Eric Bates Professional Advice Series: How to Audition for Montreal’s Circus School (ENC)
Eric Bates is back with a valuable insider’s guide to auditioning at Montreal’s Circus School (ENC). In this episode, Bates
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Eric Bates Professional Advice Series: 7 Places To WORK In The Circus
Where do you work as a circus artist? This can be a mystery to people starting in the business. What’s
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Career Lab Sessions – Selling Through Instagram Stories with Carla Biesinger
Welcome to CircusTalk’s second Career Lab session! Launched at the start of 2023, the Career Lab is a digital space
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Leaving Traces: Looking at the Anatomy and Health of Circus Artists with Faon Shane
Astronomers, dancers, carpenters, jugglers: everyone wants to be healthy. There are vitamins, supplements, diets, and countless forms of exercise and
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Let’s Talk About Recovery
What is Recovery? Recovery is a hot topic in the health and fitness world, and is becoming more and more
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Career Lab Sessions – Getting Visible on Social Media with Carla Biesinger
Welcome to CircusTalk’s first Career Lab session! Launched at the start of 2023, the Career Lab is a digital space
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Overcoming Stage Fright
Even veteran performers can find themselves feeling paralyzed when it comes time to face the audience. German juggler and meditation
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Eric Bates Professional Advice Series: Recreating this Viral Juggling Video
How does a juggling video go viral? Watch Eric try to recreate the success of a viral cigar box juggling
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Eric Bates Professional Advice Series: 5 Creative Books to Jumpstart your 2023
Looking for motivation? Here are 5 books related to creativity, habits, business and training to start your 2023 off on
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Eric Bates Professional Advice Series: 5 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started My Performing Career
After over 10 years of working professionally as a circus artist, Eric Bates reflects on 5 major lessons he wished
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Eric Bates Professional Advice Series: This Tip Helped My Practice the Most
In this week’s episode, Eric Bates provides a powerful lesson to get you creating more than you consume, and teaches
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Eric Bates Professional Advice Series: All That We Have – A Professional Handbalancer’s Origin Story
In “All That We Have”, professional circus handbalancer Marie-Eve Dicaire reflects on how she got started, auditioning for the National
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Does the Menstrual Cycle Negatively Influence the Performance of Menstruated Circus Artists?
Despite the increasing mediatisation around the effects of the menstrual cycle, this bolstered awareness of the topic has not yet
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Eric Bates Professional Advice Series: Consistency Over Intensity
If you want to get very good at something, this is the video for you. Eric Bates has learned a
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PRO Talk: Exploring Casting from the Varieté Scene with Sandra Wawer, GOP Varieté
In our December 2022 PRO Talk, Stacy Clark’s guest will be Sandra Wawer, Artistic Director of GOP Varieté. As artistic
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Eric Bates Professional Advice Series: Do You NEED To Go To Circus School?
What are the pros and cons of going to circus school? Is it something you need to do to pursue
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ROUND UP: Circus Immersion with Martin Frenette
Ever wanted to walk a mile in another circus artist’s shoes? In Martin Frenette’s Circus Immersion article series, you’ll get
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Deadlift Part 2: Variations for the Artistic Athlete
Kettlebell swings, and Jefferson curls, and single-leg deadlifts, oh my! In my last post, we talked all about hip hinging
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Trampoline Tricks to Mind Tricks: A Trampoline Guru’s Guide to Better Mental Health in the Circus Industry
Combining her passion for circus with her academic background, aerialist and writer Fleur Van Rens, Ph.D., set out to help
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Off Stage: Circus and Act Transitions with Denis Lock
“Off Stage” is a 3-part, written series for the circus performer pursuing interests outside of the performing arts, or “off
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PRO Talk: On Board! Let’s Talk About Cruise Ship Contracts
Want to listen to this conversation? Looking for jobs, auditions, residency and grant opportunities? –> Sign up for CircusTalk PRO!
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