On a relentless quest for wonder, three veteran acrobats let their imaginations run wild to fulfill secret longings. Fluent in the language of circus, Acrobatic Conundrum’s principal performers melt the fourth wall to reveal their flaws and journeys to redemption. The audience plays a vital part in The Circus of Second Chances, in which ropes are dancescapes, trapezes are windows to the soul, and spinning hoops are portals to infinite possibility. In our homes we are out at sea, on our living room couch we find ourselves on an epic odyssey; so much rests upon the fate of a dozen lemons. Leveraging their long running friendships with each other, Emma Curtiss, Melissa Knowles, and Terry Crane put all their talents and quirky craftiness into this dada circus romp. They climb, cavort, invert, revert, and subvert in this capricious acrobatic piece as they ask, “What does your heart wish for?”

90 minutes

Appropriate ages 3+

Full Cast: 3 acrobats, 1 musician

Disciplines: aerial, partner acrobatics, Cyr wheel, slackrope, trapeze clown, juggling 

Crew: Stage manager, assistant stage manager, audio engineer

Seating design: prosceneum, or shallow thrust

Minimum stage dimensions: 40’ w x 25’ d x 18’ h

Aerial rigging: 2 points close to center

Rate: $5000 + travel + accommodations. Additional shows $1500

Conundrum invites you into a tangled world, by turns emotive and exhilarating. Rope papers the walls, rope becomes an animate object in the hands of a clown, rope elevates dance-storytelling into the air. Conundrum’s movement-poets swing and spin up high, telling stories that unravel love and grief. Spectator and performer unite to untie the knots of inextricable dilemmas, from how to be together to how not to be together. Acrobats revel in the messy knot of being connected to each other, pulling their weight, trusting, and putting their lives on the line for each other. They lift each other up and launch each other even higher. In the mortal arts of circus, an ephemeral moment can last forever, an eternal now extends as deep as we can feel. THREADS is a circus opus featuring seven performers and a musician, an exploration of connection, love, and endings — a story strung with grace and daring that will leave you inspired and curiously alive.

80 minutes

Appropriate ages 3+

Full Cast: 6 acrobats, 1 musician

Disciplines: aerial rope, aerial cube, group acrobatics, aerial hoop, juggling, rope wall, slack rope

Crew: Stage manager, assistant manager, audio engineer 

Seating design: thrust, alley, or proscenium 

Minimum stage dimensions: 30’ w x 25’ d x 18’ h

Aerial rigging: 1-3 aerial points + rigging for rope wall (see rider)

Rate: $10,000 – additional shows negotiable