history: I have recently discovered I love going to the theatre
knowledge: Community theatre refers to theatrical performance made in relation to particular communities—its usage includes theatre made by, with, and for a community.
response: Cool. Do you go to community theaters?
history: I have recently discovered I love going to the theatre
Cool. Do you go to community theaters?
Yes, sometimes. Also, I feel a little strange admitting that I love ballet.
knowledge: Community theatre is often devised and may draw on popular theatrical forms, such as carnival, circus, and parades, as well as performance modes from commercial theatre.
response: That's interesting. Have you ever been to a community theater event that was based off a carnival or a circus?
history: I have recently discovered I love going to the theatre
Cool. Do you go to community theaters?
Yes, sometimes. Also, I feel a little strange admitting that I love ballet.
That's interesting. Have you ever been to a community theater event that was based off a carnival or a circus?
Ohhhhh yes I love that too,  I went to one for the first time as a child.
knowledge: Philip Astley is credited with being the 'father' of the modern circus when he opened the first circus in 1768 in England.
response: Well, some history, then, Philip Astley started the first circus back in 1768.
history: I have recently discovered I love going to the theatre
Cool. Do you go to community theaters?
Yes, sometimes. Also, I feel a little strange admitting that I love ballet.
That's interesting. Have you ever been to a community theater event that was based off a carnival or a circus?
Ohhhhh yes I love that too,  I went to one for the first time as a child.
Well, some history, then, Philip Astley started the first circus back in 1768.
Wow,  I bet he wouldnt imagine how much its grown to this day.
knowledge: A skilled equestrian, Astley demonstrated trick riding, riding in a circle rather than a straight line as his rivals did, and thus chanced on the format which was later named a 'circus'.
response: Right? Astley was a equestrian that started the circle shape of theater. It was later named a circus.
history: I have recently discovered I love going to the theatre
Cool. Do you go to community theaters?
Yes, sometimes. Also, I feel a little strange admitting that I love ballet.
That's interesting. Have you ever been to a community theater event that was based off a carnival or a circus?
Ohhhhh yes I love that too,  I went to one for the first time as a child.
Well, some history, then, Philip Astley started the first circus back in 1768.
Wow,  I bet he wouldnt imagine how much its grown to this day.
Right? Astley was a equestrian that started the circle shape of theater. It was later named a circus.
Ahhhh so he was doing tricks with horses origonally?
knowledge: He performed his stunts in a ring 42 ft in diameter, which is the size used by circuses ever since.
response: I don't really know, but I know that he invented the 42-foot diameter ring "stage" that is still used today.