LIFE IN A CIRCUS

Alessandra Bruna Moratti

Angela Villegas

Julien Viard

Isobel Wilson

Tanguy Ducouret

CIRCUS CULTURE A circus’ culture is unique

for each one, no matter the

home country, the time, the

age of it or any other

difference it may has. In a

circus, all the distinctness are

suspended so magic and art

can be united.

FAMILY TRADITION

Most circus’ staff

followed the steps of

their performers

parents, because they

were born and raised

in the circus

environment.

BROKEN FAMILY TIES

Although most children that are born in a circus environment end up

link with this world, sometimes they decide during their teenage

years to abandon such lifestyle. Mainly because it is a demanding and

tough routine.

HARDWORK ROUTINE

People outside the circus

most of the time don’t realize

how difficult and different the

life of a performer is. There is

a lot of sacrifices and these

people has to endure a very

tough life. But it is also hard

to understand the value and

satisfaction artists in a circus

get from merely living such

life.

NOMAD LIFE

Day after day, year after year, the life of a circus

performer is made up of traveling to a new city or town,

practicing and performing.

For ten or eleven months out of the year, circus personnel

travel through the night to arrive at a new tow.

PERSONAL LIFE

It is very common for a circus for itself to

become a performers family. Twenty four hours

a day, seven days a week, these people has to

eat, sleep, travel and train together.

Because of that, their trust in one another is

absolute as many times their very lives depend

on each other. They endu up not sharing their

work, but also the joys and sorrows of another

and makes them their own.

CONCLUSION

Pratically everyone

loves going to the circus,

most people however,

have no real idea of what

the life of a circus

performer is like.

For people like them,

the circus means more

than a way of life, is love.