Circus: Our 7 Films!
A French culture website in Brittany has highlighted seven short circus films that show just how experimental and diverse French circus has…
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Magie Nouvelle: The New Language of Magic–A Conversation with Raphaël Navarro, Valentine Losseau and Etienne Saglio
What is magie nouvelle you ask ? Just as contemporary circus brought a new approach to the traditional circus that…
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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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Creating Employment for Top Acrobats. A Conversation with Abdel Senhadji from Compagnie XY
I had arranged to meet up with Abdel Senhadji in the bar of Festival Circolo in Liempde, on a sunny…
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Le Plus Petit Cirque du Monde–Embracing Social Circus in a Suburb of Paris
Le Plus Petit Cirque du Monde isn’t the littlest circus in the world anymore. Although they may have started out…
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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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France’s First Black Icon Makes Comeback on Stage and Screen
The son of slaves and darling of bourgeois Paris, Rafael Padilla – known as “Chocolat” – has long been forgotten….
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Cirque d’Hiver Bouglione: A Géant! Success
The oldest circus building still standing hosts the oldest circus still running, but the 2015 show uses state-of-the-art technology to…
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Now or Never: Circus Focus
At the 2014 Circa Festival, in Auch, France, the French Institute for Programmers and Cultural Agents brought together 80 people…
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