<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> City Circus - About us

 

City Circus is a 3-generation strong professional circus ensemble & training program based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is the performance arm of AcroSports, a physical and circus arts gym, founded by Bay Area resident, Dorrie Huntington, and performers from the Moscow Circus.

Since appointment of Tim Barsky as Artistic Director, City Circus has begun to be known as the world's foremost training & performance program that specializes in urban circus arts - a cross-style performance discipline that encompasses traditional circus arts (acrobatics, aerial acts, and contortion) & newer city-born forms (breakdancing, parkour, and hip-hop theatre). This multi-ethnic ensemble, which ranges in age from 14-34, is a product of the vibrant circus and hip-hop communities fostered by the Bay Area, & draws strongly from both traditions.

As in the old world tradition, teen apprentices study and perform alongside acknowledged master performers. Graduates of the training program have gone on to Cirque, Ringling Bros, & the Ecole Nationale DuCirque in Montreal, & the emeritus list of the programs production team, alumni & coaches reads like a who's who of Bay Area circus.