Tinworks welcomes 406Cirque as our September and October artists-in-residence to promote circus as contemporary art.

406Cirque is a contemporary circus and movement organization based in Bozeman, Montana. More than a school or a venue, 406Cirque is a home for movement, live performance, and creative risk. A place where curiosity leads, collaboration is essential, and the work is taken seriously without taking itself too seriously. This organization creates space for sustained practice, original live performance, and thoughtfully curated experimentation—bringing together circus, dance, theater, music, and embodied research across ages and experience levels.

At 406Cirque, circus is not tricks detached from meaning, not spectacle for spectacle’s sake. Here, circus is physical thinking. It is storytelling. It is presence, timing, trust, and ensemble. It lives in bodies, relationships, and shared attention. This work is for adults as much as for youth. Technique matters—but it is never the endpoint. Culture matters more. We care about how people train, how space is shared, and how creative work takes root in a community.

Inspired by Chisel & Razor and Samuel Lewis’ life of performance on and off the stage, join 406Cirque for workshops, demonstrations, and public performances in an accepting and supportive environment for all ages!