October 7, 2018
This week I was thrilled to watch my son, Keaton M. Hentoff-Killian, adeptly defy gravity on the stage of the glorious Brooklyn Academy of Music with Circa Contemporary Circus from...
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From Social Circus to Cirque du Soleil!
January 25, 2018
I’m not often at a loss for words but seeing Circus Harmony St Louis Arches alums Sidney ‘Iking” Bateman and Melvin Diggs with Cirque du Soleil’s Luzia was profoundly moving. Sidney and...
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From Russia to the South Bronx to St. Louis
November 6, 2017
It was a long dream…but the end was me introducing my youngest daughter, Nina, (I don’t have one) to my former circus teacher, Nina Krasavina, (who has passed on) and...
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City Museum and the Circus That Lives There
October 23, 2017
I remember our first meeting. Gail and Bob Cassilly were both there. I had Kellin Quinn in a pumpkin seat and set him on the table.”It’s YOU!” Bob exclaimed when...
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Help Give Another Child a Chance!
July 20, 2017
Wow! Members of Circus Harmony just got back from being part of the Smithsonian’s 50th Anniversary Folklife Festival honoring circus arts, the largest circus event in American history. This is a real...
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Defying Gravity & Social Injustice—We Did It / We Do It
March 26, 2017
On March 17, thanks to the generosity of Ken and Nancy Kranzberg, some of Circus Harmony students and alumni presented Defying Gravity and Social Injustice: A Tribute to Nat Hentoff....
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BRAVURA: Exceptional Agility and Brilliant Style
February 2, 2017
Once a year, Circus Harmony presents a full length show featuring over twenty of our flying children and an incredible live band. This year, the show was titled Bravura, a...
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Nat Hentoff & Circus Harmony
January 13, 2017
Defying Gravity & Social Injustice: A Tribute to Nat Hentoff, St. Louis, March 17, Details and Tickets Coming Soon “When my father died, it was like a whole library had...
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Nonagenarian Shares Strength, Grace and Inspiration!
December 5, 2016
On Dec. 2, 2016, Elizabeth ‘Bunny’ Herring took what we believe will be her last trapeze flight. This individualistic 90 year old firecracker...
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Circus Circling Back to DC
November 8, 2016
In 1974, I got off the train at Washington DC’s Union Station. I was met by Rev. Dr. L. David Harris, the director of The Circus Kingdom, a youth...
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