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…
Read moreIt was the widespread use of trains that finally got the circus business on track. But wild success also brought…
Read more2018 MARKED the 250th anniversary of the circus. In celebration, an exhibition which highlights diversity and complexity within the circus…
Read moreSeventy-five years ago, a fire broke out in Hartford, Connecticut. On July 6, 1944, fire erupted inside the big top…
Read moreBack in 2013, I had typed a few words into the Google search bar, and little did I know that…
Read moreTraditional circuses still crisscross the country, but on a much-reduced scale from when they ruled America as the undisputed “greatest…
Read morePicture the word impressario, and you will have a perfect image of Pascal Jacob, Vice President of the Festival Mondial…
Read moreIt is a precious opportunity to learn about and from circus from folks who have traveled with and performed in…
Read moreI first learned of the Konyot family through professor Ron Beadle, a renowned British circademic and a descendant of the Konyot…
Read moreSo, here we are in 2019 and the circus celebrations of last year are behind us – or are they?…
Read moreMy 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 moreCirque Éloize is celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2018. That equals 25 years of shows and innovation in the circus…
Read moreIn 1879, the artist Edgar Degas attended a performance at the Cirque Fernando in Paris where he was dazzled by…
Read moreIn front of the blue, red, and gold circus ring looms the iconic North Beach church, a bright white beacon…
Read moreThe classic circus, featuring performing animals in three rings under the big top, has passed away. What’s taken its place?…
Read moreFor more than 100 years, the remains of 56 performers and roustabouts of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus lay at the Woodlawn…
Read moreWith its roots embedded in the thriving bohemian and nomadic local arts scene, the origins of Brisbane’s (Queensland, Australia) contemporary…
Read moreThis year hundreds of circus-related exhibitions and events are taking place in towns and cities throughout the UK as part…
Read moreI do straps because it’s just me and the air up there. It’s the most stripped back of aerial disciplines….
Read moreHandstands may sound like a ridiculously niche skill but they are actually a staple of many circus disciplines. My handbalancing…
Read moreWhen I was about 11, a shopkeeper gave me an out-of-date circus poster of a growling lion’s head to stick…
Read moreI began acrobatics 15 years ago when I was 7 years-old. I started to train in foot juggling in 2008….
Read moreHere is a challenge for you – stop anyone in the street and ask them if they know what a…
Read moreThis year marks 250 years since the start of modern circus. It was in 1768 that Philip Astley began his…
Read moreThe year 2018 is the 25oth anniversary of the creation of the circus, and Peter Lavery has been photographing behind…
Read moreWhen was the first trapeze performance? Who launched ‘the greatest show on Earth’? And which showman was celebrated in song…
Read moreCircus Talk is happy to announce a new yearlong series titled Circus History Talk 250, where we will explore the…
Read moreHorace Leonard Ridler (1882-1965) was born in Surrey, South East England. He was the youngest son of an upper-class family…
Read moreAnd now a page from our “Sunday Morning” Almanac: November 12, 1859, 158 years ago today … a day for…
Read moreThe collection of over 150 images tells the story of the circus of the great showman ‘Lord’ George Sanger …
Read moreAs a boy, Emil Otto Paul Braun, born in 1859 in a Prussian (now Polish) village, was renowned for his…
Read moreLulu Adams was born Louise Craston in 1900 to Joe Craston and Martha Cashmore. Lulu was born into a family…
Read moreMoldova – Elation dealer Eventika Grup SRL of Moldova recently finished an interesting project that the company worked long and…
Read moreThe Bindlestiff Family Circus shared their review of the circus panel discussion on the sideshow resurgence and history that took…
Read moreKatharine Kavanagh is at it again with another great vlog post on the Circus Diaries Youtibe channel, this one with…
Read moreThe mixed race showman of African heritage was the first non-white man to run his own circus, and he often…
Read moreA new circus exhibit in Lincoln, Nebraska hearkens back to the golden era of traveling circus, a history that will…
Read moreIn a bid to preserve circus culture, Illinois State University’s Milner Library is making more than 300 circus route books…
Read moreFor many the circus is a place of wonder and fantasy come alive. But for these 15 women, it was…
Read moreShowmen’s Rest is a mass burial of clowns, trapeze artists, and other circus performers. The wandering families of entertainers were…
Read moreThe son of slaves and darling of bourgeois Paris, Rafael Padilla – known as “Chocolat” – has long been forgotten….
Read moreCarne de fieras (Flesh for Beasts) is a 1936 Spanish film in which French animal tamer Georges Marck and dancer…
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