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A white person with curly hair, a beard, and piercing blue eyes shows half of zir face, covering the rest with a red dome shaped hat. Pain au chocolat is stuffed in zir mouth, and zir clothes are bifurcated, much like zir face––half outfitted in red and gold, and the other half in black.
Photo: Janoah Bailin
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Possibilities Within Pain

ankita

Maybe…pain can make one whole.

A female circus artist with a brown ponytail leans back over a trapeze and stretches her arms. She wears a shiny blue leotard and flies high above a full audience.
Photo: E. Wallis Cain Carbonell
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Heartfelt Showmen

E. Wallis Cain Carbonell

“Clap! Holler! We want all the attention from you guys tonight!.”

Performers in colorful pajamas juggle neon hoops under vibrant stage lighting, evoking themes of childhood, playfulness, and simpler times.
Photo: Steve Sarafian
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A Circus Family Comes Home

Lauren Berlin

Trenton’s own Black Ice Circus Debuts Growing Pains at Cannonball.

Performer Daisie Cardona, dressed in a black long-sleeved top and black yoga pants with a blue and white patch on one leg, stands facing a building. Seen from behind, she holds the Honduran flag behind her. The flag pole rests on her shoulder.
Photo: Daisie Cardona
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Earnest beauty

Ellen Miller

Daisie Cardona’s love letter to Kensington shines.

There is a black grassy horizon line and a mostly full red moon rising. In the circle of the moon is a young black woman in a short sleeve white shirt and a black vest. Her Right arm is raised so her hands can frame above and below a small upside down american flag. She wears a circus style top hat and a mask over the bottom half of her face that is a clown's wide smile.
Photo Courtesy of the Artist
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Not all pulled back lips are smiles

Megan Mizanty

Let the past be an enduring reminder…

Three performers dressed in single-color primary colored outfits (one blue, one red, one yellow) express surprise with open mouths. The performer in blue, Kevin Flanagan, grips the wrists of Sierra Rhoades Nicholls, dressed in red; he leans back while supporting her weight as she appears to levitate off the ground, her legs extended in front of her body six inches above the floor. Above her, Liam Bradley, dressed in yellow, pulls their legs up in a tuck jump, feet flexed and arms extended above their shoulders.
Photo: Johanna Austin
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Raw Egg and All, It Works

Ellen Miller

Full Out Formula’s circus act lets the audience decide.

Hanschitz, a white woman wearing dark green pants and a flowy light green shirt, balances inside a human sized metal hoop, a Cyr wheel. Her arms and legs connect to the wheel in an X shape. The image is slightly blurry as if captured mid-motion.
Photo: Karen Cecilia
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Dance and Cirque Nouveau Crossing Countries

Karen Cecilia

Cirque, dance, and sound art encapsulate the journey of letting go.

Photo: Anne Vetter
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Self-Acceptance is a Journey

Ellen Miller

The beauty in Cannon’s work is its ability to draw you in as he externalizes his struggle, conflict, and joy.

Photo: Brian Mengini
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Existing in a Trapped World: A Write Back Atcha

Miryam Coppersmith

Striving to stay human in tosses, spins, and synchronized flash dances.

Photo: Dallas Padoven
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Hanging in the Balance

Tribe of Fools perfectly pairs the medium to the message.