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As a performer, you face unique physical and mental demands. Eight shows a week, endless rehearsals, and constant auditions can take a toll on your body. It’s understandable why you might wonder if being in a calorie deficit is a good idea, especially when we consider the fact that our industry unfortunately still emphasises aesthetics.
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We lose power every now and then at the lake, usually due to high winds or snow. I never really mind it, especially in the winter, because we crank up our wood stove and cook our meals fireside. It’s always a great reminder of what’s truly important in life, to what we actually need to live, and the darkness that accompanies a power outage shines light on how very grateful we can be that we have heat at all, let alone a roof over our heads, bottled water and food to put on the wood stove.
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At the opening night of The Romeo at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam, Netherlands Choreographer Trajal Harrell takes the audience
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In this interview with Young Woo Kim, he talks about his life of growing up in South Korea and how
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Theater has long been a powerful medium for storytelling, providing a platform for diverse voices and narratives. Among these, queer
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Method Acting, known informally as The Method, is a range of training and rehearsal techniques, as formulated by several different theatre practitioners.
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In this interview with Jacques ZeWhipper, he gets a little more personal about his whipping act that he travels with
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In this interview with Jacques ZeWhipper, he talks about how he grew up in the circus and learned to crack
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Oh, the Glamour! When non-industry people find out what I do, there are a few standard answers that recur regularly.
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Like sports, being involved in acting in elementary school does not mean that a child will go on to make
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Wan-Jung Wei is the youngest Executive Director of OISTAT: International Organisation of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians, since its inception
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I remember the first time I spent any length of time backstage in my home country, Germany. Some years earlier,
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Naked dancing, ritual movement and raucous chanting! This Greek fertility ritual known as “the dithyrambos” enacted in the eighth or ninth century B.C. appears to have been the world’s first dance drama. These drunken physical orgies celebrating the birth of the wine god Dionysus marked the beginnings of what would later be visually organized into styles of Physical Theatre
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Daniela Essart is the co-founder and artistic director of Scarabeus Aerial Theatre since 1988 and has created visually arresting and
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In this trilogy of circus artist interviews, we delve into the personal journeys of three solo artists whose work, in
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In this trilogy of circus artist interviews, we delve into the personal journeys of three solo artists whose work, in
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In this trilogy of circus artist interviews, we delve into the personal journeys of three solo artists whose work, in
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Framed by long brown hair, Anouk Vallée-Charest’s large, bright features beamed as we said hello. We have met to discuss
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On this episode of the Circuspreneur Podcast, host Shenea Stiletto interviews founder of Cure 4 The Kids & Circus Couture
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Twelve years ago, Martyna Pastuszka founded and has since artistically led the {oh!} Orkiestra, specializing in a repertoire from Baroque
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In the heart of Brussels, Catherine Magis, a visionary circus artist, turned her dream into reality by establishing Espace Catastrophe,
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