“This narrative that the circus is dead is so confusing because every art form evolves,” Ms. Cohen, the founder of the Circus Culture school here, said. Ms. Cohen has spent a lot of time figuring out how learning the acts and tricks of a circus can benefit children. Since 2012, she has served as the executive director of the American Youth Circus Organization, which monitors and supports hundreds of circus teachers across the country and organizes a biennial youth circus festival. Recently, her group commissioned a study to examine how circus training can contribute to the physical and mental development of children. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyBut in starting Circus Culture in 2015, Ms. Cohen, a graduate of Ithaca College, hoped to have a more immediate impact.

Source: New York Times February 27, 2017 20:16 UTC