Emergency Circus

Believe it or not, the Emergency Circus made it into Ripley's Believe It or Not! Nearly 10 years ago a small group of circus artists decided to start an organization that could bring love and laughter to people displaced by natural disasters, war, poverty, and other under-circused individuals across the globe. Since then we’ve traveled through most of the United States and 22 countries delivering joy and inspiration through circus spectacle. We’ve produced so many cherished moments, made memories to last lifetimes, and provided a recharge of hope for people in the depths of hardship.
Thank you so much to the many many performers and patrons who made this a reality. It’s been an enormous group effort that has truly sparked wildfires of fun in some of the darkest spaces.
Now there’s an Emergency in New Orleans, our home base. Next week we will begin bringing shows and supplies to those effected especially in southern Louisiana. We’ll be teaming up with many grassroots organizations, NGOs, and governmental orgs to bring cleaning supplies, tools, tarps, food, and of course CIRCUS to those without power, shelter, or even Netflix 🙀. You can help by V e n m o i n g or reach out if you want to make a larger tax deductible offering. Our operating costs are minimal since we live there so the money goes to essential supplies and smiles.
If you have a circus emergency dial our hotline 1-(NOW)-Circus-1 and let us know how we can help or how you can help us help others. Thanks for believing in us, believing in yourselves, and believing in love. And thanks Believe it or Not for this awesome acknowledgment and for spreading something positive.
Good photos by Christen Noel Photography. Special thanks to all the EC superhumans who’ve made this dream come true!

Now that the election season has officially come to a close we want to once again thank everyone who made Cirque d'Vote possible. This was an insane endeavor activating early voting polling locations with circus show, parades to the polls, and ambient performance outside polling locations in Philladelphia, Wisconsin, Phoenix, Tucson, Austin, Portland, And Asheville. We also enlivened lines on Election Day in many more cities across the country.
We were able to counteract voter suppression with voter inspiration and really put the fun back in fundamental rights. We made it on national news morning shows twice and countless local news organizations covered the story. We supported artists financially during a pandemic for using their talents to ensure the survival of democracy. Here is a huge huge thank you to everyone involved. We can't mention or tag everyone who is responsible for pulling this together because there were far too many people involved. Leave a thank you note for these folks if you believe in the power of joy, love, and circus to change the world.
First We'd like to thank our funders the Center for Artistic Activism and the Project.
The co-directors of Cirque d'Vote Clay Mazing and Maya Pen. Super shout out to the captains of each city Crissy Jung Natalie Brewster Nguyen Jon Dutch Professor Pinkerton Xyloma Kelly Greenheart Geoff Marsh and again.
And then the scores and scores of performers that we don’t have all the tags for.
David Lichtenstein
Leapin' Louie
Anngela Burt
Tyler Spades
Kate Makkai
The Curt Show - Curtis Carlyle
ARC In Movement LLC
Wegner
Patricia Charms
Orchidea
Hoop Royale
Dresden Abstruse

Alicia Doerrie
Serena Tang
Kelsey Erickson

Brenna Bean




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Nichole Nance

Backup Brass Band






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Jarmél By Jarmel
David Darwin - One Man Sideshow


Spiral Q
Milwaukee Flyers
cammarano

Cirque Roots
Flam Chen
CIRCUS PICNIC
Circus Sanctuary
Kinetic Arts Tucson
Will Franke
And way more!
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It’s . And we have brand new T-shirts! We aren’t always very good at capitalizing on this day to give to non-profits but if you are looking to make a tax deductible donation today you can! For every donation over 100 dollars we’ll send you at least one t-shirts per 30 dollar donation! Green, Blue, Black, and Purple. S,M,L,XL Just go to emergencycircus.com and click on donate! Then we can iron out the details. Pun intended! This deal lasts till New Years. You can help us deliver circus joy while looking like a fly superhuman at the same time. We’ll send you a tax receipt and a thank you letter and you can give the gift of laughter this holiday season. Help us out by sharing this to your stories.
Cheers mazing models @ Giving Tuesday