership goes beyond the mighty bonds of husband and wife. They are a dynamic…
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How the Big Apple Circus Clawed Its Way Back From Bankruptcy
As the lights flashed and the music pulsated, I took a swig of Irish whiskey from my plastic balloon-animal dog…
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Who Are This Year’s Circus Ring of Fame 2020 Inductees?
This January 12th in Sarasota Florida The Circus Ring of Fame Foundation(an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) non-profit organization) will officially induct the…
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TI Owner Phil Ruffin Talks More Circus Circus Plans
Treasure Island owner Phil Ruffin on Wednesday told the state Gaming Control Board that “The Illusionists,” which he says is…
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Décennie 2010: La Reconnaissance du Cirque (Decade 2020: The Recognition of Circus)
Taking a broad view of the circus institutions’ and offerings in Quebec, reporter Jean Siag of La Press discusses the…
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Million Dollar Creations Versus Projects of Passion–And the Importance of Knowing What Type of Circus Creation You Are About to Undertake
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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Pulitzer Center Brings Circus Without Borders Filmmakers and Acrobats to DC Schools
180 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students from Washington, DC sat forward at the American Film Institute (AFI) Silver Theater in…
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Colliding Expectations: Cautionary Tale from the Circus
It was the widespread use of trains that finally got the circus business on track. But wild success also brought…
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Who Brought the Jugglers to the Metropolitan Opera?
When the curtain rose on Philip Glass’s opera “Akhnaten” last month, Sean Gandini was sitting twenty feet above the Metropolitan…
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Cirque du Soleil Announces New Attraction in Mexico
Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group and Grupo Vidanta recently announced the launch of an exciting new show that will include…
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Circus Museum in Baraboo Plans New Rotating Exhibit, Western Theme for 2020
It wouldn’t be the first time people attempted to distract themselves from the news of the world with circus, and…
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Cirque Du Soleil Includes Four Alums of Local Youth Circus Organization
St. Louis’ Circus Harmony, a social circus group that trains kids and teens in tumbling, acrobatics, juggling and the rest…
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Ask a Clown Anything–An Audience Generated Interview with Les Foutoukours
Les Foutoukours is a production company with a special mission to help the world understand clowning and physical theater. Since…
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Cirque du Soleil Co-Founder Guy Laliberté’s Immersive, Multi-Media Art Pyramid Will Not Come to Miami
PY1’s laser and acrobatics filled show promised to be a trip “through space and time” but was a box office…
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Juggling in the Opera with Gandini–Akhnaten Comes to The Met
Juggling features heavily in Phelim McDermott’s US premier of the production of Philip Glass’ Akhnaten, now playing at the New York Metropolitan…
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Sports Handstand Man Lands in Port Moody
Sascha Bachmann calls himself a failed gymnast, and he wears it like a badge of honour. Last Saturday, the 26-year-old…
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Conversations with Creators About Expanding the Nucleus of Contemporary Circus
“This event is about the future.” This is how Frank Hentschker, Executive Director and Director of Programs at the Martin…
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The City’s First Festival of Contemporary Circus is Happening This November
This year’s festival is the exciting pilot of a new annual event, which aims to raise the profile of Liverpool…
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A Cirque du Soleil Stunt Motorcyclist Crashed. What That Means for the New ‘R.U.N’
A stunt motorcyclist in the new Cirque du Soleil show “R.U.N” has been injured in an accident during the first…
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California Bans Circuses from Using Tigers, Elephants, Monkeys and Other Wild Animals
Circuses performing in California will no longer be able to use elephants, lions, monkeys and other wild animals after Gov….
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Exploring Self-Determination Through Circus Arts: New Research
A new research project has been published titled Self-Determination Through Circus Arts: Exploring Youth Development in a Novel Activity Context…
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Recreating the Magic: Saint John’s Second International Circus Festival
If “Spread the magic!” was Anahareo Dölle’s motto for the first Saint John’s International Circus Fest in 2018, the event’s…
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Cirque Physio’s Dr. Jen Crane Lays It All Out with Training Tips
Dr. Jen Crane has many credentials beyond her doctorate in physical therapy. Among other things, she is a board certified…
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Greg Kennedy–From Cirque du Soleil to Juggling Inventions in the Workshop & Beyond
As Circadium School of Contemporary Circus welcome its 3rd class of students in Philadelphia, it is a good time to…
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Quick Talk with Tara Jacob, New Executive Director of the American Youth Circus Organization
As a teenager, Tara Jacob first fell in love with the fun, creativity, and community when she discovered in the…
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Teatro ZinZanni’s Love, Chaos & Dinner Recasted
With a show named Love, Chaos and Dinner, you’d think you’d know what you are about to get served. But…
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Circus Fans of America—Seeking Next Generation of Torchbearers for Traditional Circus
In a circular ballroom on the twelfth floor of Springfield’s La Quinta hotel with a stunning view of western Massachusetts,…
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Cirque du Soleil to Hit Chicago with Group’s First-Ever Holiday Spectacle
Cirque du Soleil, the famed Montreal-based live entertainment company, on Tuesday said it will return to Chicago for the second…
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Roadkill Performance Launching in Troy
The first production of the Contemporary Circus & Immersive Arts Center (CCIAC)is a good sign for the development of contemporary…
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Some Strings Attached: Meet the Women of Tangle, Fringe’s High-Flying All-Female Circus Troupe
If your impression of Cirque du Soleil is dorky, bizarre, spellbinding or thrilling, this local, smaller rendition aims to give…
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Festival Snapshot–1st Annual San Diego Circus Festival 2019
The first annual San Diego Circus Festival, hosted by San Diego Circus Center and produced by Jean-Luc Martin, was a…
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AYCOFest 2019 – A Bright Future for Youth Circus in America
I arrived to the San Diego Circus Center hot, sweaty, and brimming with anticipation. A little boy in a red…
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Circus Reinvented in Montreal, This Time with High-tech Vibe
Montreal—the Canadian city that spawned the global juggernaut Cirque du Soleil—has once again reimagined the circus, this time tapping into…
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Why Do Circus Artists Make Music?
