a look inside 🎪 The nonprofit, award-winning, youth traveling circus. Follow us on IG & FB: @circussmirkus Circus Smirkus is a non-profit, award-winning, international youth circus founded in 1987 to promote the skills, culture and traditions of the traveling circus and to inspire youth to engage in life-changing adventures in the circus arts. The mission of Circus Smirkus is to promote the skills, culture, and traditions of the traveling circus and to inspire youth to engage in life enhancing adventures in the circus arts. Smirkus's vision for the future includes national and international recognition as an organization that offers the highest quality performance and education programs in the traditional circus arts, with an emphasis on providing the opportunity for young people to live up to their potential and transform their lives through participation in circus.