A Mix Of Circus And Dance, ‘When Angels Fall’ Imagines A Dystopia That Pits Humanity Against Technology
In a dystopian future that doesn’t appear as far-fetched as it should, a looming, manipulative entity watches over a machine-run…
Read more >In a dystopian future that doesn’t appear as far-fetched as it should, a looming, manipulative entity watches over a machine-run…
Read more >Bufano, an assistant professor in Berklee’s Film Scoring Department, will document technology’s impact on circus music. Peter Bufano, assistant professor in…
Read more >3AM Theatre is one of the new breed of small circus companies like Cirque Us and Acrobatic Conundrum that is…
Read more >I hovered 30 feet off the ground, trying not to look down, a long loop of fabric my only support….
Read more >Four acts will be inducted into the Circus Ring of Fame on St. Armands Circle Jan. 13. They’ve walked the…
Read more >From July 3rd to 13th 2018, over twenty thinker-doers from a dozen countries, all practitioners and scholars of contemporary circus and/or…
Read more >From July 3rd to 13th 2018, over twenty thinker-doers from a dozen countries, all practitioners and scholars of contemporary circus and/or…
Read more >A short documentary by Amanda Levenson exploring how circus in North America has evolved in recent years. The United States…
Read more >We often hear stories of circus people coming forward to save the day–and New Victory Theater has as a good…
Read more >From July 3rd to 13th 2018, over twenty thinker-doers from a dozen countries, all practitioners and scholars of contemporary circus and/or…
Read more >In season two of her video series The New Circus, in which she explores the major players and influences upon…
Read more >New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed legislation Friday that made his state the first in the nation to ban…
Read more >As one of the foremost circus institutions in the world, École national de cirque (ENC) is gifted with many resources,…
Read more >I was blown away by Gandini Juggling’s production of Smashed this past Saturday. Apples become grenades and decimate the landscape….
Read more >From July 3rd to 13th 2018, over twenty thinker-doers from a dozen countries, all practitioners and scholars of contemporary circus and/or…
Read more >Internationally known as an innovator in the theory and practice of inclusive juggling, Craig Quat grew up attending a social…
Read more >A Cirque du Soleil performer fell off his BMX bike during a stunt in the final part of the organization’s…
Read more >From July 3rd to 13th 2018, over twenty thinker-doers from a dozen countries, all practitioners and scholars of contemporary circus and/or…
Read more >It is that time of year again–when Cirque du Monde, the social outreach division of Cirque du Soleil, choses it’s…
Read more >Circus Bella has come a long way from its first performance, crashing an event in San Francisco’s Dolores Park to…
Read more >From January 4th thru the 8th in New York City, The Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) will open its doors…
Read more >An imaginary train station, a train that forms and deconstructs itself in front of the eyes of hundreds of spectators,…
Read more >A casting notice posted this month offers a few clues to the new Cirque du Soleil show scheduled for Walt…
Read more >From July 3rd to 13th 2018, over twenty thinker-doers from a dozen countries, all practitioners and scholars of contemporary circus and/or…
Read more >Montreal has long been a hub for creative innovators, entrepreneurs and artists. In this column, Brendan Kelly offers a snapshot…
Read more >As part of our three-part series Circus Talk will run this year on the 25th anniversary of Cirque Éloize, we…
Read more >From November 12th until the 17th, 2018, Canada’s biggest performing arts showcase CINARS will unfold in Montréal, churning out 190…
Read more >From July 3rd to 13th 2018, over twenty thinker-doers from a dozen countries, all practitioners and scholars of contemporary circus and/or…
Read more >A familiar blue tent is cozied amidst the daunting buildings of Lincoln Center. The Big Apple Circus has returned to…
Read more >Fanny Kerwich is a woman in motion. Her energy is electric, light, and ever flowing. Much like her directorial sense,…
Read more >From July 3rd to 13th 2018, over twenty thinker-doers from a dozen countries, all practitioners and scholars of contemporary circus and/or…
Read more >Big Top Academy is a new circus-themed show on Discovery Kids Network that premiered October 15th, 2018. Set in a…
Read more >MONTREAL — In the light of recent geopolitical tensions in Saudi Arabia, Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte has expressed…
Read more >In our new series called Meet the Presenter-Tag, we will explore the world of circus arts programming with different presenters…
Read more >Typically, talking about site-specific circus means talking about a large outdoor space that’s converted (with, say, scaffolding or cranes or…
Read more >Circus educators and professionals from around the United States gathered this past weekend, October 4th-7th, at the American Circus Educators…
Read more >The Big Apple Circus is about to begin its 41st season this October 2018 and they are kicking it off…
Read more >You no longer need to run away to join the Circus Project. After most of a decade spent walking budgetary…
Read more >The Plaid Lads, a duo comprised of Sam Malcolm and Tony Steinbach, are darlings of the fringe world, having performed…
Read more >On Monday, October 8th, and Tuesday October 9th, PBS (The Public Broadcasting Service) is launching a new four hour mini…
Read more >“The Circus,” a four-hour PBS documentary about the big top’s history, finds one of its most forceful witnesses in Orlando….