Lately, it seems like more and more circus artists are getting into making music. As a circus artist who makes…
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How to Make a Show That Walks the Walk-An International Touring Talk Panel
In the circus community, touring is commonly known as a very difficult thing to plan and then to execute. That’s…
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Introducing Modern Vaudeville Press
The juggling community as a whole knows Thom Wall as “the Vaudeville Sensation.” But more and more people are discovering…
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The Hartford Courant Let Survivors of a Tragic 75-Year-Old Circus Fire Tell Their Own Stories
Seventy-five years ago, a fire broke out in Hartford, Connecticut. On July 6, 1944, fire erupted inside the big top…
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Questions Remain About the Future of the Big Apple Circus
At this point in the developing saga that is the Big Apple Circus, we know more about who and what…
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Cirque du Soleil and Disney Announce New Production in 2020 at Disney Springs
Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group and Disney Parks, Experiences and Products have announced tickets are on sale for the highly…
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The Founder of the Quebec Circus School Loses His Life in a Sailing Accident
CircusTalk is sad to deliver the news of the loss of life of the influential circus school founder, Michel Rousseau….
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Sarasota High and Circus Arts Conservatory Partner for Magnet Program
Sarasota’s long-running history with circus arts will soon expand into the classrooms of Sarasota High School. In partnership with Circus…
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The Show Must Go On! Inside Cirque Du Soleil Founder Guy Laliberté’s Plan To Create Another Entertainment Phenomenon
Guy Laliberté stands on a dock at the old port of Montreal and surveys the skyline. This is the city of…
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Considering Circus – Photo Documentation of Montreal’s annual Circus Festival
In the staunchly conservative, predominantly catholic German village of my childhood, we children eagerly anticipated three occasions each year: Carnival…
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Alegria’s Opening Night in Gatineau Marred by Early Halt in Performance and Missing Finale
A shaky start and missing finale made for a worrying and ultimately disappointing premiere performance of Alegria on Thursday night….
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Protest the Circus Way in Puerto Rico
“Politicians wish to be a real Circus, where empathy, teamwork is practiced, the impossible is achieved and we take care…
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AGT Hoop Aerialist Matthew Richardson Makes Circus/Queer Film In Church
On Season 14 of America’s Got Talent, the judges are wowed by cyr wheel performer Matthew Richardson. The 33-year-old former…
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Gandini’s Spring Demonstrates the Abstract Beauty of Dance & Juggling Combined
Spring by Gandini Juggling arrived in Montreal midsummer (July 3-8) to be part of the Montréal Complètement Cirque Festival, filling up the…
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Adaptive Circus Arts at Camputee 2019 with Erin Ball
Erin Ball is a circus artist and coach based in Kingston, Ontario, the owner of Kingston Circus Arts and a…
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Bosch Dreams as Montreal Awakens to Complètement Cirque Festival
The 10th edition of the Montréal Complètement Cirque festival is sure to fill the city with a dazzling display of…
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Concordia Pulls Back the Curtain on the Creative Process of Contemporary Circus July 2-12
Home to Cirque du Soleil, the National Circus School, TOHU and more, Montreal is at the heart of Quebec’s billion-dollar…
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Sarasota’s Bello Nock to Perform Televised High-wire Act Over Active Volcano
Shortly before Nik Wallenda attempts a high-wire walk over Times Square for an ABC special, which airs Sunday, another Sarasota…
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Under the Tent with the Cuban National Circus
Journalist André Chung visited Cuba in 2017, teaching photography and photo journalism, when he bumped into a rehearsal of Circuba…
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Meet the Graduate from ENC, Ron Oppenheimer
Meet ENC (École Nationale de Cirque, Montréal) graduate Ron Oppenheimer! As the youngest of four siblings growing up in California,…
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Programming Contemporary Circus Preserves the Ludique in Life
Ruth Juliet Wikler is a name to know. Earlier this month, she was officially announced the Deputy Director of Programming,…
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It’s Official: Ruth Wikler is TOHU’s New Circus Arts Programming Director
This just in– good news from the Montréal circus venue TOHU announcing that the Deputy Director of Programming position has…
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Arts Sector Contributed $763.6 Billion to U.S. Economy—More Than Agriculture or Transportation, New Data Shows
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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Big Apple Circus Cancels Arena Tour Amid Low Ticket Sales, Internal Email Shows
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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Negotiating an Artist Contract, a Complicated But an Essential Skill
As a self-employed artist, you have already negotiated many contracts but have you done it correctly? Did you forget to…
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Montreal’s Circus Festival Returns to the Quartier des Spectacles from July 4 to 14
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’s 33rd Season Takes Audience Members On Flying Adventure Inside Schnucks Grocery Store
Circus Flora is a longstanding tradition for many St. Louisans and is back in action this month for its 33rd…
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Stop and Read: Early 20th Century Juggling Manual Re-Release!
Juggling or How To Become a Juggler: the annotated edition is another piece of juggling literature from Modern Vaudeville Press…
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