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Circuba is Cuba's national circus and is associated with the Cuban National Circus School founded on June 6, 1968.

Members of the Circuba company have to first complete the normal academic course work required of all Cuban students before they can hope to be accepted for the four-year program of rigorous training in the circus arts. [1] It consists of about twenty artists, aged between 19 and 30. Twenty-one artists graduated in 1979. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. "cubanow.net, On the stage, Americans "break the ice" in Circuba 2010". Archived from the original on 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
  2. Circoteatro Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. havana-cultura.com, Performing arts
  4. cubanow.net, Society, China, Vietnam and Cuba rank in the Circuba Festival [ permanent dead link ]
  5. circonacionaldecuba.cu Archived 2018-03-14 at the Wayback Machine ,