Swashbuckle - A Circus Harmony Production

Circus Harmony is back with their annual, full-length, ticketed show. This year, it is an epic adventure with somersaulting, sword fighting, and a circus called Swashbuckle! The show features all-new acts co-created with Circus Harmony’s sensational staff and talented students. Circus Harmony artistic/executive director and founder Jessica Hentoff provides details of how Circus Harmony teaches the art of life through circus education. Circus Harmony works to build character and expand community for youth of all ages, cultures, abilities, and backgrounds.

[01:00] Thought for the Day

[01:50] Part I-Interview with Jessica Hentoff from Circus Harmony on Swashbuckle

Circus Harmony at City Museum
April 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, & 30, 2023
Saturdays at 3pm & 7pm
Sundays at 2pm
Tickets (click here)

[20:45] Dred Scott Stamp Information

[21:45] St. Louis In Tune Information

[23:45] Part II-Interview with Jessica Hentoff from Circus Harmony

[42:30] St. Louis In Tune is About . . .

[44:15] Follow up to Interview

[45:15] What May Happen in the Next 100 Years - John Watkins, Jr.

[50:00] Mark's Day of the Day and Funny

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Jessica Hentoff

Artistic/Executive Director and Founder

Jessica Hentoff is the Artistic/Executive Director and founder of Circus Harmony. Jessica has been using circus arts to motivate social change since she founded the St. Louis Arches youth circus troupe in 1988. To expand youth circus opportunities for St. Louis youth, she created Circus Harmony in 2001. Jessica is the only person to be a founding member of both the Big Apple Circus in NYC and Circus Flora in St. Louis. In 2009, Ms. Hentoff was named St. Louis Arts Innovator of the Year and Outstanding Arts Educator of the Year. Ms. Hentoff serves as a founding board member of the American Circus Alliance, on the steering committee of the Global Alliance of Circus Schools, and as youth/social circus advisor to the World Circus Federation. In 2014, she was honored to be the first person to receive the American Youth Circus Organization/American Circus Educators’ Excellence in Circus Education Award. She is the 2020 recipient of the Youth Learning Institute’s Youth Development Practitioner Award.
Ms. Hentoff has been teaching and performing circus arts for 50 years! Ms. Hentoff’s remarkable vision and use of circus arts has helped children soar in and out of the circus ring.