Whom You Know Again Highly Recommends The Big Apple Circus! Cha Cha Peachy and Piper of the Petite Peachy Panel Proclaim You Should Kick Up Your Heels and Head to the Big Apple Circus Show "Dance On" in Lincoln Center! It is Impossible Not to Have an Excellent Time at The Big Apple Circus
We loved it so much, Peachy Deegan flew off a Trapeze in August, and we only do this kind of follow up if we are really in love with something:
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and we're going back to the school, because our gymnast panelist is expecting now....and she is an ideal candidate for this!
and we're going back to the school, because our gymnast panelist is expecting now....and she is an ideal candidate for this!
Whom You Know has a history with the Big Apple Circus dating back to 1991 when we were students at Miss Porter's School. One weekend when we were not snuggled up with our Warriner's grammar book we escaped to New York on the occasion of the aforementioned panelist's birthday: her dad who was part of St. Bernard's took us to see it as that school rented it out. Obviously it made a big enough impression then to make us want to come back this January and now we want to come back every time they have a show. Third time's a charm. If you have not seen the Big Apple Circus, you haven't lived. Also, you should know they are not for profit. Their mission is to invigorate the communities they serve with the joy and wonder of classical circus. We love the classics at Whom You Know.
Since we love the Big Apple Circus and we love to dance, we couldn't wait for "Dance On," the new show in Lincoln Center. It is so Cha Cha Peachy, and of our panel, of course the Petite Peachy Panelist, Piper, has an opinion that carries a lot of weight as at the end of the day, Circuses are a staple of childhood. Take a look about how Piper feels about Dance On at the Big Apple Circus:
And it is Monday, Whom You Know readers!
If you think your job is hard, try this:
Surely you aren't juggling THAT many balls....in the dark too.
And if you think you've got a lot of hoops to jump through this week, that's nothing compared to this guy:
The people at the Big Apple Circus are into every last detail, and although we might not be detailed designers like interior expert Campion Platt, we notice everything. They are so thoughtful and totally into detail too. We love that as you know. At the Big Apple Circus, they give red noses to the children attending the show:
But it is funnier to watch your dad put it on says Piper:
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The Big Apple Circus is a total barrel of monkeys and it is in Lincoln Center now. Before the show sells out be sure to get your tickets!!! As you may remember the last time Peachy and her panelist pal from Miss Porter's thought they'd be able to do some of the tricks (we shall see when she gets to trapeze school!), but this time we sat back in amazement a bit more....can you do THIS?
Our panelist says:
As a native upper eastsider, I have such fond memories of attending the Big Apple Circus with my family! It is such a traditional thing to do and I am thrilled to be able to continue this tradition with my daughter. She is 2 ½ and this is her second time going. Needless to say she adores the Big Apple Circus and we heard the name Bello throughout the entire year following last year’s performance. So when we announced that she was going again about two weeks before, the squeals of delight were ear piercing. As excited as she was so were my husband and I! The death defying tricks and incredible acrobatics always keep us on the edge of our seats and have us cheering and gasping in amazement.
This year was no different. Grandma the clown became my daughters favorite and she kept asking when Grandma was coming back out. Her favorite performance was from Jennifer Vidbel, the animal trainer, who delighted us with exquisite miniature white ponies that danced before our very eyes. She loved the goats and doggies riding on their backs and thought it was very silly. This sent her clapping and cheering!
New this year were the Hebei Wuqiao Acrobatic Troupe. This that tantalized our eyes with incredible rope or lasso twirling routines combined with acrobatics. They tumbled and flipped through the spinning ropes in the air alone and in groups and sometimes even synchronizing their routines. Just mystifying! What I love about the Big Apple Circus is many of the tricks areinfluenced from historical dances. This one came from the Wuqiao acrobatics in China that began more than two thousand years ago during the Han Dynasty. Can you imagine if their ancestors could see the great extremes and accelerated levels they have taken this too!? They would be proud that these celebration dances were being shared and enjoyed with the world and still practiced today.
Another new favorite for us this year was Girma Tshehai who developed an innovative combination of juggling and percussion where he bounce–juggles balls off a multi-tiered synthesizer to create electronic rhythms. Not only was this mesmerizing with over six balls juggling at once but when the lights went down the balls light up in electric orange and your eyes just bulged to see more. Then to make it even more difficult, Girma combined tumbling and acrobatics within his routines whilst juggling. Serious concentration and great coordination required, others need not apply.
Also Debuting for the first time was the incredibly bendable girls of the X Bud Roses Troupe. They make contorting their bodies look so easy. Like Mongolian building blocks creating beautiful towers of bodies balancing on one another. Stunning and spellbinding as the strength these girls possess in incredible.
Overall, another memorable experience that is engaging for all ages! Make the Big Apple Circus part of your families tradition as every year they mix it up and find equally incredible acts that keep you coming back for more!
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Why grow up? Ever? We have not, we will not, and we will always love the Big Apple Circus.
Now we can't wait for their next show.
Mr. Tambini we dedicate this post in your memory. Thank you for taking us the 1st time!
About the history of the Big Apple Circus, which predates everyone on Whom You Know's Circus Panel:
It all began in Kent, England, in 1974, when American entertainers Paul Binder and Big Apple Circus co-founder Michael Christensen became juggling partners and took to the street corners of Europe. (Click for more information about the history of circus arts in general, including hundreds of archival videos, interviews and artist's bios, visit circopedia.org, a circus archive web site created by the Big Apple Circus).
Their comedic juggling act was a hit, and they soon found themselves on the stage of the presitigous Nouveau Cirque de Paris. They returned home to America in 1976 with a vision: to entertain and improve the lives of millions. One year later, they found a site for the first tent-raising in Battery Park, New York, and went on to create the award-winning, not-for-profit Big Apple Circus. For a detailed biography of Paul Binder click here.
To find out what's happened between then and now
