Circus Flora

Under the artistic direction of founder Ivor David Balding, Circus Flora has performed in St. Louis since 1987. In addition, the circus has been invited to perform in cities throughout the United States including the prestigious Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC to performances in Lincoln Center in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

Circus Flora was founded in 1985 by Ivor David Balding, Sheila and Sam Jewell and Alexandre Sacha Pavlata with the dual mission of entertainment and education. In 1986, the first Circus Flora production premiered at the internationally acclaimed Spoleto Festival, an annual celebration of the performing and visual arts in Charleston, S.C.

Circus Flora was established as a theater company, specializing in an ensemble, one-ring circus - performed in a big top tent - that would be accessible and affordable for all. This performing arts organization set out to acquaint audiences with the joy and power of the classic, European-style circus. It was named after Flora, the orphaned baby African elephant Balding had rescued two years earlier when ivory poachers in Africa killed her mother.

The Circus Arts Foundation of Missouri (CAFM) is the parent non-profit organization of Circus Flora...St. Louis very own theater under a big-top tent. Circus Flora excels in the art of combining a traditional European circus with modern theater techniques creating a magical theater in a sawdust ring.

CAFMs mission is to broaden and deepen the appreciation of the performing arts in the greater St. Louis community by producing and presenting innovative performances and educational programs through the use of classic circus skills.

For Booking please contact Gordon & Marybeth MacKay 1-508-947-8595

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You are correct

Flora the Elephant is in Tennessee currently. The elephant in recent additions of Circus Flora is actually Dondi