CIRCUS NEXUS CHOREOGRAPHER WORKS WITH WHEELCHAIR BOUND DANCERS

Dancing Helen

The audience sat transfixed. The students, many disabled or hearing-impaired, were watching Dancing Wheels' newest work, "Helen Keller: A Tribute to Her Teacher," during a matinee Monday at Cuyahoga Community College's Eastern Campus.

As Helen and Anne Sullivan, her teacher, danced a pas de deux that moved from untamed to exhilarating, the young observers hung onto every moment. They were immersed in a ballet that is touching, charming and full of educational and entertainment value.

Dancing Wheels, the Cleveland company of dancers with and without disabilities, has a fine addition to its repertoire in the 45-minute Helen Keller ballet.

Christopher Fleming's choreography is rooted in the lean, elegant classicism he absorbed while dancing with New York City Ballet. He knows how to convey emotion and balance artistic elements.

Fleming is also a refined showman. One of the highlights of his new ballet for Dancing Wheels is a vaudeville number, performed to Vincent Youmans' "Tea for Two," that makes vivacious use of the dancers, dressed in colorful period costumes.

The ballet lightly traces Helen's life from wild child and devoted student to eloquent advocate for the disabled. Helen's pas de deux with her teacher and pas de trois with Anne and her husband are episodes of rapturous lyricism and playfulness radiantly danced by Rachael Rish (as the young Helen), Sara Lawrence (Anne) and Hoang Ngoc Dang (John).

The projected texts, relayed in sign language by Mark Howdieshell, and photos add depth to the ballet's texture.

Members of Mary-Verdi Fletcher's company, including the artistic director, revealed their refined style most exuberantly in the final salute to Helen, set to music from Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings. The stand-up and wheelchair dancers spun and raced through Fleming's sparkling patterns. Beautifully costumed and lit, the new work is a natural fit for dance lovers young and old.

Keith L Arsenault

International Arts & Entertainment Group

Tampa, Florida

www.iaeginc.com

813 831 3465 office

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Circus Nexus review

An Early Birthday Present

Yesterday afternoon, my husband treated me to an evening of theatre and dinner. I had requested it specifically for my birthday as I love theatre, but didn't know what play we would actually end up seeing. I had suggested Wicked or Blue Man Group.

He surprised me with tickets to see Circus Nexus at a local university.

Similar to Cirque du Soleil (I think that is how you spell it), which is based out of Canada, Circus Nexus is the American version and showcases many talents in acrobatics, dance, balance, etc.

And every circus has to have a clown. Last night's clown was a man who looked sort of like Charlie Chaplain and was supposed to be a custodian. He picked my husband out of the crowd and took him on stage and taught him to juggle pins. It was hilarious as he made my husband wear something that looked like a steel colander over his groin area to "protect" him. I wish I could have gotten a picture of that.

Afterward, we had dinner at an Italian restaurant we hadn't gone to yet. It was delicious and ended a perfect evening.

Ahh, I love theatre!

(off to find out which production I want to see next... )

Copyright Dana 2005
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Thursday, February 23, 2006

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Price and Mccoy fantastic Australian acrobatic act

PRICE AND McCOY



AUSTRALIAN 'KNOCKABOUT - ACROBATIC' SPECIALISTS

Price and McCoy are the only act in the world continuing
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more than twenty years, Terrence Price and Henning Pedersen, alias McCoy, have successfully combined their unique talents to recreate the excitement of vaudeville for the modern audience.


" WE'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE MAN ! "

Showroom, Variety and TV shows in over 20 different countries

We've cruised the Greek Isles, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, the North and Baltic Seas.

Price and McCoy have a truly global acclaim.

Their enormous popularity the world over can be attributed to an original mix of breathtaking and high speed acrobatic skills with visual comedy antics, appreciated by all ages. They can perform comedy dialogue in several different language adding a welcoming touch to each performance that is appreciated and enjoyed by all nationalities.

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CASINO / SHOWROOM

AUSTRALIA - Conrad Jupiter Casino

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GERMANY - Circus Krone

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SPAIN - BENIDORM PALACE

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USA - Showboat Branson Belle

USA - Medora Musical

USA - Andy Williams MoonRiverTheatre

TELEVISION

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FOX, New York - 'Fox and Freinds'

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BBC1, London - 'Paul Daniels Secrets'

TVE1, Madrid - 'Risas Y Estrellas'

CH9, Sydney - 'The Midday Show'

CH7, Melbourne - 'Bert Newton show'

TV1, Brussels - 'Abracadabra'

HR3, Germany - 'Traumtanzer Variety'

CRUISE SHIPS

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P&O - 'Sea Princess'

Original, daring and extremely funny
World-class entertainment from Australia

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Tony Circus 2006 Edition

A Miami based circus set to perform on Sunday November 5th 2006

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Los Argentinos Gauchos De Fuego

A fantastic Gaucho act from Argentina check them out.

