FIRCO, a Taste of Iberoamerican Circus: A Photo Documentary
Nerves are on edge. The backstage fills up with the sound of advice, last minute hugs, calls to the family….
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Certain Blacks Circus Circus Circus Festival: Diverse Circus Comes to Town
CERTAIN BLACKS is an arts development organisation formed in 2015 to support the work of diverse artists. Circus Circus Circus…
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Preview: Circus City 2019
Circus City, the UK’s biggest festival of contemporary circus, returns to Bristol from October 17 to November 2 with an…
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Award-Winning Performer is Set to Entertain at Cork Circus Festival
LIVELY performer Lucy Hopkins will bring her award-winning clown show, Le Foulard, to St Peter’s in Cork city on September…
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Berlin Circus Festival 2019: Two Perspectives
The fifth Berlin Circus Festival took place between August 23 and September 1st. It is a trip that starts at Tempelhof park,…
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Festival Snapshot–1st Annual San Diego Circus Festival 2019
The first annual San Diego Circus Festival, hosted by San Diego Circus Center and produced by Jean-Luc Martin, was a…
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Edinburgh Fringe Spotlight—Sinister Clowning with The Long Pigs
Three clowns with black noses dominate the stage, busily manufacturing misery. Their monochrome world is colored only by two things,…
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Edinburgh Fringe Spotlight— Filament Brings Broadway Vibe to Circus
Eight high school students fuss about their looks, jockey for social position and explore romantic relationships with one another in…
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Edinburgh Fringe Spotlight—How Australian Circus Dominates at Underbelly–A Case Study
Sitting with Lauren Eisinger before a day of triple Australian shows at Underbelly’s Circus Hub, I had a chance to…
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Edinburgh Fringe Spotlight—This Time, Connecting with Ockham’s Razor
On an aerial device that is a giant rectangle, four people slowly explore their boundaries in the air. They depend…
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Edinburgh Fringe Spotlight—Raven, A Reflection on Motherhood
In Germany, an insult that is used to shame women for daring to have a career and children is ‘raven…
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Edinburgh Fringe Spotlight—Casus Has Circus in Their DNA
Seven acrobats in red fly across the stage, prop each other up, climb atop a tower of their kin, play…
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Edinburgh Fringe Spotlight—Join the Feast
Feast by Clout Theatre is on at Summerhall until August 18th, and if you like your physical theater with a heavy…
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Edinburgh Fringe Circus Spotlight–XOXO Moongirl Glows
Disaster—or the possibility if it. A glass of milk precariously close to the edge of a table. This is how…
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Hanging in the Traders Tent at EJC, Checking Out the Props
Of course people come to the European Juggling Convention to juggle, but they also attend to stock up on hard…
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Backstage at the European Juggling Convention 2019 with the Production Team
High summer is here, and this August that means the European Juggling Convention is in high gear. For nearly 24…
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French Tightrope Walker to Open Prague’s Summer Circus Festival with a Daring Walk Above the Vltava
Prague’s annual festival of summer circus, Letní Letná, is one of the Czech capital’s most highly anticipated events. This year…
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Edinburgh May Lose £20m US Circus Project Over Brexit Fears
Las Vegas variety producer considers relocating European base to Berlin or Paris. The Edinburgh festival fringe is facing the loss of a…
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Considering Circus – Photo Documentation of Montreal’s annual Circus Festival
In the staunchly conservative, predominantly catholic German village of my childhood, we children eagerly anticipated three occasions each year: Carnival…
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Underbelly Circus Line-Up for Edinburgh Fringe 2019 Covers It All
Edinburgh Fringe’s biggest circus venue, Underbelly, offers 13 circus shows this August and features five premieres. Such a huge draw…
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5 Things I Learned at Montreal’s Circus Market
Jacksons Lane’s Adrian Berry made the trek across the pond from his usual programming and artistic director position at Jacksons Lane…
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Hot Hints and Tips to Survive (and Thrive!) at Fringe
Fringe. Whether you’re talking Adelaide, Edinburgh, Hollywood or Prague, a Fringe Festival can make you or break you. As a…
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Hull’s Freedom Festival Expands Its Circus Programming This Year
HULL’s international Freedom Festival, on the east coast of England, returns for its 12th year in 2019 with extended programming…
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CATCH ME Will Tour UK Festivals
Playfully poking at our expectations of relationships between ages and genders using dance, circus, and sound, Upswing’s new dance-circus hybrid…
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NECCA Student Wins at International Circus Competition
