Interview with Circadium’s Executive Director Shana Kennedy

  Some facts you need to know about Circadium School of Contemporary Circus in Philadelphia: Its happening! The professional circus arts programs will open its doors next fall (2017)to 15-20 lucky students. The time to apply as a prospective student is now. The deadline is November 30th. If you aren’t a prospective student and you…

Hideaway Founders Lyndsay & Josh Talk Circus

In Hupdate’s first video interview, Josh Aviner and Lyndsay Magid of Hideaway talk to me about their upcoming show Slumber, which opens  October 6th and runs through November 6th. They also discuss their mission with the podcast and production company and their deep desire to produce a tented circus show someday.  

Cirque Global Highlights Quebec’s Influence on Contemporary Circus

Collaborating professors Louis Patrick Leroux (of Montreal’s Concordia University) and Charles Batson (of Union College, NY) have put together a book which compiles much of the current circus research based around Quebec circus (Cirque du Soleil and beyond) and shows its influence on the world of contemporary circus. Leroux also organizes the Montreal Working Group…

Your Weekly Hupdate in early September-2016

  A Multidisciplinary Arts Experience Centered Around Circus Happens in Brooklyn—Slumber A circus slasher show called Slumber will open October 6th and run until November 6th in Brooklyn in the Bushwick neighborhood at the House of Yes. They describe it as “a dark, twisted circus featuring a breathtaking girl squad of circus performers on the…

Hupdate’s Raison D’Etre

For years now, the hupdate has been happening in my living room and my car on the way to circus training and rehearsals. “Have you seen Water on Mars? Well, that is Wes Peden.” “Oh!”   “Did you see that trailer for Airport? Its hysterical!”  “I love it! But is it circus? Its kind of…