Circus Smirkus
| Circus Smirkus | |
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Circus Smirkus | |
| Origin | |
| Circus name | Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour |
| Country | United States |
| Founder(s) | Rob Mermin |
| Year founded | 1987 |
| Information | |
| Director | Executive & Artistic Director: Rachel Schiffer |
| Traveling show? | Yes |
| Circus tent? | Yes |
| Winter quarters | Greensboro, Vermont, United States |
| Website | www.smirkus.org |
Circus Smirkus is a non-profit international youth circus founded in 1987 by Rob Mermin. It is based in Greensboro, Vermont.
Smirkus' performers and coaches have come from Canada, China, Colombia, United Kingdom, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Moldova, Mongolia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Sweden, Thailand, Ukraine, Zambia, ten Native American nations and 20 US states. At the International Children's Festival at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in September 2000, Circus Smirkus was introduced as "the United Nations of the youth circus world."