BRATTLEBORO — The New England Center for Circus Arts is making its mark on the international performing arts scene. NECCA,…
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11th Mexican Circonvention – The Heart of Circus in Mexico
More than 200 circus artists gathered during the inauguration of the 11th Mexican Circonvention at the CAD Campus of the…
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Scotland’s Danny MacAskill Joins International Artists As Underbelly’s Circus Hub Celebrates 5th Anniversary
Marking its 5th year on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Underbelly’s Circus Hub 2019 programme announced today offers audiences of all…
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Physical Festival 2019 Returns to Liverpool
The UK’s only international physical theatre festival returns to Liverpool this June for a 6-day extravaganza of performance, workshops and…
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The Roar of Pure Circus–MonteCarlo International Circus Festival – 43rd Edition
Halfway between the Oscars and the Olympics, the world’s greatest circus festival is also perhaps the largest existing one-ring circus…
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International Circus Festival in Girona is Growing into New Dimensions
Between February 14th and 19th, around 80 artists participated at the 8th edition of the Golden Elephant Circus Festival in…
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40° Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain 2019 – Show A
You are about to enter a members-only zone.To share this article on your CircusTalk member page and connect with circus…
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Making Audiences Part of the Show – Audience Engagement as Artistic Practice
Circus festivals epitomise the evolution of circus, however, during one of the festivals I worked at this season I had…
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7 Reasons to Attend or Tune in to the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in 2019
Everyone has their own favorite reasons for going to Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain. For some it’s the iconic…
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The Circle Project, a FEDEC-led Event at CIRCa
CIRCa, a place of diffusion for circus and performing arts, and FEDEC, the European Federation of Professional Circus Schools which…
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3 Days with Awaji Art Circus in Japan
Have you heard of Awaji island in Japan? Speaking of Japan, it’s rare to meet people who can name more…
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FIRCO: La Fiesta del Circo Iberoamericano
To read this article in English, click here. Del 19 al 21 de octubre el Teatro Circo Price de Madrid…
Read more >FIRCO: The Ibero-American Circus Party
Para leer este artículo en español, haga clic aquí. From 19th to 21st of October 2018, Teatro Circo Price in…
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Time to Apply for Young Stage–A Word from Festival Director & Producer Nadja Hauser
Here is a message from the organizers of Young Stage, reminding circus artists that it is time to apply for…
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Berlin Circus Festivals’ 4th Edition Offered Variety & Space for Reflection
A festival, a hangout, a space created for the whole spectrum of what circus is and might be. Musing on…
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Letní Letná–An International Festival of New Circus & Theatre–Czech It Out!
It would be impossible to ignore the setting of the Letní Letná festival and how it contributes to its charm….
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Out There Festival in Great Yarmouth Is Back to Celebrate 250 Years of Circus
Great Yarmouth’s annual international feast of all things circus and street arts is integrated into the Circus250 event series this…
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At This Circus Festival, the Highflying Meets the Highbrow
PRAGUE – This city has a well-documented taste for the surreal. It is, after all, the home of Franz Kafka…
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Braw Circus Festival Proves Scotland Has World Class Circus Talent
New festival dedicated to contemporary circus in Scotland flies into Glasgow Braw Circus Festival, a festival dedicated to contemporary circus…
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Notorious or Dangerous…or both?–A review of Notorious Strumpet & Dangerous Girl at Edinburgh Fringe
As the audience files into the Mainhall at Summerhall (venue #26 of the Edinburgh Fringe), we are greeted with a…
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Fira Tàrrega 2018–Street Art & Circus Collide
From September 6th until the 9th in 2018, the streets of Tàrrega in Spain will be taken over by street art…
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Letní Letná Opens with a Big Bang
The Letní Letná International Festival of Contemporary Circus and Theatre began Aug. 15 and runs until Sept. 2 at a…
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Mexico’s Changing Circus Landscape: Visit to Periplo International Circus Festival
The 6th Edition of the International Circus Movement’s Festival Periplo concluded recently with a splendid three-week circus celebration that attests…
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First Social Circus Festival in the USA–Hosted by CircEsteem
The first ever United States hosted social circus festival took place early this August at CircEsteem. Since 2001 their mission…
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Buskers Are the Only Performers Making Money at the Edinburgh Fringe. Here’s How.
