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The water is its own world. One and a half million gallons rest behind 11 panes of 4-inch-thick glass in
Read moreThe water is its own world. One and a half million gallons rest behind 11 panes of 4-inch-thick glass in
Read moreVeteran producer and TheatreArtLife co-founder Anna Robb has more than two decades under her belt of bringing artistic visions to
Read moreThe keynote speech by Darcy Grant, Artistic Director of Gravity and Other Myths, presented last week at NICAâs Australian Circus
Read moreReckoning with the events of world history and their lingering effects leads not only to creating stereotypes—it also impacts how
Read moreCircus artists repeat the same tricks over and over again to reach a level of excellence and performance quality that
Read moreAs 2022 comes to its final bow, it’s time to reflect on all that we have learned this year and
Read moreWe share this article written by Johnathan Lee Iverson, an acclaimed Performer, a New Yorker and Chairman of the Board
Read moreWith Ireland passing the first federal guaranteed income program for artists, could the U.S. potentially do the same? As the
Read moreI have made my career as a dancer, physical theatre performer, director, and teacher. In 2005, I joined Salpaus Circus
Read moreThe Gazetteâs Bailey Cichon dives into the history and current state of variety arts through interviews with todayâs circus artists.
Read moreAs an undergraduate theatre student, I wasn’t assigned readings about circus. I remember reading about physical theatre, live art, dance,
Read moreAfter a four-month period of exchange, the six creative companies partnered under Big VillageâDigital have created a Manifesto for Action
Read moreMy name is Ulziibuyan Mergen Kee. Iâm a contortionist and a mom of 2 wonderful boys. I am writing this
Read moreTrigger warning! Sexual assault, Harassment I still remember the first time I solved a math problem without someone showing me
Read moreIn an extroverted space, circus performers and students with differing needs may find themselves standing on the sidelines. Movement artist,
Read moreSometimes I think I have the best job in the world, especially when I count the number of circus shows
Read moreMany dark months have passed on stages around the world. And suddenly a sign in circus– Cirque du Soleil announced
Read moreThe first time I was told that my career as a female flying trapeze catcher would make me infertile my
Read moreLike the rest of the world, American circus artists have spent the last eighteen months largely out of work, unemployed
Read moreThis year’s World Circus Day marked over a year of life in a pandemic. Some circuses spent the holiday in
Read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic has changed the circus industry. With the shutdown of in-person entertainment and many circus studios, the future
Read moreIt is difficult to sum up a whole art form in 500 words, let alone 5, but by streamlining our
Read moreOnce a year, as part of its programme of activities, Circostrada tends to organise a professional field trip outside Europe,
Read moreDans le sillage des pertes d’emplois et des revers pour le secteur du cirque dus Ă la pandĂ©mie de coronavirus,
Read moreTwo women connected through their life’s work with circus, Sosina Wogayehu and Jasmine Straga, have recently responded to Circostrada‘s report
Read moreBig tops are being built up across the UK. With sidewalls raised and seats spaced out, tented circuses are resuming
Read moreAs a circus artist based in the Netherlands, these are some of the observations Iâve made during this self-quarantine. Theyâre
Read moreLike many others, Covid19 forced me to retreat into unemployed isolation at home. This period allowed me to reflect on
Read moreNo one doubts that health, the economy and education are valuable. Culture, however, is having a harder time mattering to
Read moreRisk is something circus people talk about constantly, but there is something private about it too. The risk is an
Read moreJust over three years ago, Erwan Tarlet left his work to embark on an artistic career. He is 26 years
Read moreThe following speech is an edited version of a provocation delivered by Yaron Lifschitz at the 2020 ISPA Congress in
Read moreTensions are running high in the venue as the circus theatre students prepare for their upcoming show. Circomedia, based in
Read moreIf I were to ask, âWhat is the purpose of art?â… What would we answer? Beauty? Catharsis? Social questioning? Expressing
Read moreAfter reaching my late-40s, becoming more visibly trans, having a child, and losing most of my employment prospects, I finally
Read moreAs the lights flashed and the music pulsated, I took a swig of Irish whiskey from my plastic balloon-animal dog
Read moreâAs a female base, I realized that by literally lifting people up, I could quickly change audience perception. I had
Read moreIn her article titled Are Female Clowns Like the Others? circus artist, and author of the book The New Clowns: A
Read morePitchâd Circus Arts Festival director Cormac Mohally of Lords of Strut tells Ellie OâByrne why circus deserves to be recognised
Read moreJon Sopel has a new book out this month â A Year at the Circus. But the BBCâs North America
Read moreSimilar to dancers and professional athletes (Hill, 2016), contemporary circus artists may score relatively high on the personality characteristic perfectionism. People
Read moreIn the staunchly conservative, predominantly catholic German village of my childhood, we children eagerly anticipated three occasions each year: Carnival
Read moreI love the circus. I love it for the fun, the laughter, the sense of transgression. For me the never-never
Read moreShows like  Americaâs Got Talent, The Worldâs Best and Showtime at the Apollo have become permanent fixtures of network television
Read moreThe age-old relationship between audience and performer âThe action of clapping is actually a quite primitive one, initially being used
Read moreCircus was created to fill a gap left by âseriousâ theatre. Now a new generation of performers is rejecting bureaucratisation
Read moreI hovered 30 feet off the ground, trying not to look down, a long loop of fabric my only support.
