The Beautiful Kind

Sunday night I saw Circus Harmony at City Museum (I’m becoming quite the City Museum groupie ey?)

I had never heard of this local circus group, but was invited by one of the band members. The circus offers classes for all ages, and this particular show, which occurs once a year, featured kids 17 and under. Like Cirque de Soleil, they’re a humans-only circus. Their mission statement is as follows:

Circus Day Foundation teaches the art of life through circus education. We work to build character and expand community for youth of all ages, cultures, abilities and backgrounds. Through teaching and performance of circus skills, we help people defy gravity, soar with confidence and leap over social barriers, all at the same time.

I was blown away by their talent and energy. The show was spectacular and sexy (I feel a little weird describing a show featuring kids as “sexy” but my hunch on the definition was right, I’m going for meaning #3), with juggling, contortionists, trapeze, acrobats, and clowning around without the gross greasepaint. They performed with the accompaniment of a live band that was so amazingly brilliant and perfectly timed, it sounded like a recording.

Seriously, it was incredible. And the performers didn’t even have to take their clothes off in order to wow the crowd. I’m just sayin’.