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Explore thought-provoking opinion pieces on performing arts at StageLync. Read diverse perspectives and insights on live performances, industry trends, and artistic expression. Engage with the performing arts community through compelling articles.

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Behind the Curtain Opinion United Kingdom 

Curtain Call Memories Part 3: Long Ago Days With Pantomime

January 20, 2024January 22, 2025 Kate SalbergTheater

The repertory theatre my dad ran when I was a child in the 50s and 60s relied on the pantomime

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Opinion PRO Advice 

Farewell 2023… Hello 2024! A Reflection of the Past Year

December 18, 2023December 23, 2023 CircusTalkCover Story

As 2023 comes to its final bow and the curtain falls, it’s time to reflect on the highs and lows,

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Opinion PRO 

From Dreams to Stage: Industry Veteran Anna Robb on the Three Essential Ingredients of a Great Production

November 13, 2023November 15, 2023 CircusTalkCover Story

Veteran producer and TheatreArtLife co-founder Anna Robb has more than two decades under her belt of bringing artistic visions to

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Opinion 

Is Music The Language Of Connection?

August 23, 2023May 22, 2024 SoundGirlsMusic & Sound

Scientific studies have shown that many effects of music can be seen in the brain. Multiple observations have demonstrated some

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Circus News Europe Opinion Reviews 

Art and Representation: Non-European Circus Groups at Cirkuliacija ’23

July 14, 2023April 22, 2024 Greta VilnelėEquity and Inclusion, Festival

Reckoning with the events of world history and their lingering effects leads not only to creating stereotypes—it also impacts how

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Circus News CircusTalk Original Series Opinion PRO Advice 

Beyond Smiles and Splits: Giving 100%?

January 30, 2023April 22, 2024 Martin FrenetteCover Story, Mental Health, Series: Beyond Smiles and Splits

Circus artists repeat the same tricks over and over again to reach a level of excellence and performance quality that

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Opinion 

So Long 2022! – A Year Of Breaking Through Barriers for Circus

December 19, 2022December 26, 2022 CircusTalk

As 2022 comes to its final bow, it’s time to reflect on all that we have learned this year and

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Opinion 

Our Disabled Patrons Matter

October 25, 2022May 31, 2024 Johnathan L. IversonEquity and Inclusion

We share this article written by Johnathan Lee Iverson, an acclaimed Performer, a New Yorker and Chairman of the Board

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Dance News Education Finland Opinion 

Widening the Scope of Circus

October 11, 2022July 30, 2024 Kazimir Kolesnik

I have made my career as a dancer, physical theatre performer, director, and teacher. In 2005, I joined Salpaus Circus

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Education Opinion 

Contemporary Circus 101: A Back-to-School Circus Book List

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 Morgan AndersonBook, Circus School

As an undergraduate theatre student, I wasn’t assigned readings about circus. I remember reading about physical theatre, live art, dance,

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News Opinion 

A Manifesto For Action For The Future: Supporting Global Majority Artists Working In Circus, Cabaret And Live Performance

May 19, 2022May 31, 2024 CircusTalkEquity and Inclusion

After a four-month period of exchange, the six creative companies partnered under Big Village–Digital have created  a Manifesto for Action

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Ulzii Mergen Kee, Mongolian acrobat and circus performer, during pregnancy. She does splits in an open orange robe.
Behind the Curtain Opinion 

A Circus Performer and a Mother. That Is Who I Am.

May 9, 2022May 12, 2022 Ulziibuyan MergenCover Story, Women in the Performing Arts

My name is Ulziibuyan Mergen Kee. I’m a contortionist and a mom of 2 wonderful boys. I am writing this

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Opinion 

Math, Sexism, and Pole Dance

May 5, 2022July 25, 2022 Jody RykerHarassment & Abuse

Trigger warning! Sexual assault, Harassment I still remember the first time I solved a math problem without someone showing me

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Jody Ryker, pole dancer with autism and Pole Diversity blogrunner
Opinion 

My Experience as an Autistic Pole Dancer

April 1, 2022March 31, 2022 Jody Ryker

In an extroverted space, circus performers and students with differing needs may find themselves standing on the sidelines. Movement artist,

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Opinion 

Top 3 Circus Trends of 2021

December 27, 2021December 29, 2021Awards, CircusTalk Award

Sometimes I think I have the best job in the world, especially when I count the number of circus shows

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Cirque du Soleil performers skipping rop as coronavirus passes by
Circus Research News Opinion 

Is Big ‘Cirque du Soleil’ Style Circus an Economic Indicator of Recovery for the Performing Arts?

August 24, 2021December 21, 2021Circa, Cirque du Soleil, Dragone, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey

Many dark months have passed on stages around the world. And suddenly a sign in circus– Cirque du Soleil announced

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Circus History Circus Research Opinion 

Flying Trapeze Won’t Make Women Infertile: How Victorian-era Infertility Myths Are Still Plaguing Modern Day Athletes

July 19, 2021May 31, 2024 Morgan BarbourEquity and Inclusion, Flying Trapeze, Women in the Performing Arts

The first time I was told that my career as a female flying trapeze catcher would make me infertile my

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North America Opinion 

Pathways to Circus Legitimacy: The Library

May 10, 2021December 21, 2021Book

Like the rest of the world, American circus artists have spent the last eighteen months largely out of work, unemployed

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Hungary Opinion 

The Circus Arts – Engine Of A Fresh, New Beginning

May 6, 2021July 30, 2024 CircusTalk

This year’s World Circus Day marked over a year of life in a pandemic. Some circuses spent the holiday in

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Opinion 

What Does the Future of Circus Look Like for Young Transgender Circus Artists?

March 29, 2021May 31, 2024 Izzi KessnerEquity and Inclusion

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the circus industry. With the shutdown of in-person entertainment and many circus studios, the future

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Opinion 

Can You Describe Circus in 5 Words?

October 14, 2020October 13, 2020

It is difficult to sum up a whole art form in 500 words, let alone 5, but by streamlining our

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