Circus Waldissima | |
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Circus Waldissima Logo as of 2018 | |
Origin | |
Country | United States |
Founder(s) | Don Basmajian Sieglinde Basmajian |
Year founded | 1992 |
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Operator(s) | Summerfield Waldorf School |
Traveling show? | No |
Circus tent? | yes |
Winter quarters | Santa Rosa,_California, U.S. |
Website | www |
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]
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.
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