How to get yourself booked into a show 101
Promoting yourself is hard. Often you will find online castings and requests for artists made by bookers and agents. They often specify what they are looking for such as discipline, necessary papers and how to respond to the call. If it states that they want a reply via PM, private message or by email, this […]
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 […]
Staged dreams: selling experiences in live entertainment
For many producers of entertainment shows creating the experience starts when their audience is seated and waiting for the curtains to open. For audiences, the experience starts the moment they will see or hear your publicity for the very first time. Creating experiences that last a lifetime is not as easy as it looks. It […]
Creating a promotion kit for entertainers 101
“How to create a solid promotion package?” is perhaps one of the questions that is most frequently asked. We decided to write a proper guide on creating a good promotion kit for entertainers. A promotion kit should contain a few things: Photos and other images Live videos and teasers Information about your act […]
Niels Harder celebrates success!
Sabioleon is proud to announce that Niels Harder is selected to participate in the semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent! We congratulate Niels Harder with this little success in his career! Remember how we wrote an article on what talent shows can do for your career? (read the article here…) Niels Harder contacted us and […]
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. […]