Why I'm running away to join the circus (really)
Circus performance transcends age, socioeconomic status, even language. You can go anywhere in the world and entertain anyone. And for me, it's my home away from home.
by Jack Lepiarz
Feb 24, 2023
2 minutes
I was 6 years old when my father told me we were leaving the Big Apple Circus.
For the past 15 years, my father had been what's known as a variety performer — a combination of comedy and circus skills that run the gamut from whip-cracking to clowning. The years before I was born, he was part of a troupe called "" that performed at renaissance
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