Circus Juventas (formerly Circus of the Star) is a youth performing arts circus school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving youth throughout the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. The organization was founded in 1994 by Dan and Betty Butler, and offers circus arts training to young people ranging from 3 to 21 years old.
Emulating the style of Cirque du Soleil, Circus Juventas's first show was at Saint Paul's Highland Fest in 1995. From there, the school's enrollment quickly expanded and the organization initiated a campaign to fund a $2.1 million permanent big top facility, which opened in 2001 on Saint Paul parkland in the Highland Park neighborhood. That year, it began to produce annual summer performances showcasing the work of its most advanced students, each with a distinct theme. Yearly themed December holiday shows were added starting in 2020 after that year's summer show was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
These shows have proven popular with local audiences and have been well received critically, with reviewers praising the professionalism and fearlessness exhibited in the productions, while noting students' occasional missteps during performances. Circus Juventas students have performed and competed both around the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area and abroad. As of 2014, Juventas was the largest youth performing arts circus in North America. The school had tentative plans to add a second facility elsewhere in the region.
93.15389°W / 44.91111; -93.15389 CircusJuventas (formerly Circus of the Star) is a youth performing arts circus school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota...
web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) "St. Paul's CircusJuventas to receive prestigious international award". Twin Cities. July 17,...
There have been many famous modern circuses since the first modern circus was staged by Philip Astley in London on January 9, 1768. Many are best known...
Betty Butler may refer to: Betty Butler, founder of CircusJuventas Betty Butler, see College Bowl Betty Butler, station manager of WTLS List of DC Comics...
Burns's Mark Twain. He has also composed music for shows by CircusJuventas, a Saint Paul youth circus. Ostroushko appeared on television on Austin City Limits...
conducting from Boston University. Yankovskaya joined the Boston-based Juventas New Music Ensemble as an associate conductor and served as their music...
temple precinct as offerings. The procession route involved the temples of Juventas ("Youth") and Summanus, an obscure and complex chthonic god of archaic...
Pollux Alexiares and Anicetus, twin-sons of Heracles/Hercules and Hebe/Juventas; alongside their father, they are the guardians of the gates of Mount Olympus...
"Sobre las Olas" has a cultural association with funfairs, ice skating, circuses and trapeze artists, as it was one of the tunes available for Wurlitzer's...
from the failed European Super League project, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventas released a joint statement responding to UEFA launching disciplinary proceedings...
carried out the rites seeking permission to remove them, only Terminus and Juventas were believed to have refused. Their shrines were therefore incorporated...
goddess of justice. Juturna, goddess of fountains, wells, and springs. Juventas, goddess of youth. Lares, household gods. Latona, goddess of light. Laverna...
a number of deities were dislodged by exauguratio, though Terminus and Juventas "refused" and were incorporated into the new structure. A distinction between...
Global Information