Thought I would share a list of all the locations we visited and interviews we conducted while filming. Impossible to get everything, but we certainly did our best in two months!
(in no particular order)
Monte Carlo
• The Circus Festival
England
• We filmed in London at Circus Space, the only Circus University in England.
• Martin Lacey Jr. is originally from there
Holland
• Filmed at Circus Ahoy with Roland & Petra Duss
Italy
• Filmed at the Italian Historical Circus Documentation Center
• Interviewed Antonio Giarola, head of the Documentation Center
• Interviewed Francesco Mocellin - President of Circus Friends Association (Club Amici del Circo) & member of Commission at Ministry of Culture for Circuses
• Filmed at Circus Academy in Verona, Italy (a circus school for circus family kids) & Interviewed Mr. Andrea Togni, Director.
France
• Interviewed Valeri Fratellini (daughter of the famous female clown Annie Fratellini)
• Filmed at the famous L'Académie Fratellini
• Filmed at Cirque Phenix show in Paris
• Interviewed Pascal Jacob, artistic director of Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain & Cirque Phenix
• We can obtain footage of acts at the Festival Mondial
• Filmed at Cirque D'Hiver in Paris - filmed a show and the beautiful building
• Interviewed Francesco Bouglione (owner of Cirque D'Hiver)
Germany
• Martin Lacey Jr. adopted home - Gold Clown winner & with Circus Krone
• Filmed & Interviewed performers at the Krystall Palast Variety Theater Show in Leipzig.
• Filmed Rob at Roncalli Circus - Essen
• Film Troupe Yakubov at Circus Probst - Gelsenkirchen
• Filmed Martin Lacey Jr. at Stuttgart Winter Circus – Stuttgart
Canada
• Filmed Cirque du Soleil Troupe rehearsal
• Filmed TOTEM Cirque du Soleil show
• Interviewed Carmen Ruest, Director of Creation at Cirque du Soleil
United States (filming soon)
• Interview Kenneth Feld – Ringling Brothers Circus owner
• Interview Paul Binder – Big Apple Circus founder
• Interview Circus Historian