Circus Waldissima

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Circus Waldissima
Circus Waldissima logo.PNG
Circus Waldissima Logo as of 2018
Origin
CountryUnited States
Founder(s)Don Basmajian
Sieglinde Basmajian
Year founded1992;32 years ago (1992)
Information
Operator(s)Summerfield Waldorf School
Traveling show?No
Circus tent?yes
Winter quarters Santa Rosa,_California, U.S.
Website www.circuswaldissima.com

Circus Waldissima (founded 1992) is a theatrical youth circus company operated out of Santa Rosa, California, as an after-school program at Summerfield Waldorf School and farm. Founded as a small after-school program with a few children, and a performance at a school function, the circus has since grown to more than three large shows a year with over 100 student participants in the main show, in its own circus tent. [1] [2]

Contents

History

First classes and first show at the 1992 May Faire celebrations at Summerfield Waldorf School. In 2010, Circus Waldissima Purchased their first 22m diameter Circus Tent from Segel RAAP in Germany. First Show in the New Big Top ("Life of a Butterfly") was in 2011.

Shows

2011

Spring

2012

Winter

2013

Winter

Spring

2014

Spring

2015

Spring

2016

Spring

2017

Spring

2018

Winter

Spring

In The News

2017

The Press Democrat

Bohemian

2016

The Press Democrat

Sonoma County Gazette

2015

The Press Democrat

2014

The Press Democrat

Sonoma County Gazette

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