01/08/2012 - Big Apple Circus

For its 34^th Season the Big Apple Circus dares you to Dream Big!  Its an All New Show, where the Worlds Greatest Circus artists are presented under an intimate Big Top, and no seat is more than 50 feet from the ring! Let your imagination soar and summon the most amazing acts. A juggler with a suit to fit his sweet feats of fancy handiwork! A mechanical doll who comes alive in a sinuous balancing act! Spirited horses, frolicsome dogs, and a capybara and porcupine to perk up the sawdust party! Audacious acrobats who astound with athletic grace! Comical conjurors with magical moments of grand illusion! The aerial daring of the trapeze flyers! A singing Ringmistress and the Big Apple Circus Band creating the ringing melodies of memories to last!  And Grandma !!  Yes, Grandma, apogee of comical aspiration and mirthful joy! Your dreams will inspire a Big Apple Circus of living thrills and marvelous delight a celebration of the imagination  an astonishing circus world of wonder!

Renaud Doucet,who has performed as an actor, solo dancer,ballet master,and choreographer in international dance companies,joins this seasons creative team as director and choreographer.Andr Barbe provides the scenic imagination and exquisite costumes, drawing on his experiences in TV, theatre, opera and the musical theatre world. Multi-talented Guy Simard,with over 350 production credits in lighting, as theatre consultant or technical director, returns as lighting designer. Four-time winner of the MAC Award for Technical Direction, JP Perreaux returns to the circus as sound designer. Joining the Big Apple Circus as composer is mathias ,founder of the Vienna Art Orchestra where he wrote over 350 compositions and arrangements. Music Director Rob Slowik leads the Big Apple Circus Band.

For more info & tickets visit: http://www.bigapplecircus.org/tickets/venue.aspx?id=1338