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March 2–12. Cirque Mechanics will present performances in Bethlehem (PA), Branchburg (NJ), and Hunter (NY) in early March, then move into New York City March 24. Zoppe Family Circus is in Largo (FL) March 9–19, while across the country Teatro Zinzanni closes in Seattle (WA) March 12. Youth Circus Juventas of St. Paul (MN), easily “the largest youth circus school in North America,” is launching its new Circus Juventas Professional Program. CJ was recently selected as a NexGen Training Center for Cirque du Soleil. Applications are now being accepted for the professional pro- gram under the direction of Sun Yanhong and assisted by Rob Dawson. According to co-founder Dan Butler, the pro- gram was created with one goal in mind: “Get our students out into the professional world of circus!” In other youth-oriented circus programs, Circus
Minimus, aka “One-Man-Circus-in-a-Suitcase” featuring Kevin O’Keefe, will be hosting its In-School Residency
Program in Mt. Olivet (KY) March 20–31. The Circus on the Ranch Trapeze School, founded by William Pages in 2019 in Myakka City (FL), now has a new location in Bradenton (FL). The program was de- signed to inspire “passion for circus arts through training, performance and community outreach.” Circus World Museum will
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open its Spring Season March 21 in Baraboo (WI) while the World Clown Association will hold “the world’s funniest conven- tion,” dubbed A Clown for Every Season, in Orlando (FL) March 20–24. Circus Model Builders will gather March 19–20 at the Delavan
(WI) Train Show that features “interactive exhibits dis- played across Downtown.” The 2023 Circus International Film Festival will air online March 14 via the Film Freeway website. Founded by filmmaker Marisa Diamond, CIFF is intended to “bring together filmmakers and circus art- ists.” Tickets may be purchased at
filmfreeway.com/ CircusInternationalFilmFestival. Feld Entertainment CEO Kenneth Feld was Guest
Speaker at the European Circus Association (ECA) Symposium during the Monte-Carlo Circus Festival in January, where he gave an inspiring talk regarding the strategic think- ing behind the re-opening of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. Accompanying Mr. Feld was Ringling Casting Director Giulio Scartola. Also at the Annual General Assembly of the Federation Mondiale du Cirque (FMC) was American circus historian and collector Chris Berry who gave a presentation on preserving antique circus posters. The Global Alliance of Circus Schools (GACS) held its first in-person meeting since the Covid pandemic in Monte- Carlo on January 23. Featured speaker was international circus artist, choreographer, producer and director Aurelia Cats who addressed student training and branding for a circus career. GACS is a 20-member, invitation-only alliance of elite circus schools worldwide operating under the auspices of the FMC and the ECA. And finally, Spiegelworld, an adult-rated Las Vegas the- ater company “best known for its ‘unapologetically raunchy’ shows, has purchased the entire town (really just a wide place in a dusty road with an RV park and 25 permanent residents) of Nipton (CA) located on 80 acres on the edge of the Mojave Desert for more than $2.5 million in cash. Spiegelworld ‘s founder Ross Mollison plans to make Nipton “the base of the company’s ‘global operations’” complete with “theater performances, an art park and perhaps a restaurant built high in the town’s grove of Eucalyptus trees.” According to Mollison, “Imagine it’s [tv show] ‘Schitt’s Creek’ but owned by a circus.” We wish you the best, Mr. Mollison!
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