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The Big Apple Circus will #MakeItMontco this summer! Award-winning acts from around the world, including live rescue animals, will appear under the Big Top on the Expo Fairgrounds in Oaks May 16 through June 16.
The Big Apple Circus comes from the Big Apple itself, New
marks the 41st season. Today, all shows still start out in NYC, with a premiere performance at Lincoln Center.
This season, women take the reins, led by ringmaster Stephanie Monseu. The circus has a history of diversity and female representation in important roles in and out of the ring and is excited to present a whole roster of superhero performers. Joining circus veteran Monseu is animal presenter Jenny Vidbel, a third-generation animal trainer, who learned the art of animal communication from her grandfather. The horses, ponies, and dogs that appear in the show are all rescues and now beloved members of Vidbel’s family. For over 10 years, Big Apple Circus has only featured rescue animals and maintained a vital policy not to employ wild or exotic animals.
Other performers in the show include Ammed Tuniziani of the Flying Tunizianis, one of only two living performers to successfully land the quadruple somersault on the trapeze! Valeriy Sychev of Desire of Flight, a former competitive gymnast and member of the Russian National Gymnastics Team. Emil Faltyny, who holds the Guinness World Record Viktor Moiseev, who has performed for royalty, including The Prince of Wales and Prince William and The Duchess of Cambridge.
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