This page is evolving, but in the meantime we invite you to have a chew the following articles: Circus skills- An alternative to team sports and conventional physical education for reluctant exercisers (Word Document) Negotiating Identity Through Risk: A Community Circus Model for Evoking Change and Empowering Youth (PDF) Toward best practices in youth worker training for developmental circus arts programs (PDF) The Key to Happiness: A Taboo for Adults? "Adults are oblivious to what they knew as kids - that play is where you live....It turns out, though, that there are few things more important to your happiness than frequent doses of play." Juggling Increases Brain Power Some of our sources include: The American Youth Circus Organization (AYCO) and their forum dedicated to "Circademics". Simply Circus (based in Newton, MA) has a rich collection of "thesis papers, professional papers, research studies and other substantial research on circus".