Art and Representation: Non-European Circus Groups at Cirkuliacija ’23
Reckoning with the events of world history and their lingering effects leads not only to creating stereotypes—it also impacts how
Leer másReckoning with the events of world history and their lingering effects leads not only to creating stereotypes—it also impacts how
Leer másCircus artists repeat the same tricks over and over again to reach a level of excellence and performance quality that
Leer másAs 2022 comes to its final bow, it’s time to reflect on all that we have learned this year and
Leer másWe share this article written by Johnathan Lee Iverson, an acclaimed Performer, a New Yorker and Chairman of the Board
Leer másWith Ireland passing the first federal guaranteed income program for artists, could the U.S. potentially do the same? As the
Leer másI have made my career as a dancer, physical theatre performer, director, and teacher. In 2005, I joined Salpaus Circus
Leer másThe Gazette’s Bailey Cichon dives into the history and current state of variety arts through interviews with today’s circus artists.
Leer másAs an undergraduate theatre student, I wasn’t assigned readings about circus. I remember reading about physical theatre, live art, dance,
Leer másAfter a four-month period of exchange, the six creative companies partnered under Big Village–Digital have created a Manifesto for Action
Leer másMy name is Ulziibuyan Mergen Kee. I’m a contortionist and a mom of 2 wonderful boys. I am writing this
Leer másTrigger warning! Sexual assault, Harassment I still remember the first time I solved a math problem without someone showing me
Leer másIn an extroverted space, circus performers and students with differing needs may find themselves standing on the sidelines. Movement artist,
Leer másSometimes I think I have the best job in the world, especially when I count the number of circus shows
Leer másMany dark months have passed on stages around the world. And suddenly a sign in circus– Cirque du Soleil announced
Leer másThe first time I was told that my career as a female flying trapeze catcher would make me infertile my
Leer másLike the rest of the world, American circus artists have spent the last eighteen months largely out of work, unemployed
Leer másThis year’s World Circus Day marked over a year of life in a pandemic. Some circuses spent the holiday in
Leer másThe COVID-19 pandemic has changed the circus industry. With the shutdown of in-person entertainment and many circus studios, the future
Leer másIt is difficult to sum up a whole art form in 500 words, let alone 5, but by streamlining our
Leer másOnce a year, as part of its programme of activities, Circostrada tends to organise a professional field trip outside Europe,
Leer másIn the wake of job losses and setbacks for the circus sector due to the coronavirus pandemic, Projet Lumière has
Leer másTwo women connected through their life’s work with circus, Sosina Wogayehu and Jasmine Straga, have recently responded to Circostrada‘s report
Leer másBig tops are being built up across the UK. With sidewalls raised and seats spaced out, tented circuses are resuming
Leer másAs a circus artist based in the Netherlands, these are some of the observations I’ve made during this self-quarantine. They’re
Leer másLike many others, Covid19 forced me to retreat into unemployed isolation at home. This period allowed me to reflect on
Leer másNo one doubts that health, the economy and education are valuable. Culture, however, is having a harder time mattering to
Leer másRisk is something circus people talk about constantly, but there is something private about it too. The risk is an
Leer másJust over three years ago, Erwan Tarlet left his work to embark on an artistic career. He is 26 years
Leer másThe following speech is an edited version of a provocation delivered by Yaron Lifschitz at the 2020 ISPA Congress in
Leer másTensions are running high in the venue as the circus theatre students prepare for their upcoming show. Circomedia, based in
Leer másIf I were to ask, “What is the purpose of art?”… What would we answer? Beauty? Catharsis? Social questioning? Expressing
Leer másAfter reaching my late-40s, becoming more visibly trans, having a child, and losing most of my employment prospects, I finally
Leer másAs the lights flashed and the music pulsated, I took a swig of Irish whiskey from my plastic balloon-animal dog
Leer más“As a female base, I realized that by literally lifting people up, I could quickly change audience perception. I had
Leer másIn her article titled Are Female Clowns Like the Others? circus artist, and author of the book The New Clowns: A
Leer másPitch’d Circus Arts Festival director Cormac Mohally of Lords of Strut tells Ellie O’Byrne why circus deserves to be recognised
Leer másJon Sopel has a new book out this month – A Year at the Circus. But the BBC’s North America
Leer másSimilar to dancers and professional athletes (Hill, 2016), contemporary circus artists may score relatively high on the personality characteristic perfectionism. People
Leer másIn the staunchly conservative, predominantly catholic German village of my childhood, we children eagerly anticipated three occasions each year: Carnival
Leer másI love the circus. I love it for the fun, the laughter, the sense of transgression. For me the never-never
Leer másShows like America’s Got Talent, The World’s Best and Showtime at the Apollo have become permanent fixtures of network television
Leer másThe age-old relationship between audience and performer “The action of clapping is actually a quite primitive one, initially being used
Leer másCircus was created to fill a gap left by ‘serious’ theatre. Now a new generation of performers is rejecting bureaucratisation
Leer másI hovered 30 feet off the ground, trying not to look down, a long loop of fabric my only support.
