It’s Not a Good Time to be a French Circus
William Kerwich hasn’t put on a circus performance since March 2020. Instead, his family’s traveling circus has been parked on…
Read moreWilliam Kerwich hasn’t put on a circus performance since March 2020. Instead, his family’s traveling circus has been parked on…
Read moreIt’s been a tough year for the performing arts in most countries, with virus lockdowns canceling shows and shuttering venues….
Read moreCOSMIC is the ongoing project of FEDEC[1], in collaboration with the FFEC[2], and it is quite ambitious and innovative. It…
Read moreIn times of climate catastrophe, refugee crises and Covid-19, the question of the responsibility that artists and scholars have is…
Read moreOn Tuesday 29 September, the French Minister of Ecology announced a progressive ban on the use of wild animals in…
Read moreThe first case of coronavirus was detected in northern France last week and led to the closure of the Regional…
Read moreJanuary of 2020 was my first visit to the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain, and it proved to be…
Read moreJust over three years ago, Erwan Tarlet left his work to embark on an artistic career. He is 26 years…
Read moreA French culture website in Brittany has highlighted seven short circus films that show just how experimental and diverse French circus has…
Read moreWhat is magie nouvelle you ask ? Just as contemporary circus brought a new approach to the traditional circus that…
Read moreThe Biennale Internationale des Arts du Cirque (BIAC) organised by Archaos, PĂ´le National Cirque in Marseille takes place every two…
Read moreFounded just four years ago to accommodate the growing needs of the circus industry, Club PRO Â is a membership for…
Read moreI had arranged to meet up with Abdel Senhadji in the bar of Festival Circolo in Liempde, on a sunny…
Read moreLe Plus Petit Cirque du Monde isn’t the littlest circus in the world anymore. Although they may have started out…
Read moreThe “Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain” is one of the major annual events of the circus world. Since 1977,…
Read moreThe son of slaves and darling of bourgeois Paris, Rafael Padilla – known as “Chocolat” – has long been forgotten….
Read moreThe oldest circus building still standing hosts the oldest circus still running, but the 2015 show uses state-of-the-art technology to…
Read moreAt the 2014 Circa Festival, in Auch, France, the French Institute for Programmers and Cultural Agents brought together 80 people…
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