So. You’re trudging down the Royal Mile taking it all in. The World’s largest festival of the performing arts, and…
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Circus at the Fringe – 250 Years in the Making
In case you missed it, 2018 is being celebrated all over the world as the 250th birthday of circus. But…
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The Male Duo in Circus– Un Poyo Rojo & Chute!
There are two men on stage, breathing heavily as they perform acrobatic maneuvers that give me butterflies in my stomach….
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Circus in Montréal; Highlights of The International Market of Contemporary Circus-2018
CircusTalk was recently in Montréal–the circus hub of North America, reporting on the 9th annual Montréal Complètement Cirque Festival (MCC)….
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Strength in Numbers: The 34%
How do you decide if something is fair? Where do you start if your gut feeling is telling you that…
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How to Grow a Festival–Five Tips for Five Years–A List from Physical Festival Chicago
Five years ago, we were two artists (Alice De Cunha and Marc Frost) based in Chicago who decided to start…
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Brazilian Artists Shine at the 1st International Circus Contest of Brazil
Brazil is the first country in Latin America to host the largest and most important international circus festival in the…
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A Picture of Circus in Brussels, Part Two
Brussels is positioning itself to be one of the main circus centers of Europe, a distinction which is only enhanced…
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Announcing the Young Stage Circus Line Up for 2018
Circus takes over Basel in May! Young Stage, the international circus festival and competition in Switzerland that focuses on kick-starting…
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Circus Takes Over Guadalajara in July As Periplo International Circus Festival Returns
From July 9th to 21st the Periplo International Circus Movement Festival in Guadalajara, Mexico celebrates and advocates for the international…
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NoFit State Invites You to a Circus (un)Convention in Newcastle-under-Lyme
The State of Play: The (un)Convention, 13 – 16 April Circus250 provides an ideal context and framework for us as…
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A Picture of Circus in Brussels – Part One
Brussels is positioning itself to be one of the main circus centers of Europe, a distinction which is only enhanced…
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Exciting Circus Line-Up Announced for CircusFest 2018
Founded in 2009, CircusFest is London’s biennial international festival of contemporary circus taking place at the Roundhouse as well as…
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The Application is Open to FIRCO–the First Iberoamerican Circus Festival
There is a new festival coming to the circus world, and it is actively seeking competitors for the event, due…
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A Circus Talk with the Artists of the 39th Edition of Cirque de Demain
Recapping the Festival Circus Talk was behind the scenes at the 39th Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain this February…
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After Maria, San Juan’s Circo Fest Wants to Make Puerto Rican Circus Stronger Than Ever
As soon as Circo Fest wrapped in San Juan last March, the organizers started working on the 2018 festival. It’s…
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National Circus of Pyongyang of North Korea and the Jinan Acrobatic Troupe of China Win Circus Festival Awards
Two troupes–the National Circus of Pyongyang of North Korea and the Jinan Acrobatic Troupe of China have won the three…
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The Astronauts Won at the International Circus Festival of Albacete
The awards of the 11th edition of the International Circus Festival of Albacete were presented at a gala performance held…
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Circus Festival Moves from Figueres, Spain to Girona
It was almost exactly a year ago that we reported about the uncertain future of one of Europe’s most prominent…
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Circus Line-Up Announced for Underbelly 2018
Underbelly Festival is back for its tenth year on the Southbank with a big line-up, including headline shows from four…
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The Western Australian Circus Festival, an Annual Festival Brought to You by Lunar Circus
The Western Australian Circus Festival takes place every year in January in beautiful Karridale, in the famous Margaret River region…
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Monte Carlo 2018: Tribute to Animals in the Circus
The winners of the Gold Clown at the 42nd International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo have been announced on Sunday…
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The Festival International du Cirque de Monte-Carlo Celebrates the 250th Anniversary of Circus
What: 42nd International Monte-Carlo Circus Festival Where: Monte-Carlo, Monaco When: January 18-28, 2018 The Festival International du Cirque de Monte-Carlo,…
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Paris Does Circus Big–The Making of Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain
Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain is now in its 39th year of keeping up a tradition of competition and…
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Budapest International Circus Festival–Invested in Tradition & Exploring New Connections
The bi-annual Budapest International Circus Festival, in its 12th Edition, will be held between the 8th and 14th of January,…
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Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain Offers Club PRO for the Circus Professionals
Founded just four years ago to accommodate the growing needs of the circus industry, Club PRO is a membership for…
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December Round Up
Here they are, from near and far, the festivals, tre bizarre! Each month we bring you the most pertinent information…
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Behind the Scenes at Mullum Circus Festival With Ciara Thorburn
Mullum Circus Festival is an exciting 3 day event in Mullumbimby, on the east coast of Australia near the Gold…
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AEMI Comedy Festival in Shanghai, China
What happens when you take forty of the top clowns, magicians, physical comedians, stilt walkers and balloon artists and set…
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October Round Up
Each month, Circus Talk will scour the globe to report on the hundreds of circus-based festivals and conferences that occur…
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Tragic Accident at the IDOL Circus Festival in Moscow
One of the acrobats from the North Korean Teeterboard Troupe landed on his neck during his attempt to execute a…
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September Festival Roundup
Each month, Circus Talk will scour the globe to report on the hundreds of circus-based festivals and conferences that occur…
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Edinburgh Fringe Awards 2017–Circus Wins!
