BIG
APPLE CIRCUS
World Premiere of The Grand Tour!
featuring
Halloween
Guest Ringmaster
Best-Selling
Author R.L. Stine
at this one special performance
celebrating Halloween
October 31, 2015 at 4:40pm at LINCOLN
CENTER
The Grand Tour! show runs until January 10,
2016
Written and Created by JOEL JESKE
Directed by MARK LONERGAN
Big Apple Circus Ringmaster: JOHN KENNEDY
KANE
Animal Trainer: JENNY VIDBEL
Original Music and Arrangements by DAVID
BANDMAN, PETER BUFANO, JEFFREY W. HOLMES
BIG APPLE CIRCUS BAND
Executive Director: WILL MAITLAND WEISS
Artistic Director: GUILLAUME DUFRESNOY
Big
Apple Circus welcomed Halloween
Guest Ringmaster, R.L. Stine, author of the best-selling children's series Goosebumps for this special Halloween
performance who loves to scare children. Children were encouraged to arrive in
costume and they were allowed to go on pony rides during intermission. It was
definitely interactive entertainment focusing on the children and quite
amusing.
The
Grand Tour! opened with Four-time Big Apple Circus Ringmaster John Kennedy Kane and two clowns Joel Jeske and Brent McBeth who set the stage to transport the audience to the
Roaring 20s to begin the most adventurous trip around the world by ships,
planes, trains, and automobiles. The trip started out in New York City to
Europe, onwards to Arabia, Africa, and Asia and then, back to New York, home of
the Big Apple.
The dog acts aboard the Orient Express train
through Europe and dancing horses while in the Arabian desert led by Jenny Vidbel were entertaining; Chiara Anastasini was exceptional with
hula hoops depicting the stopover in Andalucía, Spain; international juggling
sensation Alexander Koblikov; the Dominguez Brothers defied the law of
gravity with their thrilling act on the Wheel of Wonder; the African acrobatic
troupe Zuma Zuma; the Dosov Troupe soared on the teeterboard;
Chinese hand balancers The Energy Trio;
and, aerialist Sergey Akimov gave
stunning performances all the while traveling around the world.
The Big Apple Circus is a nonprofit that
engages communities through the joy and wonder of classic circus arts. They bring joy and laughter to hospitals,
nursing homes; provide adapted performances for children with physical and
cognitive disadvantages; teach kids life skills after school; and, distribute
free and subsidized tickets to schools and nonprofit organizations serving
low-income children and families. It's a circus with a heart.
By
Laura Thompson
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