Peking Acrobats to perform in Pinedale Feb. 5
by PFAC
January 16, 2020
THE PEKING ACROBATS® will perform in Pinedale on Wednesday, February 5th at 7:00PM in the Sheppard Auditorium. The event is a presentation of the Pinedale Fine Arts Council.
For the last thirty-two years, THE PEKING ACROBATS® have redefined audience perceptions of Chinese acrobatics. They perform daring maneuvers atop a precarious pagoda of chairs and display their technical prowess at such arts as trick-cycling, precision tumbling, juggling, somersaulting, and gymnastics. They push the limits of human ability, defying gravity with amazing displays of contortion, flexibility, and control. THE PEKING ACROBATS are accompanied by live musicians who skillfully play traditional Chinese instruments; the time-honored Chinese music coalesces with high-tech special effects and awe-inspiring acrobatic feats, creating an exuberant entertainment event with the festive pageantry of a Chinese Carnival.
THE PEKING ACROBATS set the world record for the Human Chair Stack on FOX Network's Guinness Book Primetime television show in 1999: they balanced six people precariously atop six chairs twenty one feet up in the air without safety lines, astounding audiences with their bravery and dexterity. THE PEKING ACROBATS have also made their way onto the silver screen - company members were featured in Steven Soderbergh's hit film Ocean's Eleven playing alongside Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt and George Clooney.
THE PEKING ACROBATS are part of a time-honored Chinese tradition, rooted in centuries of Chinese history and folk art. Tradition demands that each generation of acrobats add its own improvements and embellishments; because of this, high honor is conferred upon those skilled enough to become acrobats.
Tickets are for sale at Pine Coffee Supply, The Cowboy Shop, Office Outlets, The Big Piney Library and at the door the night of the performance.
Ticket prices are $20 adults / $7 students / $2 extra at the door.
WE EXPECT THIS SHOW TO SELL OUT SOON. Don't wait. Be sure and get a ticket if you want to come. Kids under 5 are allowed in without a ticket if they sit on a lap. If you would like them to have a seat of their own - please buy them a $7 ticket.
Buy Tickets Online Here
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