Circomedia’s first-ever week-long Aerial Creation Intensive, featuring workshops, aerial lessons, and a performance sharing opportunity, takes center stage from Monday,
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In this illuminating opinion piece, Shana Kennedy, the visionary founder of Circadium, delved into her personal narrative and the formidable
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On January 15, 2024, North America’s circus hub welcomed the Montreal Circus Academy (Académie de Cirque de Montréal), whose 35-foot
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Since the very first year of the Circus Arts Conservatory’s Circus Sarasota show 26 years ago (except for the interruption
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Jacksons Lane, renowned as the UK’s leading arts and cultural venue dedicated to showcasing circus arts, is reaching out to
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Circomedia are throwing open the doors to their St Paul’s Church venue to and inviting local families and community members
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As part of its 30th anniversary celebrations, world-renowned school for contemporary circus and physical theatre, Circomedia, is throwing a very
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In a dynamic collaboration with schools and families, UK’s award-winning contemporary circus company Upswing, under the direction of Victoria Dela
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In early February, 350 supporters of the Circus Arts Conservatory (CAC) gathered at the CAC’s brand-new Big Top on Regatta
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The New England Center for Circus Arts is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for
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Do you want to learn circus skills? Are you taking clowning seriously? Do you feel called to a career in
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A fresh stop in Argentina led the Está Pasando project’s Miguel Manzano to a school that for four decades has
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It is with deep sadness that Circus Center announces the passing of its longest-serving Artistic Director, Master Trainer Lu Yi.
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As we all know, circus comes in many forms, and CircusTalk is dedicated to honoring them all: live performance, education,
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For more than a decade, Loom Ensemble has been devising interdisciplinary theater for a culture shift, using their performances to
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t’s showtime for performers in Circus Juventas’ professional training program based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Seven elite contemporary circus performers
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It was during the 29th fundraising event, held on June 8 at La Tohu, that Stéphane Lefebvre, President, and CEO
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When exploring a whole continent’s worth of circus cultures, it can be hard to keep track of the many unique
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The history of instructional juggling books in English is, from my perspective, also the story of the rise of hobbyist
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Circus Overseas was a two-year project (2021-2022) facilitated by the Caravan Circus Network, which built on the Training for Trainers
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The New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA) has teamed up with Mark Lonergan, the Canadian-born Founding Artistic Director of
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In a return to form for the conference itself and a first for Colombian circademics, the fourth Circus and Its
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The Caravan Network project ‘Circus as Intercultural Encounter’ was a three-year endeavor that took place between 2019 and 2022 and
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Interested in going to a circus school? Look no further! This episode is an in-depth look at Montreal’s National Circus
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Planning your first foray into the circus world? Join Movement X, the unique preparatory circus program at Norway’s Fjordane Folkehøgskule
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Eric Bates is back with a valuable insider’s guide to auditioning at Montreal’s Circus School (ENC). In this episode, Bates
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Where do you work as a circus artist? This can be a mystery to people starting in the business. What’s
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How do you help a nation’s circus art to blossom? Guide up-and-coming American circus artists to become creative game-changers. With
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Even veteran performers can find themselves feeling paralyzed when it comes time to face the audience. German juggler and meditation
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How does a juggling video go viral? Watch Eric try to recreate the success of a viral cigar box juggling
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Looking for motivation? Here are 5 books related to creativity, habits, business and training to start your 2023 off on
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Performer and educator Jess Herman has come up with a creative way of teaching teenagers about sex – she tours
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After over 10 years of working professionally as a circus artist, Eric Bates reflects on 5 major lessons he wished
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Whether your goal is joining a world-class production company or getting accepted to a prestigious circus school, the San Diego
