Dear Stav, and all other Interested Individuals, Thank you for your article and your comments. I have been working at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain for nearly three years organising the Club PRO events.  I am a woman, a passionate lover of circus and a supporter of creation, circus innovation and equality in all of its forms. I am not in any way involved in the selection process of the acts we present but being a part of our tiny team (there are only three employees at the Festival, of which only one works full time… the rest of the Festival team is made up entirely of volunteers) means that I did have the opportunity to see a large number of the application videos, so I feel that I can speak a little about this subject. Before addressing t...