Leer másThe CIRCa festival is the mecca of contemporary circus. As it’s director, Marc Fouilland likes to call it “le rendez-vous
Leer másIn many ways, 2018 has been a great year for circus. This is really saying something when you consider that
Leer másIn a British circus, you will no longer find big cats, dancing bears or sea lions balancing on balls. Anne,
Leer másAlex Mizzen is a creative who uses circus and dance-theatre to make evocative, challenging works. She is a world-class hand-balancer,
Leer másTypically, talking about site-specific circus means talking about a large outdoor space that’s converted (with, say, scaffolding or cranes or
Leer másI grew up as a very artistic, athletic, and insecure child, and I always tell people that circus saved my
Leer másI FOUND OUT I WAS PREGNANT ON A FRIDAY EVENING… My husband and I had just embarked on the “make
Leer másI was almost thirty years old when I joined the circus school in my new city, Ghent, around the turn
Leer más“Hey!” I hear from behind me. I turn around. A queer person is running down the stairs from the spoken-word
Leer másDear circus artists, We need to talk. Not about your circus practice, though – not here, not this way. It’s
Leer másSarah Poole, a circus educator at ENC, asked us to publish this response letter about the climate of support at
Leer másSay the words “Canadian circus” and most people will think of the esthetically dazzling, astonishingly successful productions by Montreal-based Cirque
Leer másMiss La La was the star of the show when Edgar Degas painted her in 1879 hanging by her teeth
Leer másThis past Sunday, Apr. 15, the Barefoot Monkeys’ Spring Show performance dazzled with fire, props (the professional term is toys),
Leer másn April 19, circus artists from around the world will reunite at their old school in Belgium to mark the
Leer másLa Grainerie in France is currently programming a series of shows called Creatrices created by women. This article discusses the
Leer másA young man nervously explains to his girlfriend that there’s somebody else in his life. His twin sister suddenly pops
Leer másI was sitting in the chapel-turned-classroom at Ecole de cirque de Quebec, listening to Julie Lavergne talk about the overview
Leer másWomen in circus. What images come to mind? Historically, circus was a place of huge emancipation for women. It offered the
Leer másDear Stav, and all other Interested Individuals, Thank you for your article and your comments. I have been working at
Leer másThis post is in defense of the female artists (including myself) who performed in Cirque de Demain this year, not
Leer másWe’ve all seen it. The dance duet. One woman and one man (sometimes there are two men, but for now
Leer másFestival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris is one of the world’s most famous circus festivals, about to celebrate
Leer másAt the International Circus Festival in Monte Carlo, an unlikely figure is leading the charge to transform the circus for
Leer más–TRIGGER ALERT– Full disclosure: the victim of this story is the same age today as I am. Full disclosure: I
Leer másThere is nothing more satisfying than walking out of theatre having been inspired by an amazing circus show. However, a
Leer másI FELL out of love with the circus early, and I remember the moment almost exactly. In the 1970s, our
Leer másIn part one to this story, I presented an outline of how performing arts education and production is supported differently
Leer másBrisbane’s circus sector is internationally recognised. What conditions led to such creativity and how can its future be secured? From
Leer másPerforming arts have been a powerful human ritual for millennia. The Washington Post recently published a beautiful, interactive online piece
Leer másIt was the fifth night of the Circuba Festival 2017, and day six of spending upwards of eight hours in
Leer másQuébec, as a stateless nation, expresses its nationalism through culture and language. What is the national narrative of Québécois circus
Leer másYou are watching a circus performance. The artists, for whatever reason, have a noticeable number of technical errors. The overall
Leer másInterest in the circus has never been higher. Where there were three circus schools in North America 15 years ago,
Leer másWhile some circus owners hope that with innovation they’ll be able to survive, others are not so optimistic. Dancing bears;
Leer másThe Circus world is experiencing more and more activities and events that focus on gender and its influence in circus
Leer másSo there’s this thing where the animal rights movement is attempting to prevent one of Ringling’s tiger trainers, Alexander Lacey,
Leer másIn her heartfelt introduction letter in the playbill to Cirkus Cirkör‘s show Limits, founder Tilde Björfors explains why the time
Leer másDea Birkett, ringmaster of Circus250 (the UK and Ireland-wide organization coordinating 250 years of circus in 2018) writes about the need
Leer másLate last year Yaron Lifschitz (above), the CEO of Brisbane’s circus company Circa, made an incendiary speech slamming the major arts companies
Leer másJanet M. Davis, a professor of history and American studies at the University of Texas at Austin and the author
Leer másWith the launch of Circus Talk News came the unfortunate announcement of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey closing up
Leer másWith the announced closure of the famed Ringling Brothers Circus, it may appear that a beloved form of entertainment
Leer másThe Circus Isn’t Coming to Town Recently, Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus announced they will be shutting down their
Leer másSo, as you have probably heard, Feld Entertainment has decided to end the 146 year run of the Ringling Bros
Leer másIt’s been a difficult few months for the circus world. In November The Big Apple Circus filed for bankruptcy. Then
Leer más“People shouldn’t see the closing of Ringling as the closing of circus, but as the changing of circus.” – Shana Kennedy,
Leer másThe hallowed brand may soon be no more, but variations on the circus form continue to thrive, and new models
Leer másWhen Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced on Saturday that it would be folding after 146 years, I
Leer másYaron Lifschitz, CEO of the Brisbane based circus company, Circa, challenges the traditional funding paradigm by demanding to open up
Leer másThere’s always been a fog of mystery settled around my perception of the circus. I’ve seen the performers come on
Leer másRooted in gypsy community, there is more than just a thing or two that circus can teach us about the
Leer másHow circus arts companies are training artists to become both actors and acrobats. Once upon a time, so the axiom went,
Leer másA new initiative to transform circus in Britain threatens to strip the Big Top of its intoxicating magic. I gasped,
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