Prospective Troupers show their
flexibility to Smirkus staff at the 2008 auditions.
Here are the talented performers who
will bring the magic of Circus Smirkus to New England
towns on the 2008 Circus
Smirkus Big Top Tour!
Eric
Allen
Josh Aviner
Janoah Bailin
Zora Blade
Ben Bond
Lydia Brosnahan
Arne Bystrom
Lindsay Culbert-Olds
Anastasia Dickenson
|
Kia
Eastman
Aerial Emery
Ariana Ferber-Carter
Sebastian Kann
Book Kennison
Thula Martin
Jared Mongeau
Jamie Nanni |
Greylin
Nielsen
Ayal Prouser
Isabelle Schuster
Daniel Sullivan
Frances Tiffin
Jacob Tischler
Shea Vaccaro
Owen Winship
Taylor Wright-Sanson |
The
places our
2008 troupers represent:
California
Berkeley
Colorado
Denver
Connecticut
Weston
Westport
France
Viry
Hawaii
Pahoa
Idaho
Victor |
Maine
Cumberland
Massachusetts
Arlington
Concord
Leeds
Lexington
Shelburne
Waltham
Wayland
West Falmouth
Minnesota
Roseville |
Missouri
St Charles
New Hampshire
Temple
Wilton
New York
Great Neck
Saratoga Springs
Vermont
Williston
St. George
Washington
Seattle
Kenmore
|
(Click
here for a list of all
the Troupers over the
years...)
The 2008 Big
Top Tour
schedule is being planned.
When it's ready, it'll
be here!
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, and The
Zoot Suit Caper. In
2008, it's the INVENTION
CONVENTION!
At Circus Smirkus, the
stars are all kids.
They range in age from
12 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!
