How could it be? How could a group of dancers ever hold their own against, if not exceed the talents of the best circus acts on the bill?
Mine eyes have seen a revelation. for the first time, four-star choreography in the ring.
If you live long enough, you may be surprised in ways you could never have expected. Over the years, I have seen many kinds of dancing in league with clowns and elephants. Some was good enough as filler between acts and prop changes. Some fairly pedestrian. Some, well, at least lively. But not of a caliber you would expect to find in a professional venue centered in dance and ballet.
Until now. I'm almost afraid to re-watch the You Tube on which I discovered this, for fear I might have over-reacted. But let me leave that for now and ride the waves of something that deserves top drawer respect
These nimble dames are jazzy. They're funky. I see saucy shades of Fosse.
The acts between the footwork? Mostly good enough. Three stand outs include a cradle casting duo and a lovely low-wire ballerina who performs both softly and intrepidly well, and on her toes. But here is where the dancers, flapping large wings, messed up my sight lines. I strained to see the star, and wanted to scream, off with their wings!
Weakest of all, ringmaster overkill. Best of all, wrapping the show with a smartly placed powerhouse of tumblers forming pyramids and individually taking turns thundering around the ring trough somersaults and flip flops. I could feel a hurricane of horses sweeping me away.
Okay, name of the circus? Candyland 2024 from Zippos. A forty five minute show, easy to look up on You Tube.
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