Read moreThe CIRCa festival is the mecca of contemporary circus. As itâs director, Marc Fouilland likes to call it âle rendez-vous
Read moreIn many ways, 2018 has been a great year for circus. This is really saying something when you consider that
Read moreIn a British circus, you will no longer find big cats, dancing bears or sea lions balancing on balls. Anne,
Read moreAlex Mizzen is a creative who uses circus and dance-theatre to make evocative, challenging works. She is a world-class hand-balancer,
Read moreTypically, talking about site-specific circus means talking about a large outdoor space thatâs converted (with, say, scaffolding or cranes or
Read moreI grew up as a very artistic, athletic, and insecure child, and I always tell people that circus saved my
Read moreI FOUND OUT I WAS PREGNANT ON A FRIDAY EVENING… My husband and I had just embarked on the âmake
Read moreI was almost thirty years old when I joined the circus school in my new city, Ghent, around the turn
Read moreâHey!â I hear from behind me. I turn around. A queer person is running down the stairs from the spoken-word
Read moreDear circus artists, We need to talk. Not about your circus practice, though â not here, not this way. Itâs
Read moreSarah Poole, a circus educator at ENC, asked us to publish this response letter about the climate of support at
Read moreSay the words âCanadian circusâ and most people will think of the esthetically dazzling, astonishingly successful productions by Montreal-based Cirque
Read moreMiss La La was the star of the show when Edgar Degas painted her in 1879 hanging by her teeth
Read moreThis past Sunday, Apr. 15, the Barefoot Monkeysâ Spring Show performance dazzled with fire, props (the professional term is toys),
Read moren April 19, circus artists from around the world will reunite at their old school in Belgium to mark the
Read moreLa Grainerie in France is currently programming a series of shows called Creatrices created by women. This article discusses the
Read moreA young man nervously explains to his girlfriend that thereâs somebody else in his life. His twin sister suddenly pops
Read moreI was sitting in the chapel-turned-classroom at Ecole de cirque de Quebec, listening to Julie Lavergne talk about the overview
Read moreWomen in circus. What images come to mind? Historically, circus was a place of huge emancipation for women. It offered the
Read moreDear Stav, and all other Interested Individuals, Thank you for your article and your comments. I have been working at
Read moreThis post is in defense of the female artists (including myself) who performed in Cirque de Demain this year, not
Read moreWeâve all seen it. The dance duet. One woman and one man (sometimes there are two men, but for now
Read moreFestival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris is one of the world’s most famous circus festivals, about to celebrate
Read moreAt the International Circus Festival in Monte Carlo, an unlikely figure is leading the charge to transform the circus for
Read more–TRIGGER ALERT– Full disclosure: the victim of this story is the same age today as I am. Full disclosure: I
Read moreThere is nothing more satisfying than walking out of theatre having been inspired by an amazing circus show. However, a
Read moreI FELL out of love with the circus early, and I remember the moment almost exactly. In the 1970s, our
Read moreIn part one to this story, I presented an outline of how performing arts education and production is supported differently
Read moreBrisbaneâs circus sector is internationally recognised. What conditions led to such creativity and how can its future be secured? From
Read morePerforming arts have been a powerful human ritual for millennia. The Washington Post recently published a beautiful, interactive online piece
Read moreIt was the fifth night of the Circuba Festival 2017, and day six of spending upwards of eight hours in
Read moreQuébec, as a stateless nation, expresses its nationalism through culture and language. What is the national narrative of Québécois circus
Read moreYou are watching a circus performance. The artists, for whatever reason, have a noticeable number of technical errors. The overall
Read moreInterest in the circus has never been higher. Where there were three circus schools in North America 15 years ago,
Read moreWhile some circus owners hope that with innovation theyâll be able to survive, others are not so optimistic. Dancing bears;
Read moreThe Circus world is experiencing more and more activities and events that focus on gender and its influence in circus
Read moreSo thereâs this thing where the animal rights movement is attempting to prevent one of Ringlingâs tiger trainers, Alexander Lacey,
Read moreIn her heartfelt introduction letter in the playbill to Cirkus Cirkör‘s show Limits, founder Tilde Björfors explains why the time
Read moreDea Birkett, ringmaster of Circus250 (the UK and Ireland-wide organization coordinating 250 years of circus in 2018) writes about the need
Read moreLate last year Yaron Lifschitz (above), the CEO of Brisbaneâs circus company Circa, made an incendiary speech slamming the major arts companies
Read moreJanet M. Davis, Â a professor of history and American studies at the University of Texas at Austin and the author
Read moreWith the launch of Circus Talk News  came the unfortunate announcement of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey closing up
Read moreWith the announced closure of the famed Ringling Brothers Circus, it may appear that a beloved form of entertainment
Read moreThe Circus Isnât Coming to Town Recently, Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus announced they will be shutting down their
Read moreSo, as you have probably heard, Feld Entertainment has decided to end the 146 year run of the Ringling Bros
Read moreIt’s been a difficult few months for the circus world. In November The Big Apple Circus filed for bankruptcy. Then
Read more“People shouldn’t see the closing of Ringling as the closing of circus, but as the changing of circus.” â Shana Kennedy,
Read moreThe hallowed brand may soon be no more, but variations on the circus form continue to thrive, and new models
Read moreWhen Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced on Saturday that it would be folding after 146 years, I
Read moreYaron Lifschitz, CEO of the Brisbane based circus company, Circa, challenges the traditional funding paradigm by demanding to open up
Read moreThereâs always been a fog of mystery settled around my perception of the circus. Iâve seen the performers come on
Read moreRooted in gypsy community, there is more than just a thing or two that circus can teach us about the
Read moreHow circus arts companies are training artists to become both actors and acrobats. Once upon a time, so the axiom went,
Read moreA new initiative to transform circus in Britain threatens to strip the Big Top of its intoxicating magic. I gasped,
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