![]() ![]() Sometimes there are misses as the acts attempt difficult moves that require precise timing and execution, but even the attempts are glorious expressions of movement and artistry. ![]() The Circus Flora band, under the direction of Janine Del'Arte, highlights every transition and big move, guiding us through the show with snappy, upbeat music and appropriately big flourishes that encourage engagement and applause. They are joined high above the circus ring by trapeze artists the Flying Royals - catcher Justin Chodkowski and flyers Aston Neves, Paul Schimmel, Jason English, Sokolowski, Richards and Sarah Piepho - who dazzle the audience as they effortlessly spin and leap from swing to swing, leaving the audience speechless with awe and admiration. And, naturally, Tino, Olinko, Aurelia, Alex, Claire, Marcus and Matteo Wallenda are the Flying Wallendas, a mainstay of Circus Flora that never ceases to induce appreciative oohs and ahhs with their daring dashes across the tightrope. Caleb Asch is the daring horseman, with Renny Spencer providing guidance as he completes back flips and Flying Dutchmen leaps while galloping around the ring on two regale geldings. Hogdiggitydog Show features Hans Klose, Colleen Pages and their many terriers, poodles and a couple assorted breeds as well as two fully grown pigs who twirl, leap and jump with precision. Juggler Kellin impressively keeps seven pins in motion in a humorous and entertaining set and Duo Ikai, Ilya Kotenyov and Artur Ivankovich, impresses with a new act that includes acrobatic moves performed while launching each other off a see-saw like bounce board, known as a teeterboard. Trio Bellissimo, Anna Liapunova, Anastasia Permiakova and Nadiia Kotliar, twist and turn themselves into moving sculptures, displaying incredible power and flexibility as well as beautiful artistic interpretation. Their artistic pyramids defy gravity while thrilling the audience. Louis Arches – Dennis and Philip Bailey, Jahlah and Michael Baum, Iason Ioannidis, Sarah Kuhlman, Oliver Layher, Finn Mateo McNamee, Ethan Ryan, Sabrina Skaggs, Rykardo Martinez-Lopez and Kyran Walton (under the direction of Jessica Hentoff) - are among the strongest and most talented class of kids and young adults. The Nemean sisters, Juliana Richards and Katherine Sokolowski, open the show with an ethereal aerial ballet that reinforces the sense of flying through the air the story introduces. The design of this year’s show seems to emphasize moves and holds that create wonderfully balanced structural elements. All these elements come together in a charming and easy-to-follow show that zips along at a comfortable pace. There’s even slight of hand, juggling and some funny audience interaction, including a mini-musical melodrama that is unexpectedly hilarious. In addition to the aerial acts, there are tumbling, flipping and balancing acrobats and talented humans, dogs, pigs and horses who jump across gates and leap through hoops. This is Circus Flora, however, so the story is brought to life by a cadre of talented, athletic artists who spin on hoops and silks suspended in midair, walk and bicycle across tightropes and swing and fly from the trapeze. The sardines contain the mysterious element and Gloria is flying just like our distant ancestors! The manager plots to stockpile the sardines and use them to power a new delivery service, but Gloria thinks that everyone should have the opportunity to experience flight. After a grimace, followed by a shake and a shimmy, Gloria finds herself lifting off the ground. ![]() ![]() In an effort to boost sales, the manager presses loyal employee Gloria to eat several of the little fish. That is until sometime in the recent past, when a manager at the local Schnucks market accidentally over-ordered sardines. Humans returned to terre firma and forgot about their ability to fly, except perhaps during their dreams. Circus Flora presents a new adventure under the Big Top in Grand Center as they spin the magically fanciful tale of "The Caper in Aisle 6." Narrator and featured performer Cecil MacKinnon, as Yo-Yo a harlequin-styled clown, tells of a time when the air contained a mysterious element that enabled humans to fly above the ground just as easily as you and I walk around today.Īt some point the element disappeared from the air. ![]()
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