The circus artist has access to truths unavailable to other artists.

Every artist, act and spectacle contains embodied metaphors of the human condition. The trials, weaknesses and successes central to any human life are illuminated in hyper realism before our eyes.

I believe in Circus as the Art of Heroism, fragility being an intrinsic part of any hero.

I believe in Art as a verb, a process of reflection and meaning making, rather than an object, static and separate.

I believe in standing on the shoulders of giants, honouring the traditions out of which contemporary circus is born, and rejoicing in its unimagined future.

‘Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.'

Winston Churchill

In Shadows