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Teaching circus arts — from juggling to trapeze — in physical education classes increased children’s physical literacy, resilience and participation, with greater gender equity.
Yaron Lifschitz’s spellbinding physical drama has just the right amount of play, death-defying tricks and whimsical imagery.
Now that we know what essential work is, it seems the perfect time to reflect upon the not-so-essential work of celebrities.
This new version of Gluck’s opera, from Opera Queensland and Circa, is raw, physical and confronting. Completely captivating and deeply moving.
A new show pairs the acrobatic skills of Circus Oz with the local comedians Die Roten Punkte.
The incredible physical control of the Circa acrobats, and their ability to make bodies seem weightless, is breathtaking.
Precarious, the latest offering from Circus Oz, centres around the tale of a missing seed. It is suitably staged in Melbourne’s Botanic Gardens.
From its origin in the early 19th century, lion taming has elicited both awe and horror.
Circus Oz’s latest show furthers the company’s commitment to politically driven, gender balanced circus.
Two animal rights experts see little reason to cheer that a circus is closing, as long as humans keep eating meat and dairy products.
With circuses on the wane, are our attitudes towards animals improving?
While hugely popular for a time, the advent of the three ring circus invited animal cruelty complaints and led to the demise of more skilled circus artistry.
Barriers between artforms are tumbling down in three recent productions that mix circus and opera. The shows range from sombre to silly, but all hit magnificent high notes.
The history of displaying exotic animals seems to be one of evolving public expectations about what constitutes acceptable conditions. Is it a case of the more things change, the more they stay the same?
Exotic animal escapes are relatively rare today, but in the 19th century it wasn’t unusual to find a tiger loose in the street.
This is not an animal rights issue – it’s a question of other people’s ethics.
An exhibition of works by contemporary French artist Pierre Huyghe raises questions around the ethical treatment of animals by artists - and whether live animals have a place in the visual arts.
Contemporary circus and circus-infused physical theatre are amongst Australia’s most innovative and in-demand cultural exports. It’s a performance craft with a proud history behind it.
French circus performer and director James Thierrée famously eschews comparison with his grandfather Charlie Chaplin, to whom he bears a conspicuous resemblance. But as he and his troupe stood on stage…
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