this week in Circus, May 1st 2020
This week we’re covering an extended submission date for the Awaji Art Circus, the cancellation/postponement of performances at the Hand to Hand a FringeArts Circus Festival, a new episode of Circus Voices podcast see u down the road with guests and contributors to the book Thinking Through Circus from The Circus Dialogues Sebastian Kann and Natalie Oleinik, an announcement from the Quebec City government about the return of circus company Flip Fabrique in the summer of 2021, Cirkus Cirkör’s Inside Out performance on Vimeo, the Circus Hiatus mini-series from the Contemporary Circus and Immersive Arts Center featuring an interview with Kevin Beverley and an upcoming interview with Doug Stewart of Cirque Us, and Circus Talk’s Pro Membership Giveaway.
Aaron Marquise was born and raised in Round Lake, New York. He grew up performing at the former New York State Theatre Institute in Troy, NY, where he also spent his senior year of high school as an intern. Continuing a career in theater, Aaron went on to study Musical Theatre with a minor in Playwriting at Marymount Manhattan College in NYC. After discovering the circus world, Aaron auditioned at the prestigious National Circus School in Montréal, Canada where he graduated in 2015. Since joining the circus world, Aaron has had the opportunity to perform in Quebec, France, Switzerland, and Germany. In 2019, Aaron founded the Contemporary Circus & Immersive Arts Center in Troy, NY where he currently serves as the Executive Director. In the fall of 2019, Aaron served as a Production Assistant to the Creative Team on the national tour of Disney’s Frozen. Various directing credits include PB & J Café: Stuart Little, James and the Giant Peach, Jr., assistant director/circus consultant for Pippin and assistant director for Les Misérables all for the School of the Performing Arts at Proctors. He is currently the Arts Education Manager at the School of the Performing Arts at Proctors and theREP.
