Circus Flora

Yo-Yo has a new pair of shoes.For just shy of 30 years, when Yo-Yo the Narrator stepped balletically into the center of the ring of our city’s own Circus…

On May 29, Circus Flora returns to “The Big Top” in Grand Center to open its 29th season with “One Summer on Second Street.” This season features new…

There is a big-man-size hole in the heart of St. Louis’ Circus Flora, a vacancy left by the death of Ivor David Balding last month at 75. Balding was the…

The word circus conjures several interpretations, a different idea according to every one’s experience. Many of those definitions, as Circus Flora teaches…

The Big Top is back in Grand Center for Circus Flora’s 28th season with “The Pawn,” a show inspired by the venerable game of chess.“Chess is a nice way to…

The members of the Circus Flora family were stunned and saddened when their beloved patriarch David Balding passed away on Friday, May 9. One of the…

The modern definition of a circus is based on the ancient word referring to the actual performance area, a circle of sorts, in which gladiatorial events,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 2, 2013 - The theme of this year's Circus Flora is "A Trip to the Moon," an homage to the 1902…

‘A Trip to the Moon’ is a French black-and-white silent film produced in 1902. The plot is about a group of astronomers who take an expedition to the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 12, 2012 - Some pairings seem odd. Certainly, at first the coupling of the St. Louis Symphony…