Circus When You Need It The Most: The New Victory visits the Rockaways

New Victory Theater Blog: I have found that a little bit of circus can bring some much needed light to the darkest of days. This particularly rang true for me the weekend before Thanksgiving, when I found myself, along with a group of New Victory Teaching Artists and a trunk full of circus equipment, at a community center in post-Sandy Far Rockaway. As we packed into a bus to make the drive out, we didn’t know if our workshops had anything to offer this hard hit community during this tough time. Within minutes of our arrival, a 13 year old boy by the name of J barreled up to us. “I heard you were teaching people to juggle. Is that true? Can you teach me?” he asked with wide eyes. It became immediately clear to me that we were exactly where we were supposed to be.