Costuming

Gabriella DeBartolo – Why I Love Circus! (Student Series)

by Giovanna Gatto

Continuing with our circus interview series, I decided to check out the amazing students of A2D2’s C2 (Cirque Centre) for a special Cirque Student Addition.  Since November of 2010, we have had almost a full year of aerial classes and they are going great.  Many of the students have been with C2 from the beginning [...]

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Mark Segal – Interview

by Giovanna Gatto

My Interview with Toronto Aerialist Mark Segal ~ Q:  How did you get started? A: I got started about ten years ago when a girlfriend of mine came home and told me there was a circus school in Toronto.  She’d found out because she was a dancer and was doing a club job where she [...]

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Cirque Eloize “ID” Review

by Giovanna Gatto
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Cirque Eloize “ID”, Sony Centre, Toronto Cheers of excitement, screams of fear and a complete adrenaline rush, where can you find all these emotions?  Cirque Eloize “ID” is the show.  No sparkles, fancy costumes, crazy singers or clowns, just pure acrobatic circus with a twist of everyday urban living.  Including skipping ropes and everyday schoolyard [...]

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Cirque du Soleil, Banana Shpeel Review

by Giovanna Gatto
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Are you looking for a little “Ha Ha” in your life? How about some “La La’s”? What about “Ta Da’s”? Well, there is a place where you can get all three of these things and that is at Banana Shpeel!  This new vaudevillian Cirque du Soleil production is jam-packed with “Ha Ha’s” from its crazy [...]

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Dress to Impress ~Business Apparel

by Julie

In the circus business, in the events business, and in ANY business it is imperative for us to present ourselves in the most professional manner possible. How can we possibly hope for anyone to take us seriously if we don’t look the part? A performer wouldn’t walk on stage without his or her costume. Likewise, [...]

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Dress to Impress ~ Stay Warm On-Site

by Julie

Event set-up and strike can be grueling experiences depending on the scale of the job. Rigging in the ceiling, walking to and from loading docks and working in drafty cavernous halls not yet filled with tables, decor, and guests can be a tad cold to say the least [especially in the great Canadian North!] Last [...]

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Dress to Impress ~Outdoors!

by Julie

Ever heard the old saying “image is everything” ? In the fabulous world of circus, costuming plays almost as large of a role as the actual performance itself, so this time-tested statement is more true now than ever before. Judging the suitability and the appropriateness of any given costume is a fine balancing act (no [...]

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