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In this week’s episode, Eric Bates provides a powerful lesson to get you creating more than you consume, and teaches
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Frequent Flyers®, the first aerial dance school approved and regulated by the Colorado Department of Higher Education’s Private Occupational School
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In “All That We Have”, professional circus handbalancer Marie-Eve Dicaire reflects on how she got started, auditioning for the National
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What are the pros and cons of going to circus school? Is it something you need to do to pursue
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The Afghan Mobile Mini Circus for Children (MMCC) is a traveling educational entertainment group in Afghanistan. MMCC accepts children aged 5–17 to learn
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The New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA) is excited to announce a new partnership with Cirque du Soleil’s NexGen
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Craig Quat’s journey on the Circus Voices podcast might have ended, but his functional juggling adventure continues. Now in this
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The American Circus Educators (ACE) Conference, a biennial event produced by the American Circus Educators Association, took place this year
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Watch innovative circus artists from across the globe grace the cyber stage in the New England Center for Circus Arts’
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Combining her passion for circus with her academic background, aerialist and writer Fleur Van Rens, Ph.D., set out to help
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In this week’s episode, Academic Frontiers, researchers Adam Woolley, Dr. Veronique Richard, and Dr. Dean Kriellaars get together to discuss
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Whether you’re on the studying or the teaching end, aerial training is hard work… but with enough time and support,
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I have made my career as a dancer, physical theatre performer, director, and teacher. In 2005, I joined Salpaus Circus
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As an undergraduate theatre student, I wasn’t assigned readings about circus. I remember reading about physical theatre, live art, dance,
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Want to kick off your career by practicing circus arts at a world-class institute? Beginning this September, Australia’s National Institute
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Here’s something you may not know about academic philosophy: subjects such as philosophy of art, philosophy of sport, or philosophy
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Following over two years of delays, circus educators from across Europe spent five days together in Lappeenranta, Finland, for the
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Mentorship programs for emerging artists continue to pop up throughout the United States, closing a training gap within the circus
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After the trials and changes that come with pregnancy, getting back on stage can feel like an uphill battle for
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Graduation is a time for celebration, but in this industry, we know the real work is just beginning for these
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In a world increasingly obsessed with measuring and showing success, it is refreshing, radical even, to have a discipline dedicated
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This week we share a few opportunities in circus education and a great opportunity from the circus school in Spain,
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Twelve public schools in Winnipeg are currently operating circus programs in physical education. Circus arts have been gaining popularity in
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Arts Outreach through the Circus Lens What would you do if a library system approached you with a commission to
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The CircusTalk Job Board, the fastest-growing international, online job resource for the circus, specialty act, and multidisciplinary performing arts industry, offers
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The Circus Project, a non-profit circus school located in Portland, Oregon that provides recreational classes, intensive Training Companies, and multiple
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Caravan, the international youth and social circus network of schools from across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, has
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The Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin has approved the appointment of Peggy Donck as director of the National Circus Arts
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I’ve had a daydream of this scene before: a curious scholar peers through a telescope from a high window in
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Circus schools are back in swing and Ecole national de cirque (ENC) announced their new director of studies (Thursday, September
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As the circus industry comes back to life, a new class of graduates flexes its muscles. These bright artists have
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As the circus industry comes back to life, a new class of graduates flexes its muscles. These bright artists have
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Circus Voices, a podcast brought to you by CircusTalk, is pleased to present an interview with Jean-Luc Martin on Audio Explorations with the Editor.
