Flying Fruit Fly Circus announces NexGen partnership with Cirque du Soleil

Australia's national youth circus and the Canadian entertainment juggernaut are partnering to uncover and develop new circus talents.
A young female circus performer flies through the air, suspended by her feet from a rope. She has a long plait which accentuates her movement as it too swings through the air.

A new partnership aimed at uncovering exciting new circus talents has been formed between Australia’s national youth circus school, the Flying Fruit Fly Circus, and internationally recognised Canadian circus company, the Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group.

The NexGen partnership forged between the two companies was officially announced today (Friday 23 February) and sees “the Fruities” (as they are affectionately known) become one of just six circus training centres worldwide to establish such a relationship with Cirque du Soleil.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts