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The circus school with no big top
REGINA SOTORRÍO
Anthony Jones is at home when he answers the phone, wearing a corset and surgical collar due to the back injury he suffered a few days ago. He now has no choice but to rest for two months. Anthony is a circus artist and teaches acrobatics, but he ... in Pizarra. In fact, he was unsuccessfully attempting to repair the large tear in the canvas which has brought all activity at his circus school, the Malaga Escuela de Circo (MEC), to a halt. The association, which is non-profit-making, urgently ... needs a new big top if it is to continue bringing the art of the circus to the rural area of the Guadalhorce Valley. And the only way to get one is through crowdfunding. The school has opened a campaign on goteo.org, hoping to raise at least 13,000