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COSMIC is the ongoing project of FEDEC[1], in collaboration with the FFEC[2], and it is quite ambitious and innovative. It
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Time and time again, as hopeful circus students begin their search for which circus schools to apply and audition for,
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This year has brought a lot of changes, developments, and new initiatives to CircusTalk. One thing we want to focus
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For the National Circus School (ENC), as well as all circus schools around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic represents an
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In times of climate catastrophe, refugee crises and Covid-19, the question of the responsibility that artists and scholars have is
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Escuela Nacional de Circo de Puerto Rico (ENCPR) (The National Circus of Puerto Rico) is a non-profit entity that was
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Photo Credit: Grace Gershenfeld It’s an uncertain time for all of us in the circus community, not the least of
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During this crazy time each person is affected in a different way. Many aspects of daily life have changed and
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It’s an uncertain time for all of us in the circus community, not the least of all the graduating students
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Congratulations graduate! You graduated from circus school and are ready to embark on a career in circus. Perhaps you will
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Panelists Adrian Porter NCCA London John-Paul Zaccarini, DOCH/SKH Stockholm Daniela Arendasova, ENC Montreal Guang Rong Lu NICA Melbourne Deb Pope
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Welcome to Circus and Changing Realities 2020. In this episode titled Circus Students Graduating Into a Pandemic we speak to students about their
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During this discussion with our panelists, we ask important questions about the impact on the physical, mental and economic health
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In October of 2019, CircusTalk went to Spain to participate in FIRCO and we made it a point to visit
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From its explosive and bold beginnings in Cardiff, 1986, NoFit State is now the UK’s leading large-scale contemporary circus company,
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Ah spring, with longer days ahead, flower buds blooming, and… circus school auditions! Yes, audition season is upon us, with
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25 long years ago, Dan and Betty Butler had a dream to create the world’s premier youth circus performing arts
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In 1995, at the end of the world, in a country called Chile in South America, a circus called El
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Applying for circus schools is confusing. Translating documents, finding application deadlines, calculating all the hours that you have ever spent
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I spent three years applying and auditioning for professional circus schools before I found the right one for me. I
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A new research project has been published titled Self-Determination Through Circus Arts: Exploring Youth Development in a Novel Activity Context
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I arrived to the San Diego Circus Center hot, sweaty, and brimming with anticipation. A little boy in a red
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Zirkus Wissenschaft is at is again, creating sleek and practical multi-media materials for the circus practitioner, and this time they
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Found in the popular inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Prahran; the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) is the only course
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If you’re a Scandinavian teenager aspiring to become a contemporary circus artist, chances are Cirkus Cirkör’s gymnasium program is the
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In this companion article to Stav Meishar‘s Molding the Next Generation of Circus Directors at Circomedia , Circomedia co-founder and current
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In Autumn 2019, Circomedia‘s Graduate Class of 2019 will be graduating with a masters degree in Directing Circus. The six
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Meet future ESAC graduate Julia Tesson! Tesson was born into a circus family in France where she followed her mother
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In our continuing series titled Meet the Circus School, we explore some of the many circus schools around the world.
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There are two entrances to Brazil’s Escola Nacional de Circo (ENC). The two entrances reflect the past and the future
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In our new series titled Meet the Circus School, we will explore some of the many circus schools around the
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The main circus hall of Arc En Cirque resembles the hull of a boat turned upside down – it’s ceiling
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As one of the foremost circus institutions in the world, École national de cirque (ENC) is gifted with many resources,
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Emerging from humble beginnings in the Brisbane suburb of West End, Flipside Circus grew rapidly from a small community organisation,
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In our new series titled Meet the Circus School, we will explore some of the many circus schools around the
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Each year as the Montréal Complètement Cirque (MCC) festival approaches, graduate students from around the world begin to gather in
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It was spring semester at Muhlenberg College. My Aerial 2 class and I were discussing how television was a detrimental
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Sarah Poole, a circus educator at ENC, asked us to publish this response letter about the climate of support at
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The first time I auditioned for École nationale de cirque, I had only hung from stall bars a mere handful
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Youth in social circus programs across the US are making big leaps in the skills they need to lead productive
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The American Youth Circus Organization has a Youth Advisory Committee and they have put together an incredibly useful resource which
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Dear Circus Talk Community, 2017 has been a spectacular circus year in Philadelphia, as we opened Circadium and moved into
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Course Description: École Nationale de Cirque in Montreal now offers an online version of the circus arts Instructor program in
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Let’s talk about circus education. Access to becoming a professional circus artist has grown exponentially. In the 1970s the first
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As the world of circus expands, more and more specialized roles are required. One school in the UK has come
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This year, Montreal is turning 375 years old and what better way to celebrate than with non-stop festivities? Montreal is
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Around the world, we are in the midst of a circus education revolution. After centuries of circus know-how being passed
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Around the world, we are in the midst of a circus education revolution. After centuries of circus know-how being passed
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