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The Happy Dream of Running a Circus

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 13, 2024   When people ask me what I do for a living, and I tell them I run a circus, I'm usually met with an eye-roll and some quip like, “Yeah, so do ...
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Two Monte Carlo Circus Festivals Merge

The 45th Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival and the 10th New Generation Competition Merges Into One Event in 2023 October 19, 2022 Press Release After being deprived of the Monte-Carlo ...
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Circus Smirkus Names Stephanie Abrams as 2023 Big Top Tour Show Director

Greensboro, VT. – Circus Smirkus announces Stephanie Abrams as the 2023 Big Top Tour Show Director. In this role, Abrams will lead the creation, development and execution of the 2023 Big ...
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Cirque du Soleil Announces Next Big Top Show, ECHO

ECHO will be presented under the Big Top in the Old Port of Montreal Starting April 20, 2023

Montreal, October 11th, 2022 – Cirque du Soleil is proud to announce its new Big Top show: ECHO, directed by Mukhtar Omar Sharif Mukhtar, based on the original concept of Es Devlin. ...
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Aurelia Canestrelli Nock, 86, died on Oct. 5, 2022

SARASOTA, FL -- Among the most beloved, respected and active members of Sarasota's legendary circus community, Aurelia Canestrelli Nock, 86, died on Oct. 5, 2022, in her hometown of Sarasota. Over ...
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Circus Ring of Fame announces 2023 Ring finalists

Vote for your top 3

SARASOTA, FL – AUGUST 3, 2022 (SNN TV) - The Circus Ring of Fame Foundation announced Wednesday the top ten (10) finalists for the class of 2023. Voting to select three (3) Circus ...
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Big News and Advocacy Action!!!!!!!

Hello American Circus Alliance members and friends! I am delighted to share the following news with you. As a result of lobbying and efforts from our partner, Be An Arts Hero/Arts Workers United, ...
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Death of Matthew Cross

Ringling Bros Circus Band Leader

St.Petersburg - Matthew Cross, husband, gentle man and professional circus musician, died October 9 in St. Petersburg, Florida after a courageous struggle against cancer. He was 64 years old. The ...
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Assn. of Performing Arts Professionals Receives Landmark Funding From The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Support Reopening the Performing Arts Industry

APAP to distribute more than $2 million in grants to the field as part of its ArtsForward program.

The Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) is pleased to announce that it received $3 million from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for APAP ArtsForward, a new program to support the ...
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Barnum Museum Receives $500,000 Grant

The Barnum Museum Foundation, Inc., is thrilled to announce that the Museum has been awarded a Save America's Treasures grant from the National Park Service, in partnership with the ...
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