Circus BellaCircus brings a traditional outdoor one-ring circus to Oakland
from: oaklandnorth.net
by Yirmeyah Beckles
Juy 2, 2012
A circus has come to town—a dancer rounds dozens of hula-hoops on her hips, one woman swings from a trapeze, another treads a fine line on the slack rope and a clown puts up a formidable act for the audience.
Circus Bella, a one-ring outdoor circus comprised of 13 troupe members and several live musicians, performed for over 100 people on Thursday outside of Revolution Café just off of 17th Street. The circus, formed in 2008 by David Hunt (whose act is the slack rope) and Abigail Munn (who performs on trapeze), has a clear goal: to bring an accessible and high quality circus to the Bay Area and present it in an outdoor setting.
“Kids go to circus camp everywhere, and there’s circus shows for people, but you don’t really see it,” Hunt said. “Or you have to pay $20 to go to a theater and it’s like really dark and its kind of obscure or it’s in the night clubs. … Circus culture—the idea is around everywhere, but it’s not being created traditionally here. For us, it was ‘Let’s put it back in the ring and get a live band.’”
The approach didn’t go unnoticed. “It’s amazing and awesome and funny,” said Nicos, a student at North Oakland Community Charter School who came to see the show on Thursday. “The other circus I went to was in a tent. This was outside.”
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