After several near-closures, the Dongchoon Circus Troupe continues to draw audiences who call it ‘a very impressive and meaningful circus’
No more elephant and monkey acts. No more death-defying motorbike stunts. No more singing or acting on stage.
“As I recall the hardship that I’ve gone through, I think I’ve done something significant,” says Park Sae-hwan, the head of the 100-year-old circus, which was founded in 1925. “But I also feel heavy responsibility because if Dongchoon stops, our country’s circus, one genre in our performing arts, will disappear. That’s the problem.”
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