Wild Rumpus Circus/Mazo Movement Arts Center

01/04/2025

It’s our twenty-first annual Mazopalooza! THANK YOU to this beautiful community of dancers for activating every nook and cranny of our building with exploration, listening and laughter!

11/17/2024

09/23/2024

Bread and Puppet have come and gone and they packed (and unpacked) so much richness, joy and inspiration (and emergency weather response, and puppets, and press, and bread flour and garlic aioli) into their time here! About 45 folks aged 6 to 82 attended Fridays “Puppetry in Performance” workshop and about half came back yesterday to perform as volunteers in the show. We got a firsthand look at the bread side of Bread and Puppet, and at how a kind, thoughtful, consensus-based community pulls together when a fast-moving thunderstorm or three make a damp mess of puppets and press. The show went on, with dramatic skies, pink elephants and other astonishing sights, beautiful music and timely words. Then bread with garlic aioli was served, and many damp things were spread out to dry before an early morning departure in the rain. Safe travels ! You’re amazing!

09/19/2024

Bread and Puppet arrives TOMORROW!

News from the Wild Rumpus Circus/Mazo Movement Arts Center The Wild Rumpus Reader September 2024 Just call me the Queen of the Last Minute. It's less than 24 hours till Bread and Puppet arrives, and j

09/08/2024

Here’s our long-legged (and fishy) posse from today’s Wild West Days parade! And a fine posse it was!

09/03/2024

TALL CALL! Sunday Sept 8 right here in Mazomanie! It’s the WILD WEST DAYS PARADE!!! Meet at eleven, done by around 1. Join us in your finest western garb. WRC t-shirts, tutus and a few other accessories will be available. Provide your own stilts, knee pads, etc. RSVP!!!

08/24/2024

Welp, I've never done this before, but here goes. For my birthday, I'm asking you to consider making a donation to support BREAD AND PUPPET's visit to Mazomanie next month! https://gofund.me/af346a58 Bread and Puppet is an insightful, inspirational, historical and joyfully creative group, who we are honored to host. All donations will go towards covering performance and workshop fees. If we reach our goal, both will be FREE. Fresh profile photo is from my birthday weekend in 2015, when Jacob and I spent the weekend performing with B and P in their Vermont home.

On Sept. 20 and 21, 2024, the Wild Rumpus Circus will host the timely, … Marcia Miquelon needs your support for Support Bread and Puppet's visit to Mazomanie!

08/17/2024

Undeterred by a little drizzle, the Street Show went on as planned! And what a show it was! Here are a few shots from this stagehands perspective. So proud of these hardworking, creative kids! The last photo was taken by our neighbor Jeff Wirth, so beautifully framing our last day of circus camp season #23. 🌈

08/15/2024

The Wild Rumpus Tour camp presents “telecircus!”
6 pm downtown Mazo. The rain has ended!

08/11/2024

We launched this 3 days ago, and are already 15% of the way to our goal! THANK YOU for supporting Bread and Puppet's important work! Don't miss their workshop and performance here in Mazo on Sept. 20 and 21!

On Sept. 20 and 21, 2024, the Wild Rumpus Circus will host the timely, … Marcia Miquelon needs your support for Support Bread and Puppet's visit to Mazomanie!

08/09/2024

Our TOUR CAMP teens have some crazy ideas and a whimsical theme for their Big Big Show next THURSDAY, Aug 15, at 6 pm! It will take place in the middle of the street, as part of the Mazo Night Market (5-8 pm, vendors, food carts and live music!). Come see some mad acrobatic, comedic, aerial and juggling skills on display, and find out what’s going to happen with all those vacuum cleaners!

08/08/2024

New newsletter:

News from the Wild Rumpus Circus/Mazo Movement Arts Center The Wild Rumpus Reader August 2024 Well we are down to our FINAL CAMP OF THE YEAR, and season #23 has been a doozy. Maybe I'll tell you all a

06/12/2024

Always the most beautiful parade of the year!

06/11/2024

TALL CALL! Join us for a sweet, short parade with Madison favorites Forward Marching Band and Black Star Drumline at McPike Park this coming Sunday, June 16, as part of The Sessions at McPike Park! Call is at 2 p.m., parade is at 2:30, and we will be done by 3. Stilt walkers must provide their own equipment in safe working condition. We'll have some stilt-cuffs and other costume elements on hand, but feel free to wear your own costumes as well. RSVP!

06/04/2024

EDIT: We have a loaner van! Thanks Cheryl Heck and Heck’s market for the use of your van! And thanks for all of the other offers! We have an amazing community! This faithful (and very stylish) van has taken us and our gear to countless parades and performances, but this week it's in the shop, and we need to find a replacement so that we can get to Baraboo on Saturday June 8 with show gear, a dozen pairs of stilts, and an oversized rainbow trout puppet. Looking for a cargo van, a mini van w/o the seats, or some other similar-sized vehicle that we could borrow, rent, trade circus lessons for, etc.