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Captain Frodo interviews Menno van Dyke about the artistry behind Juggling Tango and the elements that transform technique into storytelling.

You can feel it when an act is more than a list of tricks, but why does that feeling happen? I sit down with Menno van Dyke, artistic director of Circusstad Festival in Rotterdam, to dissect one of my favorite examples of contemporary circus craft: Juggling Tango, his long running collaboration with his wife Emily, a dancer. What starts as a conversation about career beginnings quickly turns into a deep dive on how showmanship, choreography, and structure turn technique into story. Men...

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