“Moment proposes that meaningful, impactful work can happen if given a catalyst. Let Moment be that catalyst.” –- Moment of Circus website At Noon on March 5, 2017, twenty-four selected artists, plus 4 “mentors” congregated in the basement of the old brick church that houses Aloft Circus Arts in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. […]
CONTINUE READINGI want to make a disclaimer here at the start: This is a listicle, and so is necessarily reductive. You can make any kind of circus that you want to, and you can ignore every single one of these ideas and be wildly successful. These ideas are going to be relevant to emerging companies and […]
CONTINUE READINGLast month we recapped Jen Crane of CirquePhysio‘s blog posts related to the shoulder. We went through the basic outline of the muscle groups and their function, the circus lats – how to assess their flexibility and exercises for increasing flexibility and injury prevention. Now, we get to dive into the rotator cuff muscles, the pec minor […]
CONTINUE READINGLast month, we interviewed Michele Frances, aerialist and PT, based in Austin, TX. She provided a video tutorial on hip anatomy and shared her perspective on aerial training as a coach and physical therapist. When asked her opinion on the most common errors in training that lead to injuries and how they can be prevented, […]
CONTINUE READINGMichele Frances is a multi-award winning professional aerial coach & performer, Physical Therapist, Certified Pilates Instructor, and strength training specialist. She has been coaching and performing aerial arts for over 12 years and currently resides in Austin, TX. With an extensive background in human anatomy and kinesiology, she specializes in aerial silks, single and double […]
CONTINUE READINGI happened upon Montreal Complétement Cirque quite incidentally three years ago while studying French in Chicoutimi, a small city in the north of Quebec. As a circus artist, I was surprised to find this incredibly vibrant circus festival that I had never heard of, then in its 4th year. But during that weekend away, I witnessed some […]
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