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Magic Circus has been touring The Netherlands since 1987. This makes it the oldest travelling big top circus in the country. However, it also is the most modern big top circus of the country. The magical world of the Magic Circus is highly successful in the suburbs of the big Dutch cities Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht. It has been enchanting audiences for decades with a brand new performance every year. Circus is a business, but know that when you visit the Magic Circus, you are visiting a business with the ideology of a foundation. A vision on their world of circus to make the world a better and happier place.
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The world of circus is not all glitter and glamour. William Shakespeare wrote “What’s in a name?” Yet several circus “colleagues” try to use the terms magical, magic or magisch to attract more visitors. Do beware, most of them offer an old fashioned act after act performance which compared to the one and only Magic Circus seems rather outdated.
So if you want to enter the magical world of Magic Circus, be sure to check the official website www.magic-circus.nl for tour dates to ensure you are visiting the real deal!
Magical World of Magic Circus
For centuries the magical world of the circus has been attracting children of all ages. But the Magic Circus ensures to offer an enchanting circus performance under the motte ‘circus as it shouldn’t be’. Why? How? Magic Circus is taking circus into the new day and age. But at the same time it goes back to the origins of the circus by creating a performance that is not made for children. Instead they offer a show for a much wider age group and with more participation and diversity. The end result is, finally, a modern contemporary circus show where parents can also bring their children. A place of family friendly entertainment where adults do not need to use kids as an excuse for a visit.
Due to the limited space of many circus grounds in the big cities, combined with artistic choices Magic Circus doesn’t feature any animal performers. The focus is on human capabilities. Perhaps the thing that makes the Magic Circus the most magical circus experience in The Netherlands is the aim to use circus performances and skills to create a better society rather than just entertain.
Many visitors appreciate the Magic Circus even more for deliberately not taking or asking for any government grants or funds as it gives them more productional freedom. Author Ernest Hemingway once said that a visit to the magical world of the circus is ‘the only fun you can buy that is good for you’. And when you visit Magic Circus at least you know that no tax payer’s money has been squandered. Or as they say at the Magic Circus: ‘If you come and see us you pay only once per visit’.
