See the show online HERE

On October 10, 2020 at 7pm CT, Circus Harmony premiered The Balancing Act: Walking the Pandemic Tightrope, featuring Circus Harmony students and alumni sharing how they are keeping their balance in this unbalanced time. This is a show unlike any we have ever done before for a time unlike any we have ever been in before.

Circus is about humans overcoming challenges. Our entire world is challenged right now. As a nonprofit social circus school, we feel like we are walking a tightrope. Under normal circumstances, we know how to walk a tightrope, however the length keeps getting extended. When you are learning to walk a tightrope, if you start to lose your balance, you don’t stay in one place and fight to get it back. The best thing to do to regain your balance is to take your next step forward.

One of our students, Will Hickey, said, “It’s important to look for balance. It doesn’t necessarily seek you out if you don’t look for it.” From their living rooms, bedrooms, backyards, and local parks, Circus Harmony students and alumni have created new acts and tell the stories of how they are keeping their balance in this unbalanced time.

Will observed, “This show feels like it’s taking our separated lives and individual experiences and attaching them. There’s a reason people make quilts and not just regular blankets.” Come wrap yourself in this show, like the circus itself, the show is daring and funny, exciting and entertaining, heart-stopping and heart-warming. I think you will be inspired by these young people’s strength, grace, and resilience. 

Update: when this show premiered on Octo 10, it was seen by people in 35 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, Canada, Germany, Hungary, and Australia.

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