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Ozark Cirque, LLC provides inter-disciplinary performance and production services in an ongoing effort to support the increasingly diverse and talented community of circus artists and educators in the NW Arkansas region.
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With over 30 yrs of combined experience in circus production and programming - we advocate for the use of circus arts as an adaptable tool to create meaningful performances and engagement - from public to private sectors and beyond.
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We promote non-compete, inter-disciplinary creative engagement as a social need as well as a fine art - reflected in our vision for OZC and participation in the American Circus Educators' Social Circus Network.
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~ Ozark Cirque & friends present: Jodorowsky's Santa Sangre ~
{ live performance film screening 🎡 at the Medium, in Springdale }
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When:
*Thursday
5/14/2026 · 6:00 PM · 8:00 PM
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*Friday
5/15/2026 · 6:00 PM · 8:00 PM
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~ General Admission ~$15
...{A limited number of $20 tickets are available each night and come with a temporary tattoo from Severin Films - Fenix's chest tattoo!}...
Follow this link to purchase tickets!
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Throughout the film, local performing artists will be debuting never-before-seen acts and an expression of interculturalism and identity transmuting that will make this one for the books!
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The Film:
Santa Sangre (1989) is a surrealist psychological horror film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, in collaboration with Claudio Argento. Both were active within the Panic Movement of the 60s - a response to the absorption of Surrealism into popular culture and the depoliticization of art.
Set in Mexico City, the film follows Fenix, who grows up in a circus with abusive parents, Concha and Orgo, alongside his childhood friend Alma—whose name means “soul.” The film offers a prismatic vision of resilience, particularly of the divine feminine, even in its most violent or wounded forms.
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Why we love it:
We love Jodorowsky’s ability to embody what Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin describes as the “universal spirit of the carnival.” By depicting a traveling circus as a space where life and death coexist, the film echoes Bakhtin’s theories of circus origins in pre-Christian Rome—rooted in masked street processions, solstice rituals, and the worship of Bacchus, god of chaos and renewal. Through this framework, Jodorowsky transforms the circus into a site of transcendence, madness, and revelation.
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Made Possible By:
This project is supported by the Creative Exchange Fund (CXF) at The Medium, a program that provides artists, creatives, and cultural organizers with funding and free space to experiment and take bold risks. Learn more at themedium.art/cxf
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