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.

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

Echo's Reach Cast & crew:

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

2010 Artists-in-Residence:
Iron Monkey
Jan Damm
Neal Cordova
Delina Brooks

2010 Folk Apprenticeships:
B-Boy Black
Chris Lee
Nancy Kate Siefker
Sasha Harrington

City Circus Ensemble:
Allton Vogel-Denebeim
Chloe Gordon-Murer
Morgan Pinney
Nicolas Torres-Labarca
Olivia Weinstein
Stephanie Haber
Wren Aubry

Production Manager: Tanya Hurd