By all accounts, Edinburgh Fringe 2017 was as exciting as ever and now that the awards have been announced, we…
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2017 Letní Letná Festival of New Circus Kicks Off
What can visitors look forward to at the 14th edition of Letní Letná, which gets underway on Thursday night? Letní…
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Circus City Returns to Bristol
Limber up and hold onto your hats because Bristol’s circus festival is hitting town this October with an ambitious programme…
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Your Complete Guide to Montréal Complètement Cirque
Summer in Montréal, poutine and beer, music drifting down cobble-stoned streets and thanks to Montréal Complètement Cirque festival–which is in…
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375 Celebration Brings Big Circus: 7 Fingers Explores Montréal’s History
This year Montreal is going above and beyond the usual summer fanfare to celebrate it’s 375th birthday. Just for some…
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Sibiu International Theater Festival Opens this Weekend with Host of International Guests
The Sibiu International Theater Festival will open June 9, bringing 3,200 artists and guests to the central Romania city, with…
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June Circus Festival Round Up
Each month Circus Talk will scour the globe to report on the hundreds of circus-based festivals and conferences that occur…
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May Circus Festival Roundup
Each month Circus Talk will scour the globe to report on the hundreds of circus-based festivals and conferences that occur…
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This Week: Comical Kallo Collective & Cirko Festival
When the Nordic countries have finally thawed out every May, circus artists from around the globe gather in Helsinki to…
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Underbelly Festival Exposed
What do you get when you combine the Udderbelly Festival and London Wonderground Festival? You get Underbelly Festival, a mash-up…
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC Spotlights Circus Arts
In recognition of the eighth annual World Circus Day, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival has announced that its 50th anniversary in…
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Canvas 2017: One Circus Marketplace Under Four Roofs
England’s capital is about to see producers, programmers and performers converging for three days at Canvas 2017. The biennial showcase…
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Physical Fest Announces its Exciting Programme of Workshops for 2017
Physical Fest, Liverpool’s international physical theatre festival, is returning for 2017 with a wonderfully packed programme of workshops. Now in…
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New Contemporary Circus Academy Tollhaus to Host ATOLL Festival 2017
The Karlsruhe Cultural Center Tollhaus has founded an academy for contemporary circus. The center is converting an old slaughterhouse, with…
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A Moment of Circus in Chicago
In a couple of weeks, both circus artists and circus fans in Chicago are going to be privvy to a…
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The Future of Spain’s Figueres International Circus Festival Is Up in the Air
One of the world’s top circus festivals, the International Circus Festival of Figueres has just finished its sixth successful run…
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Live Broadcast and Replay of the 38th “Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain”
The “Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain” is one of the major annual events of the circus world. Since 1977,…
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Festivals & Residencies—How, Why & Where to Get Your Work Out There
One of the most exciting things about being a professional circus artist is the increasing abundance of training and performance…
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Lessons from Latvia
American juggler Thom Wall describes performing at Riga’s Zelta Karlis festival and offers tips for future competitors. The fifth annual…
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CINARS Biennial Provides Global Connections for Performance Art & Industry
This multi-disciplinary event drew 1,300 participants from 40 countries and presented over 150 shows, including a strong circus element. This…
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