Circus Smirkus is a nonprofit arts and education organization based in Greensboro, Vermont. Our mission is to promote the skills, culture and traditions of the traveling circus, and to inspire youth to engage in life-changing adventures in the circus arts. Since 1987, Circus Smirkus has been bringing the transforming power of the circus arts to people of all ages through three principal programs:
1. Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour is the only tented traveling youth circus in the United States. Performing under traditional European-style circus tents, the award-winning circus company consists of some 70 people including 30 performers ages 10-18, professional circus coaches, tent and technical crew and a live circus band performing an original score each year. The tour caravan requires 23 support vehicles and launches its Big Top more than a dozen New England towns each summer, performing to approximately 42,000 patrons each year.
2. Circus Smirkus Camp is for kids of all ages and skill levels who want to learn the circus arts in a summer camp setting, under real circus tents set on our lush Greensboro campus.
3. Circus Smirkus School Residencies offer K-12 students the opportunity to learn the circus arts in school or after-school programs throughout the school year.
