Circus in Taiwan with the Weiwuying Circus Platform: Circus on Film- Part 1
In participating in the Weiwuying Circus Platform this November 2021, my suspicions were verified: Taiwan has a healthy and burgeoning
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Reviews
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Teatro Zinzanni Relaunches the Chicago Theatre District
“Of all the Spiegeltents in all the neighborhoods of Chicago, Cleopatra walks into Chef Caesar’s joint…” starts the Teatro Zinzanni
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Alchemy and Poetry in Circus Days and Nights
The show begins. A bearded man’s shadowed profile engulfs the white wall of a fabric tent. Wire figurines of circus
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YANA–Paper Pages Celebrating Emotional Juggling, Interview with Editor Florence Huet
The brainchild of hoop artist Florence Huet, YANA is a new annual publication that taps into all that is independent, creative
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Book Review: “Kicking Sawdust: Running Away with the Circus and Carnival” by Clayton Anderson
I have some pretty distinct memories of going to see the circus with my parents when I was a child.
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Telling Tales in Circus–A Storytelling Workshop That Kept Performers Connected
Mid-September, Mid-Pandemic I wish I could say we gathered in a dusky church basement or on a sprung floor of
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Echoes from the Center Ring–New Book Looks at the Influence of Rob Torres
I first met Rob Torres in 1998 in my home in Portland Maine. Avner (the Eccentric) Eisenberg had brought Rob
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Fragments from the Editors’ Note–Thinking (Through Circus) Together–A Book Giveaway
In times of climate catastrophe, refugee crises and Covid-19, the question of the responsibility that artists and scholars have is
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Cirque Alfonse Says ‘Tabarnak!’ to Canadian Winter–A Review
It is strange in these times of canceled shows to read a review, but it just so happens that our
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Review: FLIP Fabrique’s Blizzard Is a Welcome Respite
Here in Chicago, we think we get winter. Our unique understanding of the nuances of lake-effect snow and our ability
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The Circus of Tomorrow is Full of Surprises for Today
January of 2020 was my first visit to the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain, and it proved to be
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Classic & Modern Circus Meld at Monte Carlo International Circus Festival – 44th Edition
The quality of dreams… Escaping notions such as “traditional” and “contemporary,” the world’s oldest circus festival shows the way to
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Tassels, Capes and Reindeer Onesies: New Takes on Traditions Ring in the Circus Holiday Season
Ah! New York City in December! A month brimming with expectation and joy while bristling with deadlines and tension. In
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LEME Contemporary Circus Festival 2020 – In the Beginning, There Was Matter
“In philosophy, matter is the manifestation of reality, as opposed to the idea (Plato). Embracing reality. We chose matter as
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Critics Face-Off: De Ritis and Campbell Dissect the New Book Contemporary Circus. Plus, a Giveaway!
In the new book titled Contemporary Circus, three academics with a focus on circus studies (Lavers, Leroux, and Burtt) endeavor
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Circus Goes Atomic! Spiegelworld’s New Show Goes from Edinburgh to the Las Vegas Strip
“Never create anything, it will be misinterpreted, it will chain you and follow you for the rest of your life.”
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Circus in Your Personal Space–with Se Prendre
My first introduction to the show Se Prendre came as a pleasant surprise. Se Prendre means ‘To Take’ in French,
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Juggling in the Opera with Gandini–Akhnaten Comes to The Met
Juggling features heavily in Phelim McDermott’s US premier of the production of Philip Glass’ Akhnaten, now playing at the New York Metropolitan
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FIRCO, a Taste of Iberoamerican Circus: A Photo Documentary
Nerves are on edge. The backstage fills up with the sound of advice, last minute hugs, calls to the family.
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Conversations with Creators About Expanding the Nucleus of Contemporary Circus
“This event is about the future.” This is how Frank Hentschker, Executive Director and Director of Programs at the Martin
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Fresh Start and Old Ending? Australian Circus Company Circa Brings Its Second U.S. Premiere to NYC with En Masse
A man (Robert Murray) draped in robes sings a Schubert aria, his knit hat, fingerless gloves and staff in hand
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