HERALD-TRIBUNE PHOTO GALLERY — BY THOMAS BENDER: The Circus Arts Conservatory’s Sailor Circus students performed for donors and supporters during a recent dress rehearsal for its up-coming appearance in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Click to view more photos of Sailor Circus student performances including acrobatic adagio, silks, juggling, clowning, slack-wire, stilt-walking, roller-skating and many more circus arts… MORE
BY NIKI KOTTMANN — OBSERVER GROUP: Not many people can say they know how to unicycle, but even fewer can do it on a slack rope while juggling. That’s just one of the many circus acts performed at the CAC in DC send-off performance on June 20 at Sailor Circus Arena, during which all the performers were 18 years old or younger. The performance was a sneak preview of the show and demonstrations that 31 Sailor Circus students will perform for millions of audience members on the National Mall at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival from June 29 to July 4 and July 6 through 9, 2017. MORE
SAILOR CIRCUS VIDEO — SNN NEWS: The circus is far from dead and some local performers are ready to prove that in our nation’s capital. The circus arts conservatory and its versatile sailor circus students will stage their final dress rehearsal before joining the Smithsonian Center’s Folk-life and Cultural Heritage Festival in Washington D.C. MORE
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BY BILLY COX — HERALD TRIBUNE: Hundreds of thousands of Americans, maybe upwards of a million, are about to learn that reports of the circus’ death have been greatly exaggerated when they visit the National Mall in Washington, D.C., over the next few weeks. But local audiences can get a sneak preview at a fundraiser Tuesday night. That’s when the Circus Arts Conservatory and its versatile Sailor Circus students will stage their final dress rehearsal before joining the Smithsonian Center’s Folklife and Cultural Heritage Festival in the nation’s capitol from June 29-July 4 and July 6-9. MORE
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BY NIKI KOTTMANN — OBSERVER MEDIA GROUP: When Alice Hafner joined Sailor Circus, she just wanted to learn to unicycle. Now, she and 30 other members will head to Washington, D.C., to unicycle, walk the tightrope and perform various other acts for millions later this month… Hafner will bring her unicycle act — along with three other acts — to Washington, D.C., to perform in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival with 30 other Sailor Circus members. The festival is run annually by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage… It was only recently that the circus arts was added to the list of cultural traditions celebrated at the festival… MORE
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BY WADE TATANGELO–HERALD-TRIBUNE: The Circus Arts Conservatory is hosting a special performance here before heading to Washington, D.C. Sailor Circus students will entertain inside the iconic arena on Bahia Vista before they head out to represent Sarasota at the 50th Anniversary of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Sarasota attendees will get an exclusive look at what the students will be presenting to an expected audience of a million people on a “circus playground” on the National Mall. MORE
BY NIKI KOTTMANN — OBSERVER MEDIA GROUP: All eyes were on them. High above the ground — 24 feet, to be exact — five teenagers prepared to cross a wire only 5/8 of an inch in diameter. The daredevils are members of Sailor Circus, the nation’s longest-running youth circus, whose roots date back to 1949 Sarasota when it began as a small high school gymnastics class. However, what’s grown to be called “The Greatest ‘Little’ Show on Earth” is just one of the many components of the Circus Arts Conservatory, which shared its mission with both old and new supporters alike at La Cirque Appetit on May 16 at Sailor Circus Arena. MORE
BY SCOTT DENNIS — ABC 7 WWSB: After 146 years, the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus will end performances on Sunday for good. But here on the Suncoast, those involved with the circus arts say the “circus” is not closing, just the one named Ringling. Let’s not forget, Sarasota would not be what it is today without a man named Ringling. MORE
BY OBSERVER STAFF — OBSERVER MEDIA GROUP: High school seniors from the Sailor Circus Academy ended their final season with the circus arts training program by receiving scholarships, awards, and special accolades at a banquet on April 27, 2017. The six seniors, who have been training for up to 10 years in the program, received a total of more than $10,000 in scholarships. The seniors are: Sophie Watkins, Michael Mitchell, Silas Bichler, Alice Hafner, Owen Leonard and Lydia Nord… MORE
BY LINDA CARSON — MY SUNCOAST ABC7: Every year for 68 years, Suncoast students from 4th grade to senior year, have been putting their best foot forward in Sailor Circus, to entertain audiences. This Spring , with their show “Once upon a Circus”, they have reached new heights. You won’t believe your eyes, as these amazing young performers transport you a magical world of make believe and athletic talent. MORE
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