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TOPSY
TURVY TIME TRAVEL:
A Blast from the Past & Fun from the Future!
During the summer of 2012, our
talented Troupers will take audiences on a tantalizing
trip through time! Mark your calendars and hop
aboard our circus-powered Time Machine as we
explore endless eons of fractured fun throughout
history and beyond! Enjoy a split-second spectacle
as we arc through the ages with acrobats, soar
the centuries with aerialists, jump decades
with jugglers and discover preposterous, playful,
pre-HYSTERIC clowns! It’s high time to
join Circus Smirkus for cuckoo, clockwork adventures
as we travel from time to time, to present a
show for the ages!
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These are
the talented performers
who will bring the magic
of Circus Smirkus
to New England towns on the 2012
Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour: Topsy Turvy Time Travel!
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Ansari
Una Bennett
Aaron Berman
Chase Culp
Marieke Dailey
Sellam Cottle El Ouahabi
Sam Ferlo
Emily Gare
Maia Gawor-Sloane
Magnus Giaever
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Liam Gundlach
Sam Gurwitt
Sonya Gurwitt
Alyson Mattei
Bekk McGowan
Willem McGowan
Noah Nielsen
Anna Partridge
Morgan Pinney
Emma Rogers
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Jessica Roginsky
Remi Sanchez
Olivia Saunders
Brin Schoellkopf
Sarah Tiffin
Ezra Weill
Keenan Wright-Sanson
Emily Wunderle
Nick Zelle |
The
places our 2012 troupers represent:
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California
Albany
Berkley
Highland
Oakland
San Rafael
Walnut Creek
Massachussetts
Acton
Amherst
New Hampshire
Peterborough
Wilton
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Illinois
Oak Park
Minnesota
Minneapolis
New Zealand
Wellington
New York
Rome
Saratoga Springs
Pennsylvania
Meadowbrook
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Texas
Houston
Vermont
Montpelier
Norwich
Richmond
Saxtons River
Thetford
Warren
UK
Somerset
Washington
Seattle
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Juggling, tumbling,
trapeze, aerial acts, contortion,
clowns, live music and
tailor-made costumes—the
full-length production
will feature these youth
performers in the bright
blue-and-white tent sharing
the ring with adult performer-coaches.
Smirkus is the only American youth circus to put
on a full-season
tour under its own Big Top, a 24-meter,
750-seat, one-ring tent in the European style.
Every year the company creates an entirely new theme.
In the past Smirkus has celebrated, and poked fun
at, Pirates, Sci-Fi, the Wild West, Rock ’n
Roll, Robin Hood, comic book Superheroes,
Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio, Tropical
Vacation, The Zoot Suit Caper, Smirkusology:
A Science Extravaganza, Smirkus Ever
After: A Big Top Fairytale and Wilderness Wonders.
At Circus Smirkus, the stars are all kids.
They range in age from 11 to 18, and come from many
states and countries. Troupers are selected for skill,
character, and that special spark of personality through
an audition process
that begins in the autumn of each year.
At the start of the summer,
they have only three
weeks to learn
and practice the two-hour
show before taking it
on the road: all the
acts, the choreography,
the music, the gags,
the changes of scene.
Then the troupers hit
the road. The seven-week
tour means more
hours of grueling training
and practice,
performing full two-hour
shows twice a day,
loading and unloading all
the apparatus, costumes
and props. They learn responsibility,
teamwork, professionalism,
consideration for
others, and the importance
of community,
and of giving service back
to society, which they
do through free
performances at
children’s
hospitals and nursing
homes.
Circus Smirkus is a non-profit
arts and education organization,
and our self-presented
performances directly
support the scholarship
fund and operating
expenses of the Circus
Smirkus tour, circus
camp, in-school
residencies,
and other circus
arts adventures
for kids and adults.
(Click
here to help support
Smirkus!)
See you at the circus!
