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Smirkus
Ever After:
A Big
Top Fairytale
During
the summer of 2009,
the talented performers
listed below will
turn the pages on
Aesop, the Brothers
Grimm and Hans Christian
Andersen, bringing
classic fairytales
to life through the
spectacle and enchantment
of circus. It’s fee,
fi, fo fun!,
sure to delight circus-goers
of all ages.
Click
here for
the
tour schedule!
Click
here to
order tickets!
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These are
the talented performers
who will bring the magic
of Circus Smirkus
to New
England towns on the 2009
Circus Smirkus Big Top
Tour: Smirkus Ever
After!
Josh
Aviner
Zora Blade
Ben Bond
Emma Bradford
Anna Conway
Lindsay Culbert-Olds
Aaron DeWitt
Aerial Emery
Ariana Ferber-Carter
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Sebastian
Kann
Fiona Lowry
Lillian Maltz
Shane Miclon
Al Mireault
Jared Mongeau
Jamie Nanni
Sellam Cottle Ouahabi |
Emmanuel
Ribereau
Leah Samelson
Olivia Saunders
Daniel Sullivan
Frances Tiffin
Jacob Tischler
Shea Vaccaro
Owen Winship
Taylor Wright-Sanson |
The
places our
2009 troupers represent:
California
Berkeley
Colorado
Denver
Connecticut
Weston
Westport
France
Labaroche
Idaho
Victor
Maine
Buckfield
Cumberland |
Massachusetts
Acton
Arlington
Leeds
Newton
Sunderland
Wayland
Minnesota
Roseville
New Hampshire
Wilton
New Jersey
Randolph
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New York
Saratoga Springs
United Kingdom
Somerset
Vermont
Guilford
Randolph
St. George
Waterbury Center
Williston
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, and Smirkusology:
A Science Extravaganza.
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!