Read more >In May 2017, after years of entertaining children of all ages, the curtain fell for the final time on the…
Read more >The Greatest Showman may not have been a massive critical success, but the musical has won over droves of fans…
Read more >Family fun will be reaching new heights this fall, as Machine de Cirque lands at the New 42nd Street New…
Read more >Discovery Kids Latin America and Cirque du Soleil Images, the multimedia production division of Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, have partnered…
Read more >My first approach to the Maroma was in 2008. I was member of Otro Circo and Circo Atayde Hnos invited us to a gathering with…
Read more >Four acts will be inducted into the Circus Ring of Fame on Jan. 13. The Circus Ring of Fame has…
Read more >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cirque du Soleil introduces the creative team behind Alegría – The Return of an Icon TICKETS ON…
Read more >As small to medium sized circus companies in the US become more prevalent, Fringe festivals around the United States are…
Read more >I recently finished The E-Myth Revisited, which proposed thinking of your small business as if you wanted to franchise it. Basically,…
Read more >Chicago’s Theater District just got bigger. Located on the 14th floor of the Cambria Hotel at 32 West Randolph and…
Read more >There is an art and science to juggling. Thom Wall demonstrates the art of juggling in his vaudeville juggling performances…
Read more >In season two of her video series The New Circus, in which she explores the major players and influences upon…
Read more >Seven floors for seven fingers. Was that what sold The 7 Fingers (Les 7 Doigts De La Main) co-founders on…
Read more >Perched on the top eastern corner of the North American Continent, the lively town of St. John’s will host its…
Read more >Cirque Éloize is celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2018. That equals 25 years of shows and innovation in the circus…
Read more >In this series called “Meet a Circus Grad” we give a voice to recently graduated or graduating circus artists, to…
Read more >The Wallenda family is known far and wide for their circus performances – from high-wire stunts to taming lions. Blake Wallenda confirmed…
Read more >The 6th Edition of the International Circus Movement’s Festival Periplo concluded recently with a splendid three-week circus celebration that attests…
Read more >It is 12.38am in downtown Montreal in Andrew’s Bar and the bartender is dutifully stoned and charmingly ignoring the paying…
Read more >The first ever United States hosted social circus festival took place early this August at CircEsteem. Since 2001 their mission…
Read more >In circus, talent isn’t hoarded, but shared. Long before the advent of circus schools, which continue to grow exponentially, there…
Read more >I FOUND OUT I WAS PREGNANT ON A FRIDAY EVENING… My husband and I had just embarked on the “make…
Read more >In front of the blue, red, and gold circus ring looms the iconic North Beach church, a bright white beacon…
Read more >In this video, Lea Toran Jenner visits with Gypsy Snider, one of the co-founders and co-artistic directors of 7 Fingers, at…
Read more >Criss Angel is one of the most recognizable and awarded illusionists in the world. His Las Vegas Strip show “Criss…
Read more >News 12’s Tara Rosenblum spent one week “Under the Big Top” with the heirs to America’s oldest circus before the…
Read more >The mayor of Montréal opened the 2018 Montréal Completement Cirque Festival with a speech that lauded the city as “la capitale mondiale…
Read more >CircusTalk was recently in Montréal–the circus hub of North America, reporting on the 9th annual Montréal Complètement Cirque Festival (MCC)….
