“The Circus Project is the kind of innovative organization that puts Oregon on the map as a destination for arts and culture.”  
—Governor Kate Brown, State of Oregon

As of August 31, 2022, we are no longer running programming.
Read the closure announcement from our Board of Directors here.

Would you like to continue taking circus classes in the 17th Ave gym? Echo Theater Company will take over the space as a second location, dubbed Echo West. Registration is open for their first series of classes. They will continue much of the same programming as before, with many of the same coaches.

Thank you to all of our students, families, supporters, audience members, coaches, staff, and volunteers that have been a part of The Circus Project community over that past 14 years! The spirit and community of circus is boundless, and we are looking forward to seeing what the next chapter of Portland circus will bring.

We encourage you to get involved with other Portland-area nonprofits using circus arts to change lives:
A-WOL Dance Collective
Black Circus Collective
Echo Theatre Company