Cincinnati ‘portable’ circus offers festival fun
The Amazing Portable Circus started 12 years ago with one guy doing some juggling acts. Since then the company has more than tripled in size and can put on 200 different kinds of acts at nearly 2,000 events annually. The company has no permanent home although performers are able to practice their acts in the Covedale neighborhood of Cincinnati.Owner Dave Willacker says that he likes what the company does, but never intended to do this for a career. Willacker left his teaching job at Roger Bacon High School last year so that he could devote himself full-time to the circus business Costs start around $75 an hour for their services with some performers making $30,000 a year working only 10 hours a week.Read full article here.
The Amazing Portable Circus started 12 years ago with one guy doing some juggling acts. Since then the company has more than tripled in size and can put on 200 different kinds of acts at nearly 2,000 events annually. The company has no permanent home although performers are able to practice their acts in the Covedale neighborhood of Cincinnati.
Owner Dave Willacker says that he likes what the company does, but never intended to do this for a career. Willacker left his teaching job at Roger Bacon High School last year so that he could devote himself full-time to the circus business
Costs start around $75 an hour for their services with some performers making $30,000 a year working only 10 hours a week.
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