After many local youth circus performances were put on hold last year due to COVID-19, the community has come back in 2021, finding creative ways to continue their work of building up young performers with smaller, outdoor shows and performances.Youth.
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 6/9/2021 4:11:10 PM
After many local youth circus performances were put on hold last year due to COVID-19, the community has come back in 2021, finding creative ways to continue their work of building up young performers with smaller, outdoor shows and performances.
Youth circus has a long history in Wilton, and most of it can be traced back to Rick and Jackie Davis. Jackie Davis, a circus educator, founded Flying Gravity Circus in 1999, and is the executive director of the Silver Lining Circus Camp, a summer program and offshoot of Flying Gravity.
When Flying Gravity was faced with moving forward in 2021 or canceling a second straight season, Davis said she wanted to make sure another summer wasn’t completely lost.