USA Today

On the Job: Skills learned at circus transfer elsewhere

At a recent circus group festival%2C teens learned to network among diverse participants They also learned the importance of hard work%2C perseverance Success helps them develop self-esteem%2C ...
The Conversation

Circus training instead of school sports? Now there’s an idea

Senior Lecturer in Creative and Performing Arts, University of Newcastle What if social policy-makers knew how beneficial circuses were to the community? This was the provocation pitched to circus ...
The Daily Northwestern

Actors Gymnasium trains circus performers

In a building less than five blocks from Northwestern, 11 performers swing from silks, balance on each other’s contorted bodies and swing hula hoops from their chins. These performers are a group of ...
Brattleboro Reformer

Using circus tricks to teach social skills

BRATTLEBORO — The day the girls were leaving Learning Beyond camp and going back to their orphanage in Mumbai, 15-year-old Preema was crying. Kevin O'Keefe asked her why, and she said she didn't want ...
Brattleboro Reformer

Using circus to teach social skills

BRATTLEBORO — The day the girls were leaving Learning Beyond camp and going back to their orphanage in Mumbai, 15-year-old Preema was crying. Kevin O'Keefe asked her why and she said she didn't want ...