Circus250: Celebrating Circus History & Embracing Circus Present
Dea Birkett’s love of circus goes way back. But it was when she received a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship to
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Kim Campbell has written about circus for CircusTalk.News, Spectacle magazine, Circus Now, Circus Promoters and was a resident for Circus Stories, Le Cirque Vu Par with En Piste in 2015 at the Montreal Completement Cirque Festival. They are the former editor of CircusTalk.News, American Circus Educators magazine, as well as a staff writer for the web publication Third Coast Review, where they write about circus, theatre, arts and culture. Kim is a member of the American Theater Critics Association.
Celebrate Social Circus Day Around the Globe!
Now celebrating its third year, Social Circus Day is April 7th. Championed by the Asian Social Circus Association (ASCA), it
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Love at First Sight– Circus in Montreal
Coups de Coeur is the name of an annual circus show that distracts Montreal from the dead of winter. Over
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La Grainerie–Accompanying the Circus Artist & Creating a Safety Net
La Grainerie is a much admired institution in Toulouse, France that works in conjunction with the wider circus community to
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A Madcap Journey of Clowns and Crypto-Currency–Making The Pitts Circus Movie
At first glance, Ken Fanning is perhaps an unlikely film director for a mockumentary about an Australian circus family. Busy
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Circus History Talk 250 : Dominique Jando Pays Tribute to the 250th Anniversary of Circus with a New Book
Circus Talk is happy to announce a new yearlong series titled Circus History Talk 250, where we will explore the
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When Circus Dreams Come True: The Career of Viktor Franyo
Viktor Franyo is a guy whose face you may have seen before, either behind the clever makeup of his character
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Our Top Circus Articles of 2017–A Year in Review
Since Circus Talk launched in June 2017 it has published over 300 circus-related articles. Often, we share circus news from
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Magical World of Circus TV Series in Europe
ARTE.TV, the premier European arts channel, is hosting the Magical World of Circus for its European viewers this winter season.
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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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New Release–Movie Circus Kid Documents Life of Pickle Family Circus Members
Sundance Now, a subscription streaming service, is set to air a new documentary called Circus Kid about the life of
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Exhibition Upside Down–A Traveling Circus Exhibit to Augment Your Festival
Thanks to Zirkus|Wissenschaft , a new traveling exhibit is available for loan to circus events such as festivals and conferences.
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Cirque du Soleil Supports Circus Harmony and Other Social Circuses
Just in time for Giving Tuesday this week, Circus Harmony (located in St. Louis, Missouri) has announced that they were
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Gender and Circus Coaching
The American Youth Circus Organization has a Youth Advisory Committee and they have put together an incredibly useful resource which
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Heads Up: DIY Circus Lab Author Jackie Davis Funding Online Circus Tutorial Library
Circus Talk member Jackie Leigh Davis has a long, illustrious career in circus education. Her new book DIY Circus Lab
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Cirque du Soleil’s Crystal Shines in Chicago–Blending Circus and Ice Show
Cirque du Soleil’s ice show Crystal is in Chicago for a scant 3 days (Nov.16-19th at Sears Arena in Hoffman
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Almanac: The First Flying Trapeze Act
And now a page from our “Sunday Morning” Almanac: November 12, 1859, 158 years ago today … a day for
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Quick Talk with Grandma the Clown’s Alter Ego, Barry Lubin
In 2015, when Barry Lubin’s memoirs Tall Tales of a Short Clown were about to be released, I had the
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Put It In Your Back Pocket–The Rise of the Small Circus Company, A Case Study
Back Pocket is an international start-up circus company with big plans. They want to create their show and do the
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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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Contemporary Juggling Star Wes Peden Tells All–A Quick Talk
My 17-year-old son had just returned home from the European Juggling Convention where he was fortunate enough to see many
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