Bal(les)- Compagnie Zalatai is a new show created by Ukrainian juggler Alexander Koblikov and his French wife, acrobat Charlotte de la Brétèque. The show is half an hour long and was presented to an audience of 700 jugglers at the European Jugglers Convention in Ovar, Portugal in August, 2024. The festival goers had been treated to the best and the …
Omnium Circus Review
Omnium is a new American circus troop. Lisa B. Lewis is the creator and proprietor. Tersit Asefa Dersu is the juggler. Evgeny Vasilenko does Cyr wheel and slackwire. Tiffany Riley and Dick Monday are the skill clown team. There are altogether ten separate acts in the two hour show (with a 15 minute intermission). Tiffany and Dick jazz up the …
What Happens In Vegas
Las Vegas, known as “The Entertainment Capital of the World” is the number 1 tourist destination of the United States. In 2022, forty million tourists (over 100,000 per day) spent 45 billion dollars there. Numerous luxury resorts line the Strip and the Downtown areas, each more opulent than the last and each with its own pool, casino, food court, shops, …
“Juggling” – a New Book by SL Sinclair
“Juggling” is a new book by Stewart Lawrence Sinclair and is published by Duke University Press. It is part of a series called, “Practices” edited by Margaret Grebowicz. Other titles in the series thus far are, “Fly Fishing”, “Running”, and “Raving.” Sinclair is a professional juggler and street performer taught by Scotty Meltzer. He lives in New York. The pandemic …
“Zephyr” by Cirque Mechanics
“Zephyr” is directed, produced, and designed by Cirque Mechanics creator Chris Lashua of Boston. “Cirque Mechanics” is a well-known American circus company that combines circus skills with mechanical innovation. Previously they created “Pedal Punk” (see review here), Birdhouse Factory, Boom Town, Orchestra Project, and 42 Feet. The show “Zephyr” is a visually stunning performance that includes juggling, acrobatics, aerial acts, …
Big Apple Circus 2022, “Dream Big”
Big Apple Circus is performing in Manhattan in Lincoln Center now until January 1st. This year there are three good news items: Nik Wallenda, the owner and proprietor, is the finale act. There is plenty of comedy, surprises, international acts, variety and a healthy dose of “circus thrill.” IJA award winner Gena Shvartsman Cristiani is the featured juggler. The circus starts with …
Keith Nelson Juggles Sponsors and Spoons, Patrons and Plates
This summer Keith Nelson took The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus and produced The Flatbed Follies. Keith created the BFC together with Stephanie Monseu in 1995. Flatbed Follies is a traveling version of the show using two flatbed trucks and a calliope. They play free performances all over the five boroughs of New York City and suburbs plus the Tri-state area and …
Blue Man Group
The show begins. The Blue man grasps a bottle of paint. He holds a canvas. He drinks the paint (or more accurately fills his mouth with it). He spins the canvas on his hand and spits the paint into it. Viola. Spin Art. Ok- Spit Art. Blue Man number two. He throws marshmallows at number one. #1 catches them in …
‘Air Play’ at The New Victory Theater
A high-powered floor fan. A 20 foot long bolt of silk. A juggler. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Include these ingredients and spice it up with humor and physical comedy and what have you got? A lawsuit. No. “Air Play” now though March 5th at the New Victory Theater in NYC and then on continuing …