Read more >It is no coincidence that the subject of my first blog interview is the inimitable Suzi Winson. She is the…
Read more >In our new series titled Meet the Festival, we will explore some of the many festivals of the circus world….
Read more >On Tuesday, July 3, the St. Louis Arches teen circus troupe left early in morning from Lambert St. Louis International…
Read more >Adding to a jam-packed week of festivities tied to the Big Top Parade, the Circus Historical Society will hold its…
Read more >In our new series titled Meet the Circus School, we will explore some of the many circus schools around the…
Read more >“Hey!” I hear from behind me. I turn around. A queer person is running down the stairs from the spoken-word…
Read more >Unicyclist Wesley Williams received an abundance of praise following his Saturday performance at Circus World. The 20-year-old circus veteran jumped…
Read more >Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group’s chief executive officer says he’ll be a hero with his grandchildren after he acquired VStar Entertainment Group,…
Read more >Nine years in, the annual Montréal Cirque Festival — otherwise known as Montréal Complètement Cirque — is now attracting close to…
Read more >Montreal is in the throes of a heat wave, but the show must go on for the sweaty performers at Montréal…
Read more >Each year as the Montréal Complètement Cirque (MCC) festival approaches, graduate students from around the world begin to gather in…
Read more >I saw him perform at the New York Clown Festival, with Big Apple a couple of times, and a few…
Read more >The classic circus, featuring performing animals in three rings under the big top, has passed away. What’s taken its place?…
Read more >It was spring semester at Muhlenberg College. My Aerial 2 class and I were discussing how television was a detrimental…
Read more >For more than 100 years, the remains of 56 performers and roustabouts of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus lay at the Woodlawn…
Read more >Few people appreciate the magic of the circus more than Miles White did. Sure, the Ringling brothers, P.T. Barnum and…
Read more >In Chicago, eight circus students just completed their second year of the pro training program at Aloft Circus Arts, a…
Read more >For the 40th Anniversary season of Big Apple Circus, chairman Neil Kahanovitz brought together an incredible team of designers to…
Read more >Join the Great All American Youth Circus as we venture through the world of comic books. From friendly faces to…
Read more >Five years ago, we were two artists (Alice De Cunha and Marc Frost) based in Chicago who decided to start…
Read more >Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group and Stage Entertainment announced today that the Broadway Show Cirque du Soleil PARAMOUR will relocate…
Read more >In our new series titled Meet the Festival, we will explore some of the many festivals of the circus world….
Read more >Say the words “Canadian circus” and most people will think of the esthetically dazzling, astonishingly successful productions by Montreal-based Cirque…
Read more >There’s an ease that permeates from Réjean St. Jules. A kind of seasoned effortlessness that very few achieve in their…
Read more >Montreal police have arrested a coach at the city’s elite National Circus School, accusing him of various charges related to…
Read more >This year’s Circus Sessions, was a bold experiment in accessibility. Produced by Femmes du Feu, where Holly Treddenick is artistic…
Read more >Veteran lighting designer Jeff Croiter recently deployed Martin by HARMAN lighting fixtures to create a new and contemporary lighting design…
Read more >Have you ever considered juggling a fascinating visual art form? Through the use of real-time motion graphics it is possible…
Read more >The park Jean-Rivard, located in the Circus Arts City of the Saint-Michel district, will be named after the co-founder of…
Read more >Don’t be surprised if you recognize the actor playing Will Robinson in Netflix’s “Lost in Space.” If you’ve attended a…
Read more >Christopher Hudert did not plan to be a clown. He started stage acting at age 11, performing in the 1960s…
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