Circus & Changing Realities: Imagining New Infrastructure

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Circus and Changing Realities 2020–Imagining New Infrastructure for Circus

Welcome toCircus and Changing Realities 2020–A Series of Virtual Dialogues about the Future of Circus. In this episode titled Imagining New Infrastructure for Circus, we explore the core concepts of what is essential in circus and what changes may occur as a result of the temporary halt of live performing arts due to the coronavirus. 
As a jumping-off point for this conversation, co-host Nicki Miller introduced the concept of the four ingredients for Expansiveness as mentioned in American choreographer Twyla Tharp’s most recent book, Keep It Moving;  Intention defines our next move… Honest appraisal of the past is how we deal with the inevitable setbacks, failures, and embarrassments life hands us… Anger about the past… cancels out the sound of our best intentions.  If you have an abundance of time and energy but waste it by getting stuck in the stale routines of the past, you have no chance of moving forward. The guest panelists are from diverse backgrounds, regions and roles in the circus world: Isabel Joly – Director at ...
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Kim Campbell

Kim Campbell has written about circus for CircusTalk.News, Spectacle magazine, Circus Now, Circus Promoters and was a resident for Circus Stories, Le Cirque Vu Par with En Piste in 2015 at the Montreal Completement Cirque Festival. They are the former editor of CircusTalk.News, American Circus Educators magazine, as well as a staff writer for the web publication Third Coast Review, where they write about circus, theatre, arts and culture. Kim is a member of the American Theater Critics Association.