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.

Download Performer Bios for the Spring 2009 show, "Kamikaze Heart."

Rehearsals for City Circus' Spring 2008 show,
"And if We Shadow"

Kamikaze Heart Cast & crew:

Executive Director: Dorrie Huntington
Artistic Director: Tim Barsky
Choreographer: Shannon Gaines
Composers: Kevin Carnes & Brandi Brandes

2009 Artists-in-Residence:
Chloe Axelrod
Finesse
Iron Monkey
Jodi Power

2009 Folk Apprenticeship:
B-boy Black

City Circus Ensemble:
Alison Lockfeld
Allton Vogel-Denebeim
Chloe Gordon-Murer
Dale Herr
Julian Dishart
Melanie Minor
Nancy Kate Siefker
Nicolas Torres-Labarca
Oliver Pavick
Olivia Weinstein
Sasha Harrington

Coaches:
Acrobatics & Equillibristics: Simon Chabon
Aerial: Brett Womack, Chloe Axlerod
Contortion: Serchmaa Byamba
Breakdancing: Iron Monkey, Finesse
Generalist: Jodi Power
Juggling: Jan Damme
Dance: Shannon Gaines
Clowning/Physical Theatre: Tim Barsky

Production Manager: Tanya Hurd
Lighting Designer: Dustin Snyder

Program Artists & Emeritus:
Carlos Aguirre aka Infinite
Brett Womack
Bree Novack
Robert Webber
Anatoly Koshelev
Phillip Rosenberg