Women & Circus – Nathalie Hébert: from Artist to Booking Agent & Circus Arts...
Women & Circus sat down with Nathalie Hébert, booking agent for Cirque le Roux, Gynoïdes, and The Ricochet Project, to talk about what it is like to be a circus arts administrator and her...
View ArticleOUR 3 YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN!
It's hard to believe that Circus Now will only be 3 years old in the Fall of 2016, with only a year and a half as an official 501c3. With the enthusiastic support of over 70 volunteers, countless...
View ArticleThe Role of Competition in Circus Arts
Circus Now's Adam Woolley recently hosted a panel discussion, coordinated by US Aerial regarding the role that competition plays in circus arts. Panelists included: Tami Joy Schlichter of US Aerial,...
View ArticleRicochet in Circus City
I was recently commissioned to broadcast a live Tweet from a public discussion hosted by Circus City in Bristol with American circus duo Ricochet Project as they discussed their work, including...
View ArticleBringing Art to Outdoor Circus: Montreal Completement Cirque 2016
I happened upon Montreal Complétement Cirque quite incidentally three years ago while studying French in Chicoutimi, a small city in the north of Quebec. As a circus artist, I was surprised to find...
View ArticleWomen & Circus: Michele Frances, Physical therapist and Aerial artist
Michele Frances is a multi-award winning professional aerial coach & performer, Physical Therapist, Certified Pilates Instructor, and strength training specialist. She has been coaching and...
View ArticleWomen & Circus: Jen Crane & CirquePhysio Part 1
Last month, we interviewed Michele Frances, aerialist and PT, based in Austin, TX. She provided a video tutorial on hip anatomy and shared her perspective on aerial training as a coach and physical...
View ArticleWomen & Circus: Jen Crane & CirquePhysio Part 2
Last month we recapped Jen Crane of CirquePhysio‘s blog posts related to the shoulder. We went through the basic outline of the muscle groups and their function, the circus lats – how to assess their...
View Article5 Things Every Emerging Circus Company Should Know
I want to make a disclaimer here at the start: this is a listicle, and so is necessarily reductive. You can make any kind of circus that you want to, and you can ignore every single one of these ideas...
View ArticleMoment: a catalyst for meaningful, impactful work
“Moment proposes that meaningful, impactful work can happen if given a catalyst. Let Moment be that catalyst.” –- Moment of Circus website At Noon on March 5, 2017, twenty-four selected artists, plus 4...
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