About Wise fool New Mexico

It is Wise Fool New Mexico's mission to ignite imagination, build community, and promote social justice through performances and hands on experiences in the arts of circus, puppetry, and theatre. 2008 Pinon Award Winner from the Santa Fe Community Foundation, voted Best Local Theater Group 2008 by readers of the Santa Fe Reporter.

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Space open in Kids' Summer Circus Camp in Santa Fe - Intermediate Level
If your child has participated in our Afterschool Fools or Summer Circus Camp programs, or has other circus experience, call 505-992-2588 today to sign up for Wise Fool's Intermediate Circus Camp in Santa Fe! This day camp featuring stilt walking, clowning, puppetry, trapeze, aerial fabric, and acrobatics runs July 6-17th.
Students to host spectacular public peformance at Railyard Park!!
The amazingly talented and diverse students of Wise Fool's 7th annual BUST! Women's Circus Workshop will showcase their new circus and performance skills at a wild public performance at Santa Fe's new Railyard Park on July 3rd @ 6pm and July 4th @ 2pm. The event is free and open to the public, with a $5 suggested donation at the gate.
Ongoing Classes for adults and youth to continue throughout the summer
Wise Fool offers a full schedule of ongoing classes for adults and youth. Come fly through the air with trapeze or aerial fabric; build your strength and flexibility; clown around with your kid; or lift up and be lifted in partner acrobatics! All ages and genders welcome. Beginners, too!! See our classes page or call 992-2588 for more information. Hope to see you soon!

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  • Circus Luminous Says Yes, We Can - published in Albuquerque Journal North
    This year's production of Circus Luminous features a classic hero's journey told through the eyes of a clown who realizes at the end of the show that she can do what she thought was impossible. “I was putting the show together during the election and didn't know for sure how things would turn out,” Amy Christian, the show's director and Wise Fool's co-artistic director said. “It's an intense time in the world, but we've been given a huge glimmer of hope. The story line is about having hope and taking action on that hope.”
  • Wise Fool: Where whimsy, activism meet - published in the New Mexican
    Children of all ages packed the Wise Fool studio off Agua Fría Street on Saturday afternoon to experience the circus and puppetry troupe's latest whimsical creation. The show — replete with acrobatics, colorful puppets on stilts and outrageous physical theatrics — is based on the troupe's first circus performance, created in 1997. That show toured villages in Chiapas, Mexico, in support of the Zapatista resistance movement, said Amy Christian, Wise Fool's artistic director.
  • Why Circus? - published in Tumbleweeds Family Newspaper
    So why circus? What exactly does circus have to offer our youth? The short answer is, so much! Circus is a world of “all possibility,” an innovative and creative way to impart life skills, encourage respect for oneself and others and teach responsible risk-taking.