De overlevingsstrijd: Waarom de polderpolitiek het klassieke circus verstikt
Het licht dimt, de spotlights gaan aan en een luid “Hooggeëerd publiek!” galmt door de tent. Sinds 2013 is de circuscultuur in Nederland officieel erkend en bijgeschreven in de Nationale Inventaris Immaterieel Cultureel Erfgoed. Een prachtige titel voor op een certificaat en ongetwijfeld voer voor urenlange, gesubsidieerde vergaderingen in achterkamertjes. “Het circus is een van […]
Circuspunt is een papieren tijger; Waarom Sabioleon kritisch is.
Het circus is een wereld van vertrouwen. In de piste moet je erop kunnen rekenen dat je vanger er staat als je springt. Maar wat als de organisatie die de hele sector moet ondersteunen – Circuspunt – dat vertrouwen beschaamt? Circuspunt heeft een prachtige missie: de circuskunsten in de breedste vorm promoten en de maatschappelijke […]
A message to the circus community
In the past months, we have been busy bringing together people from all walks of circus life. From contemporary circus artists to traditional circus shows and festivals we have decided to join forces to create a message of hope and belief in the future. We have brought together a team of people to help us […]
Circus got hijacked by the cultural elite
This year we’re celebrating 250 years of circus. A year filled with events, masterclasses, lectures, festivals and other events celebrating circus was supposed to follow. Did celebrating 250 years of circus really add to the circus industry or has the cultural elite been hijacking circus? The past decade circus has changed significantly, we modernized, found […]
Cultural participation as a status symbol
Big brands like Ferrari and Chanel have spent billions on marketing to become much loved status symbols. It works because people like to distinguish themselves from one another. Visits to theatre, musea, dance and circus are becoming more and more a symbol of status. Social media makes people share their experience and it shows to […]
The sum of Pile-en-face
Pile-en-face consists of five young artists of different disciplines such as hand-to-hand, object manipulation and acrobatics. Together they have created a performance that has an interesting combination of smooth movements, a philosophical approach and a clear vision of what is needed to tell a story. Pile-en-face has created a performance about the inevitable search for […]
A painful truth by La Bella Tour
The average artist of traditional circus would instantly have the felt pain caused by a confronting piece of clowning being told by Roi Borallas and Guillermo (SP) Balagans. During their performance on Festival Boulevard (NL) they show the desperation of circus clowns in a tradition that slowly seems to die and disappear. A duo that […]
The essence of circus
For as long circus has been around it has displaying the capabilities of the human mind and body. Circus has brought people together from all social classes, from streetwise kids to the rich and famous they have all admired bodies, movements, the latest techniques. Circus artists took people by the hand in an exploration of […]
“De lege piste” a paper on circus
A few weeks ago we were interviewed by Wayne Moock and Yasmin Geradts of Maastricht University regarding the decreased popularity of circus culture. As a result a paper appeared with the title “De lege piste” or “The empty ring”. Both Wayne Moock and Yasmin Geradts gave us the permission to share their paper with […]
The circus is likely to survive
First there was television and then came the internet and then technology advanced. It has been an extra competition for the circus but it also brought us a lot of advantages. We could sell our tickets online but in the same moment people had gotten access to cheap and easy entertainment by pressing a button. […]