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Wilderness
Wonders:
Outdoor Adventures under the Big Top
During the summer of 2010, the
talented performers listed below will explore
the “FUNtier,” as Circus Smirkus
celebrates the great outdoors with merrymaking,
mirth and a touch of magic, in a fantastically
fabulous four-season spectacle!
Click
here for the
tour schedule!
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These are
the talented performers
who will bring the magic
of Circus Smirkus
to New England towns on the 2010
Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour: Wilderness Wonders!
Aaron Berman
Zora Blade
Emma Bradford
Anna Conway
Aaron DeWitt
Maia Gawor-Sloane
Magnus Giaever
Julia Greenberg
Alyson Mattei
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Collin Miclon
Shane Miclon
Al Mireault
Jared Mongeau
Jamie Nanni
Greylin Nielsen
Noah Nielsen
Sellam Cottle Ouahabi
Jessica Roginsky
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Leah Samelson
Olivia Saunders
Zoe Silberblatt
John Stubbs
Daniel Sullivan
Frances Tiffin
Ezra Weill
Owen Winship
Taylor Wright-Sanson
Nick Zelle
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The
places our 2010 troupers represent:
California
Berkeley
Highland
Walnut Creek
Colorado
Denver
Georgia
Atlanta
Idaho
Victor
Maine
Buckfield
Cumberland |
Massachusetts
Acton
Wayland
Minnesota
Minneapolis
New Hampshire
Temple
New Jersey
Randolph
Warren
New York
Saratoga Springs
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Pennsylvania
Meadowbrook
Pittsburgh
United Kingdom
Somerset
Vermont
Guilford
Montpelier
Richmond
Waterbury Center
Washington
Seattle
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(Click
here for a list of all
the Troupers over the
years...)
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 and Smirkus
Ever After: A Big Top Fairytale.
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!
