Lately, it seems like many one-of-a-kind art forms are struggling to find their footing in an increasingly strange new world. One close to our heart is the Big Apple Circus, modeled on the European-style one-ring tent circus tradition. For nearly 40 years, it has thrilled audiences around the country with wildly imaginative performers, like the great Bello Nock, above. Check out his wild, beautiful act.
Read Morea new year: 20 seconds old…
…at the Big Apple Circus in New York City. (After the late show in the one-ring circus in a tent, just before midnight, clown noses, hats, noise makers and champagne are passed out to the audience… …then, in a moment, the old year turns to new: JOY as clowns, performers – aerialists, acrobats, contortionists, jugglers…
Read Morea new year’s call from the future
The best way we’ve found to feel the old year pass into the new is at the Big Apple Circus‘ New Year’s Eve show. This is an old-fashioned one-ring circus that began in 1977 as the dream of two young street jugglers. The acts are RIGHT THERE in front of you, vivid and thrilling. You can see…
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