Lindsay Chandler lkc5074@psu.edu; INART 005 Section 3 Cirkopolis Review When you think of going to a circus what typically comes to mind? Do you picture a group of bizarrely dressed clowns or a mighty lion and his tamer? Where‚ in your mind‚ is this circus taking place? Is it in a large‚ Big Top tent with a circus ring inside? None of these typical circus characteristics could be seen in Cirque Éloize’s Cirkopolis‚ as the performance took place in a venue far different from a Big Top tent—Penn State’s
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The article Behind the Curtain of Vietnam’s Oldest Circus by Christian Rodriguez‚ focus on a reclusive group of circus performers in Vietnam. Circus performers are a group of people that are marveled for their daring and gravity defying acts in their societies. Little is known about the performers’ lives outside their costumes. Rodriguez writes and photographs the lives of two circus troupes‚ Vietnam Circus Federation and Ho Chi Minh City Circus. In order to document the way the performers lived
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Animals Welfare in the Circus Source: http://www.bornfree.org.uk/campaigns/zoo-check/circuses-performing-animals/ All over the world many animals are made to perform doing unnatural behaviours for public entertainment. They perform on side shows‚ globally and in zoos. Many of these unnatural behaviours include tigers jumping through hoops of fire‚ elephants balancing on their heads and lions keeping their mouths open so that people can put their heads into them. All these behaviours are against
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increasingly popular over the last 50 years. Years and years of psychological and physical damage will lead any animal‚ even those that look harmless‚ to snap and go on a rampage. Circus animals going on a path of destruction isn’t the only thing circus cruelty causes‚ because of the atrocious living conditions many circus elephants have been known to carry many forms of tuberculosis (TB) and the common flu(Los Angeles 2013‚ October 23). This is a major problem considering that many children attend
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of The Butterfly Circus reflected four components of emotional intelligence. At the beginning of the film‚ Will demonstrated a lack self-awareness. This barrier was due to his environment of being a part of the sideshow‚ making him feel helpless and insignificant. It was not until the ringleader‚ Mr. Mendez‚ told Will that he was magnificent‚ this was the start of Will questioning his self-worth. In the river scene where Will requested assistance from members of The Butterfly Circus‚ he once again
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” Caroline calls from the upper branches. “Truth” is a resigned response‚ a yielding to Caroline’s abusive‚ nut and throwing version of the game. “Dare” is marginally defiant. “Bailey’s dare is to break into the Night Circus.” Summary: Bailey has wanted to go to the Night Circus since he was 6‚ but his parents wouldn’t let him‚ so when his sister dared him to break in during the day he thought it didn’t matter what time of day as long as his get to go. While he’s there a girl shows up and
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The Firkus Circus By one of the Firkus Circus members: Sierra Firkus Hi! If you keep reading you will learn why my dad calls us the Firkus Circus! We are always active‚ adventurous‚ or sometimes just plain old bored! Even though we might be busy we always make time to spend with each other. Let me tell you the story of the Firkus and Stanich Circus! So‚ if I didn’t have my older half sister it would be the Firkus Circus‚ only saying that it’s the Firkus and Stanich Circus because of my
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The Night Circus displays textual features that reinforce realities socially constructed hierarchy in regards to the masculine and feminine. The male/female binaries and societal denotations for the terms ‘male‚’ ‘female’ and terms particular to the magical world such as ‘magician‚’ strengthen the authoritative and dominant position of men. Within the first pages of the novel the reader is immediately made aware of the severe power imbalance between the male and female gender‚ evident through the
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an Asian Elephant‚ was part of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus shows. His trainers abused him and his friends in order to make them perform tricks. Fortunately‚ Prince is no longer a circus animal and now lives happily‚ but‚ unfortunately‚ over 30 of his friends are no longer in the show business because they died due to the brutal circus conditions. Circuses should not have animals in their shows. Circus animals are abused and beaten. Trainers use bullhooks‚ electric prods‚ ropes
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and wife recalling a circus they went to when to when they were young. They started to recall these times when the wife asked if there to boys could go to the circus. It goes back and forth between the past and how they travled there. As they recall this it brings up stuff that they did when the were young. It brings the wife to relize how they have grown apart. The story starts off by the wife saying‚ “William‚ I don’t think it would hurt you to let the boys go to the circus in town tomorrow.” The
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