October 30, 2025
WE REPRESENTED IN DC!
Wow! Members of Circus Harmony just got back from being part of the Smithsonian 50th Anniversary Folklife Festival honoring circus arts, the largest circus event in American history. There were two banners at the end of the National Mall. One was of Dolly Jacobs, Queen of the Air, a multi-generation circus performer, co-founder of Circus Sarasota and an NEA Cultural Heritage Fellow. The other banner, is seen here: Chauncey Kroner, a young Circus Harmony student from the City of St. Louis. With circus, anything is possible! For two weeks, twelve students from Circus Harmony performed on the National Mall and in a special show of their own on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center.
“Magnificent, extraordinary, talented, thrilling, beautiful…are only a few words that I use to express my thoughts about Circus Harmony’s performance and performers,” said a member of the Smithsonian Folklife leadership team. I hope everyone at the Smithsonian Folklife office, along with all the Festival attendees, were able to see the power of circus arts to amaze, inspire and empower!
Check these links out:
Photos from Smithsonian in the Riverfront Times.
St. Louis Arches Act at Smithsonian Salute to Youth
Circus Harmony on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center!
Now that we are back, as we watch Chauncey’s one-man show that he presents now at City Museum, we marvel at how transformed he is from the shy boy who first came to circus camp 9 years ago. If you had seen him then, you would never have thought he would someday be featured on a larger-than-life banner on the National Mall!
We help all children find their strengths! When we came home from DC, our summer camps were already in full swing. A boy named Piki, from the Dominican Republic, comes to visit a St. Louis family every summer and attends our Circus Performance Camps. Piki does not have any legs but at our camp he is a star. Check out t his video of his handbalancing act, this summer.
We know there are other young people like Chauncey and Piki who could find their strength in circus. We need your support to bring our Defy Gravity 101 program into several schools in the City of St. Louis and in Ferguson. It costs $5,500 for us to work with 30 students in each school for one semester. Will you help us to give this circus opportunity to a child who maybe does not yet realize their own potential? Who has never had anyone applaud anything they did? Who does not yet know how to trust? Who has never had the chance to be responsible? We know that teaching them how to juggle, balance and do pyramids with other people can open a door to confidence, creativity, and compassion. You can:
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WE REPRESENT THE BEST IN CIRCUS CLASSES & PERFORMERS IN ST LOUIS
Circus Harmony is St. Louis’ only complete circus school. We offer classes in everything from juggling, tumbling and physical comedy (in our home ring at City Museum) to flying trapeze (behind Chesterfield Athletic Club at TrapezeSTL).
We have classes for the whole family. Fall classes start August 28. Register now and check our Facebook page for special discounts. You should fly now, too! TrapezeSTL is outside so it will close for the season in mid-October. Perfect place for a date night or a party! And a circus class or flying trapeze gift certificate is the perfect present! Give an experience!
You can also book our youth circus performers for your next special event. We have done everything from company picnics to weddings. We are the best circus performers in St. Louis and offer always and only family friendly entertainment. Book now!
WE REPRESENT YOUTH & SOCIAL CIRCUS
When we were in DC, our director, Jessica Hentoff, led the social circus panel for the National Endowment for the Arts Town Hall Meeting on the state of circus in America. After the Town Hall, the head of the NEA wrote this report and pointed out: “Circus groups …have changed lives in St. Louis by teaching young people circus arts and finding careers for them in the industry.”
You can still catch our camp shows every weekday until August 11. Then, our flying children will be heading to Trenton, New Jersey for the American Youth Circus Festival. Then we will be back to our fall show schedule on Saturday and Sunday, in our home ring at City Museum starting in September! Come catch the flying children!
OUR ALUMNI REPRESENT!
This month, go see:
Keaton Hentoff-Killian in Scotland at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Circa Contemporary Circus from Australia.
Sidney ‘Iking’ Bateman with FlipFabriQue in Quebec City
Terrance ‘T-Roc’ Robinson at Carowinds Amusement Park in North Carolina with Cirque Imagine
Elliana Hentoff-Killian with Zoppe Italian Family Circus in Colorado
WE’RE ON EXHIBIT
You only have until September 23 to see our exciting Defying Gravity and Other Limitations photo exhibit at the Sheldon Art Galleries. Also, the photos there are for sale! Take a flying child home with you and grace your walls with some circus art!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Our 5th Annual Juggling Ball will be
Saturday, November 18, 2017
7-10 PM at City Museum!
Tickets on sale soon!