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...This is circus stripped down to its most basic elements: simple blue tent, one ring, two clowns and none of the fancy smoke or lighting that has become commonplace in the increasingly sophisticated recent big-top circus revival. This month, Cirque de Soleil pitches its tent for the eagerly anticipated “Dralion,” its newest, biggest and most expensive (and expansive) production ever at Liberty State Park in New Jersey, while earlier this year, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey offered a three-ring flashy extravaganza, “Kaleidoscope,” in a massive...
...enthusiastic performances of its entertainers, but in the circus’s business policy as well. It is a non-profit organization, deeply committed to several health and community programs benefiting children, such as the “Clown Care Unit,” a specially trained group of circus performers visiting chronically ill children in 14 participating hospitals nationwide...
There is also something comforting about the one-ring, intimate setting of the BAC, where even the worse seats are still within 50 ft. of the action. Without driving the audience into sensory overload, the BAC manages to charm through its time-tested approach to circus performance, and it will be interesting to see how the trendier big tops will fare once their novelty disappears. The fact that there is no effort to either glorify or mollify the circus’s tackiness makes the BAC a perfectly dignified little show...
...seamless transitions from one performance to another, the stylish, catchy tunes of a band perched above the ring’s main entrance and the fact that the show is tailored as much to the kids as to their parents. While the two clowns perform the requisite silly circus jokes and pranks their appearances are interspersed between well-choreographed couples’ dance and acrobatic routines that have a distinctly mature flavor to them...
Above all, the BAC is a child-friendly event. While little kids may not be the most discriminating fans, if the Big Apple Circus could manage to win over this skeptic who, incidentally, has a slight fear of clowns, then it must be doing something very, very right...