Balloon Circus World. Balloon Circus World will be a circus, completely made out of air filled latex balloons. A team of international balloon artists from all over the world will build this Balloon Circus World and bring it to life.

Circus is more POP-ular than ever!

Many big circuses have closed recently due to various reasons. This is a very sad development as the traditional circus, featuring a ringmaster who introduced a variety of artistic acts, was established in the latter part of the 18th century. In 1768, an English cavalry officer set up the first modern amphitheatre for the display of horse riding tricks in England. He was the first to create a space where many varied acts were brought together to present a show.

In May 2017 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey had its final performance and 146 years of circus history has come to an end by the closing down of this beloved circus. This wonderful institution may not be touring any more, but it lives on in the hearts and imagination of children and adults of all ages everywhere!

The closing of circuses makes us very sad and we would like to keep the tradition of these performances alive in a different way.

We, Anja and Peter Sersch, have a dream. We would like to share our idea with the world. As we are balloon artists it is our dream to build a big Balloon Circus World, somewhere in the world. We would love to create a world of experience made out of balloons, where the visitors can walk through.

Balloon Circus World will be a circus, completely made out of air filled latex balloons. A team of international balloon artists from all over the world will build this Balloon Circus World and bring it to life.

Essentially the Balloon Circus Work consists of six different themes, means six different tents.

Where and when

Balloon Circus World should has no date set yet and we haven't picked a location yet. If we find a big sponsor the sponsor can decide where the location for Balloon Circus World will be.

Why balloons?

Balloons are much more than a small gift for kids in form of a balloon dog, garlands for a business opening or advertisement element for companies with balloons that have their logo printed on and are handed out air filled on a stick to kids or filled with helium tied to the kids arms. Balloons can express emotions, they can be noble, colorful, festive or even discreet. They are a medium with incredible ways to use them. Balloons can be modeled into figures while filled with air, transformed into awesome flying decorations while filled with helium, or completely turned into wonderful flowers or other items without air or helium filling just with the help of some wire mesh. Everybody knows the balloon dog, some even know the flower made out of balloons. Just a few have ever seen a truck in original size made out of balloons or a sofa made out of balloons where you can sit on.

Credits for the picture goes to Ralf Esslinger, Tom Bola and Peter Sersch

Who will build the Balloon Circus World?

The Balloon Circus World will be build by balloon artists from all over the world. As soon as everything is contractually arranged and the pre-financing for this unique project is finished, we will start a call for all our balloon artist colleagues and tell them we are looking for help. We will have 6 teams as we have 6 different tents. To make it a little more exciting we will transfer each theme to a team of balloon artists from all over the world. The teams will be given some designs that have to be done and they can add more designs to it. All we need to know up front is what it is and which balloons need to be ordered. Excluded from this is the entrance. The visitors choose the winner by filling out a form either online or by paper. A goblet goes to the winning team. Besides the balloon artists we need helpers to inflate the balloons.
The balloon artists, helpers and artists will be paid and we take care of their transportation, lodging and food.

Who will be the artists

As mentioned before a lot of the balloon artists are stilt walkers, clowns and more besides making balloons and these artists will be the ones that perform in our Balloon Circus World.

Credit for the picture goes to Billy Damon

Support Programm

It is a matter close to our hearts to not only to open Balloon Circus World to the public and give as many people as possible the opportunity to experience this amazing event, but to support local groups too. Therefore we will give 10% of the profit we make after taxes to an organisation that supports animals (sanctuaries for retired circus animals, wild life protection, etc.) and to a local group that supports children (orphanage, children’s hospitals, or groups that take care of poor children, etc.).

As soon as we know where Balloon Circus World takes place – and this can be everywhere in the world – we will contact the press and these groups can apply. With the help of the local mayor we will decide which group needs support the most.

Experience Balloon Circus World with all senses

We would like our guests to experience this unusual Balloon World with all senses and to remember this for the rest of their lives

Everywhere in the tents will be sounds and smells, which will underline the themes they are used at

The balloons can be touched, but not destroyed on purpose. There will be workshops outside the building where our guests will learn from balloon artists. In these workshops every visitor can twist his/her own balloon dog and take it home.

To optimize the use of the Balloon World while it is build we offer a gala dinner in the evening in the main tent. The catering will be done by a catering company, which needs to be chosen. The choice of the courses will be circus related. A fun butler will guide our guests through the evening and between the courses there will be circus performances.

Popping Party

The last evening of the Balloon Circus World will conclude with a “Popping Party” to remove all the balloons used to build this unique world.

These many balloons take quite a while to be inflated, popping them is much faster. As we experienced ourselves how much fun this is and to accelerate the process, we operate a popping party. For this we sell 500 tickets. Every attendee gets a pair of ear plugs because it is getting very loud.

What else to expect

Credits go to Ken Stillman

What else can you expect

Entrance

At the entrance you will find a room after a couple of feet where you have tables and chairs, a popcorn and a cotton candy machine. The ring master made out of balloons will be standing in one corner and give you a first impression what is waiting for you in the Balloon Experience World. Here you can chill and take a breath or wait for friends. We offer drinks along with popcorn or cotton candy.

You will be served by waitresses in balloon dresses. In this room you can take pictures at a photo booth with a large popcorn box made out of latex balloons for a small fee and you can take it right away.

Artists and Circus Performances

A lot of our balloon artist colleagues are artists or clowns too. They ride the unicycle, do stilt walking or do other things in their balloon shows. We would like them to be a part of the build of the Balloon Circus World and have them as artists and clowns as well. Everywhere in the Balloon Circus World you will see stilt walkers, unicycle riders, jugglers, clowns and more. These artists will perform in our program that runs several times during opening hours in the main tent. For the performances we will lift the balloon sculptures that are sitting in the main tent up in the dome with a cable pull. There will be no additional fee for the circus performance.

Food

An excursion like this makes you hungry and thirsty. That’s why there are Food Trucks in front of the building that offer salty and sweet, even vegan and vegetarian food. Provided with this you can sit down in the first room, where you will be welcomed by the circus director.

Guinness World Records

It’s not every day you work with that amount of balloons, therefore we apply for an entry in the Guinness World Records. After consultation with the Guinness Book of World Records they decided the Balloon Circus World to be in the category “Largest 3D Balloon Sculpture”.

About Us

The planing and organisation is done by three Balloon Artists.

Anja Sersch

Anja is a full-fledged computer specialist. In 2013 she started twisting balloons and make balloon decorations for several occasions. Anja is responsible for our websites and takes photos on every event and makes videos. For Balloon Circus World she is taking care of the financial overview, planing and organizing.

Peter Sersch

Peter is also a computer specialist by origin. After meeting Ralf Esslinger, a German balloon artist in 2013 he started twisting balloons and started his balloon business in 2014 in Germany. He is the man with a vision in Balloon Circus World and he came up with the idea.

Ken Stillman

Not sure who Ken Stillman is? He’s only one of the best balloon architects on the planet :-) As an author and lecturer, he’s had the privilege to travel the globe sharing his ideas and designs with balloon decorators and entertainers from all over the world. He is a true visionary in his own right. Ken has revolutionized the balloon industry with his ideas from Fantasy Princesses to Awesome Bouquets that were both featured in Balloon Magic magazine. His Hitch Hiker design is used on a daily basis by balloon artists everywhere. Ken rocked the balloon world with the release of his Super Hero DVD series.

A new way of circus

Circus is more POP-ular than ever!