In this companion article to Stav Meishar‘s Molding the Next Generation of Circus Directors at Circomedia , Circomedia co-founder and current artistic and education director Dr. Bim Mason reflects on the 2nd year of the MA program as it draws to a close. It is one of the first graduate level directing programs to be offered in the professional circus world.

Kim Campbell: What is a standout moment for you from the year of working with this group? Dr. Bim Mason: So far, it has been a day when we did a ‘case study’ with emerging artist Hazel Lam. This is something we can offer to artists who have a piece in development. She showed us her piece and then we gave feedback usin...