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Jonathan Price

Jonathan Price

Jonathan Price is a much sought after performer living and working in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy. On his website you can see photos of him performing live onstage with his band, a video clip of selected TV appearences and hear some of his own original music.

Upcoming Circus Nexus tour do not miss it!

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Circus Nexus is an astounding fusion of circus, acrobatics, dance, and theatre. This production features an international cast of dancers and circus artists in an elaborately produced presentation. Incredible circus artistry, brilliant choreography, imaginative staging, evocative costumes, and phantasmagorical decor make Circus Nexus a unique entertainment experience!

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Gala Entertainment Management

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Director
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Jasmine born in Sydney, Australia, now resides in Mexico.

Jasmine has worked throughout Europe, Canada, U.S.A, Australia,
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Adagio act

This has to be the most bizzare adagio act i have ever seen in my life!! check it out!

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Steve Irwin

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Possi's contortion site

This is a pretty good site with many contortion links. So if contortion is your thing visit the link below..

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Link to this blog!

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The Magicians Weblog

This is a good weblog containing photos and nice content for magicians...

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Producer Tibor Rudas

Tibor Rudas
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Tibor Rudas is a Hungarian producer whose most notable accomplishment was the conceptualization of The Three Tenors concerts, with Carreras, Domingo and Pavarotti.
Rudas was born in Budapest, and at the age of eight, was singing boy soprano for the Budapest State Opera. Years later, in Australia, he established a dance studio and began producing French-style revues. By 1963, he was invited to the United States, where in Las Vegas such revues were flourishing. There, his own style of choreography and production gained him and his troupe, known as the Rudas Acro-Dancers, international acclaim; groups of these dancers later began touring all over the globe.
In 1976, Tibor Rudas was commissioned to build and run a theater for the first casino in Atlantic City -- the Resorts International Superstar Theater. Many great artists performed there, such as Cher, Bill Cosby, Jackie Gleason, Liberace, Dolly Parton, Diana Ross, and Frank Sinatra. After three years of successful operation, he decided to return to his original calling -- classical music -- and in an unusual move, introduced The New York Philharmonic as the first classical artists to perform in a casino showroom. Later, performances by distinguished artists such as Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman, Dame Joan Sutherland, the Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields, and the New York City Opera National Company followed, in casinos as well as in traditional concert halls.
In 1983, Tibor Rudas presented Luciano Pavarotti in concert for the first time. Because the Maestro had reservations about performing in a casino, Rudas went to the extent of constructing a special tent for the performance; the concert was a spectacular success and as a result he gave up his position at Resorts International to produce Mr. Pavarotti’s concerts throughout the world. The two worked together for over twenty years, for a total of over 200 concerts in such venues as Madison Square Garden, the Hollywood Bowl, Wembley Arena, Tokyo’s Budokan, and Sydney Superdome, among countless others, on virtually every continent. Rudas has also presented ambitious events within specially-built outdoor venues in Hyde Park, attracting 200,000 Londoners as well as the Prince and Princess of Wales on a soaking-wet day in 1991; in Buenos Aires, for 300,000 in 1992; in Central Park, for 500,000 New Yorkers in 1993; and the Mayan Ruins at Chichén Itzá in 1997, among others.
Perhaps Mr. Rudas' greatest achievement in taking opera to wider audiences was the 3 Tenors concerts. In 1994, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti, along with conductor Zubin Mehta, captivated 56,000 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles – as well as approximately 1.3 billion television viewers in more than 100 countries -- in what was the most-watched worldwide musical event in history. Audio and video recordings were released in record time, going platinum within a week of release.
Continuing his success with the legendary trio, Tibor Rudas produced The 3 Tenors World Tour 1996-97, under the musical direction of Metropolitan Opera Artistic Director James Levine, live in ten cultural capitals around the world, including Tokyo, London, Vienna, New York, Gothenburg, Munich, Duesseldorf, Melbourne, Modena, and Barcelona. In 1998, the Tenors sang an outdoor concert before the Eiffel Tower for 150,000 Parisians and over a billion television viewers, in a performance that became their release Carreras Domingo Pavarotti with Levine: Paris 1998.
Rudas continued to produce Pavarotti and 3 Tenors concerts until 2003.

Very strange magic act

This is the strangest magic act I have ever seen. I normally would not post something like this, but I thought the performance community might find it interesting.

Warning contains nudity

http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/http:/video/x9928_gala-2006-ursula

Circus Fans Association

The Purpose of the Circus Fans Association of America is:

* Education & Understanding - To provide educational resources related the circus. To promote an understanding and appreciation of the art of the circus.
* Communication - To be a point of contact between the people of the circus, artists or executives, and the outside world.
* Support - To help insure the Circus will continue to exist among us as a social, educational and recreational art form. Visit our Calendar page to view support events..
* Preservation- The National Circus Preservation Society (NCPS) is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization affiliated with CFA. Its main goal is to develop, promote, and advance information and knowledge for a better understanding of the American Circus, and to preserve the circus as part of
American history.
* Publishing - CFA has been publishing The White Tops, the official magazine of the CFA, since 1928.

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