The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus will be performing their 20nth anniversary cabaret this weekend at the Brooklyn Lyceum.  The legendary Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret returns to Brooklyn from March 13 – 16 at the Brooklyn Lyceum! For 20 years, Bindlestiff’s New York City Cabaret season has been an alternative New York favorite providing a stage for the world’s best in circus, […]
Read moreIn addition to running this site, being a clown, and having a bunch of other projects, Â I’ve started co-hosting the Modern Dad’s Podcast. Â It’s a podcast where we discuss all things fatherhood, and I’ve been having a great time chatting with internet safety experts, doctors who specialize in dads, authors, and other folks. Our latest episode is […]
Read moreCirkopolis, Cirque Eloize’s latest show making it’s NYC premiere at the NYU Skirball Center through January 5) sits at the juncture of modern dance, performance art, and circus. Â The show features some amazing visuals and some virtuoso performances by an ensemble of very talented acrobats. The show also features some amazing visuals, in the form of projections on a large […]
Read moreThe Big Apple Circus’s Luminocity is a fun evening at the circus. Â It features some of Big Apple’s most beloved performers (although as advertised from a couple of years ago, Grandma has not come back. Â At least not yet!) Many of the acts have appeared under the Big Apple Circus tent before– and all of them are really good. Clown […]
Read moreFor the last few years, December has been a bit of a circus month in NY.  Shows from all around the globe come to the Big Apple to make the end of the year just a little bit  brighter.  This year is no exception  There are at least 3 circuses in town running concurrently over the next couple of weeks. […]
Read more Circus: from Egypt to Éloize Panel discussion Thursday, December 12th, 6:30 p.m. This coming winter, NYU Skirball Center will present Cirkopolis, a circus theater production by Cirque Éloize, a Quebec-based contemporary circus troupe. To celebrate and contextualize this production, a panel discussion will feature experts, practitioners and scholars from the world of circus. They will discuss early references to circus in ancient Egyptian […]
Read moreGot a chance to see Rhythmic Circus, a rock and roll tap dance show from Minneapolis at the New Victory. They’ll be here through December 1, and this show is of the don’t miss variety. Â In a word, the show was sensational. The show, which was the hit of the Edinburgh Fringe in 2012, features a 7 piece rock band […]
Read moreIn support of his show at the Pit, Eric Davis (the Red Bastard) is giving a workshop in bouffon clowning techniques. If you haven’t studied bouffon, Eric is one of the world’s leading practitioners, and is an excellent teacher. Here’s the info for the workshop: Wanna fool around? Release your inner mischief! Don’t miss this unique opportunity to take a […]
Read moreIf you haven’t seen Red Bastard and you live in NY, you should definitely see this show. Even if you live outside of NY, take a train and come on in. Â You will be glad that you did. Eric Davis, inhabitor of Red Bastard, has been out on the West Coast working with Cirque du Soleil for the last year […]
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Mark Gindick  wants you to pay to give him a kiss. We’ve featured Mark on ClownLink a number of times before as  part of Happy Hour and at the incarnation of his solo show Wingman. He’s continuing to work and build Wingman, and to raise funding, he’s got a Kiss-starter campaign where he is setting up his Kissing booth (an essential […]
Read moreI had the great fortune to see the Carla Colla & Sons production of Sleeping Beauty at the New Victory on Sunday.  Colla & Sons has been an Italian marionette company for over 200 years, performing all sorts of productions around the world and in their native Italy.  Sleeping Beauty  (La Bella addormentata nel bosco) was beautifully performed, and gave […]
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Jon O’Connor, also known as Pyro, former member of the legendary juggling group the Flaming Idiots and a regular on the Renaissance Faire circuit. has hit some hard times. Â He is currently without health insurance, and recently had to spend 11 days in the hospital battling acute pancreatitis. They were a truly innovative juggling ensemble from the late 80s, […]
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SPYMONKEY CLOWN MASTERCLASSES in NY & LONDON We’ve featured Spymonkey classes here in the past, but they’ve mostly been in NY or London. They’ve added an L.A. class this year. (y’hear, West Coast– you’ve got your chance!) 11-15 Nov 2013 London ( led by Petra Massey & Toby Park) 6-10 Nov 2013 New York 12-16 Nov 2013 Los Angeles Here’s the US details: ================== Spymonkey […]
Read moreThe applications for Clown Conservatory’s 5 Week Intensive, Clown: The Physical Comedian, are now online. You’ll find the program and scholarship / financial aid applications, and updated info on all Clown Conservatory’s pages of the Circus Center website. This 5 week workshop in Clown & Physical Comedy features a mixture of training in  Slapstick, Solo & Partner Acrobatics, Improv, Circus Skills and Creating an […]
Read moreThere’s a great shadow puppetry show coming to the New Victory theatre in NY, and it’s this weekend only. Australian theatre company Patch, an award winning  company from Adelaide which specializes in theatre for kids 4-8, is coming to NY for a limited run of 5 performances — and it’s this weekend, so you better hurry!  BUY TICKETS RIGHT NOW The […]
Read moreTwo groups will be teaching their clown workshops this summer in NY. Â They don’t conflict, so you could actually take both if you want. Â (And why wouldn’t you want to?) NY GOOFS CLOWN SCHOOL- AUG 2-7 This summer marks the 15th anniversary of the NY Goofs Clown School in NYC. Join them for a week of total immersion in all […]
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