Great news for parents of twin cities: your kids no longer have to run away to join the circus, because they can join the one closer to home– Circus: Juventas.
For 17 years, the school-based St. Paul has been teaching everything from tightrope walking to tumbling. For the annual gala at the Circus: Juventas ‘ own big top in St. Paul, the students performed the actions of their popular fairy tale-based shows
The founder Betty and dan Butler met at a youth circus in Florida as a teenager and fell in love
So they decided to bring a slice of the lives of the circus back to Minnesota. Of the 30 students and several classes a week, the school grew to 100 students the first year. They opened a permanent big top in St. Paul in 2001.