Circus Flora
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Circus Flora
Circus Flora is styled after old
Early years
Circus Flora was first performed as a commissioned work for the 1986 Spoleto Festival USA, an annual celebration of the performing and visual arts in Charleston, South Carolina. Based upon its favorable reception, it was then founded as a permanent organization by Ivor David Balding, Sheila and Sam Jewell and Alexandre Sacha Pavlata.[3] Its intended mission is to both entertain and to educate.
Circus Flora made
Namesake
Flora, the Elephant, is the namesake of Circus Flora. The circus was named after Flora, the orphaned baby African elephant Balding had rescued two years earlier when ivory poachers in Africa killed her mother. For 15 years, Flora the elephant was a star of the circus. In 2000, she retired from stage life, and is now a resident of the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee.[5]
Geographic extent of performances
Circus Flora has performed in the following cities:
Education
Circus Flora has cultivated education in the Circus Arts since its inception. One significant collaboration of Circus Flora's is its working relationship with The St. Louis Arches,[6] an acrobatic troupe sponsored by Circus Day Foundation.[7]
References
- ^ "Circus Flora". Circus Flora. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Alexandre Sacha Pavlata Master Trapeze Artist & Aerialist Bio Cirque Passion Boston-based". Cirquepassion.com. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ^ "The Intersection of Art and Life | Saint Louis Missouri". Grand Center. 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ^ [2] Archived June 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "St. Louis Arches". Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved June 25, 2007.
- ^ [3] Archived July 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine