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What Social Distancing Means for Social Circuses in the Time of Coronavirus 

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What Social Distancing Means for Social Circuses in the Time of Coronavirus
April 29, 2020

Karin McKie wrote this great article on Circus Talk and you should definitely read it. Here are some highlights :

“Circus has always been about joy, triumph and laughter through strength, flexibility and balance,” says Circus Harmony’s Artistic/Executive Director Jessica Hentoff.

 “We’ve always taught our students to be compassionate, creative and resilient,” she adds from St. Louis, Missouri, noting that now is when the spirit of the circus is really needed.

“These organizations have responded quickly to offer online classes to their current students, which Hentoff calls “quaran-training,” and/or the public-at-large for various ages, levels and abilities, and to stream recordings of previous performances and tutorials.”

“The 7-day Instagram #HomeCircusChallenge launches April 29. Vulcana Women’s Circus will post a daily prompt that participants can use to create and post home circus photos to win a range of titles.”

Click here to read it all!

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