Charitable Initiatives

The Flipside TV – A Tribute

by Julie

Attention circus super fans! If you don’t already know about The Flipside by Slapmedia, check them out here. Fabulous Flipside You Tube videos feature mind-blowing ground acrobatics, parkour, cirque aerials and pretty much all things circus (along with some other random yet amazing films – like a lightning storm in slow motion – wow!) The [...]

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Ten-hut! Bootcamp for Event Professionals

by Julie

Ten-hut! Last year, my business partner and I attended a Toronto conference designed exclusively for special event planners, event suppliers and event entrepreneurs. Special Event Boot Camp Toronto Edition immerses conference participants in two days of non-stop learning which provides you with the opportunity to hone your skills as an event professional. I have to [...]

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Five Tips to Survive the Countdown to Showtime

by Julie

As many of you know, my partners and I recently completed and executed our second annual fund raising cirque show. In the circus, dance, and theater worlds the countdown to showtime can be both an exciting and stressful time. On the one hand you have all of the magic and beauty of the creative process, [...]

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I Believe She’s Amazing

by Julie

Last summer, while attending Special Event Boot Camp, my partner Elisa and I had the pleasure of meeting the inspirational trail-blazer and humanitarian, Kim Bourne MacGregor. This past fall, Kim launched a grassroots movement to unite and inspire 1,000,000 women around the world to recognize the amazing women in their lives-in memory of her dear [...]

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Whhhooo R U?

by Julie

She often can be found lounging on a leaf mid-afternoon, or weaving her silken cocoon (at her leisure of course), which will eventually transform her into a gorgeous butterfly. This creature doesn’t just perform the same old tricks… Not a chance. Our Caterpillar is a master hand-balancer and aerialist who specializes in the “wow” factor! [...]

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Following the White Rabbit

by Julie

Specializing in time management, marathon running and excessive jumping, our White Rabbit is as high strung as they come! Why so stressed you ask? She’s late of course! For our white rabbit, there is absolutely nothing more dreadful then being late “for a very important date.” While other rabbits are busy doing busy work, our [...]

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Meet the Mad Hatter…

by Julie

A ring master of sorts, our mad hatter is accustomed to behaving erratically around friends, frequently mixing up words and phrases, and otherwise discombobulating his afternoon teas. What makes our hatter remarkable is his ability to transform a neat and orderly affair into an upside-down, topsy-turvy, cirque-tacular experience. The reasons behind his “madness” are as [...]

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Six Impossible Things

by Julie

Image via Wikipedia “Sometimes I dream up six impossible things before breakfast” – Alice, Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland For the second year running, my incredible sisters/business partners and I are embarking on one of the most challenging endeavors undertaken by our company. We are self-producing another full-scale cirque production in which all proceeds will [...]

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Cirque du Soleil ~ Helping Haiti

by Julie

Image via Wikipedia Those of you who know me well are aware that I have a soft spot for charitable initiatives advanced by those of us in the circus industry. That is why I chose to dedicate this post to highlighting Cirque du Soleil’s “Project Haiti” through the One Drop Foundation. http://www.onedrop.org/en/foundation/news/project_haiti.aspx It is difficult [...]

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