Bindelstiff Family Circus comes to Hudson on Saturday
from: dailyfreeman.com
By ANN GIBBONS, Freeman staff
February 22, 2013
Nimble and nerdy are apt descriptions of the Bindlestiff Family Circus, but so is awesome!
The eight-member troupe of sword-swallowers, high-wire aerialists, stilt walkers, jugglers and acrobats bring their magical and gravity-defying skills to Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St., Hudson, on Saturday to open a three-show engagement in the intimacy of the club.
Doors open at 8 p.m., with the show starting at 9 p.m. Attendees must be 21 years of age or older. Admission is $20, $15 for people in clown face or costume. Additional performances are scheduled for March 22 and April 27. Call (518) 828-4800 or send an email to info@helsinkihudson.com.
“In its 20 years, this rag tag DIY band of performers, known as Bindlestiff, has grown to be known and accepted as cutting edge and contemporary in the new circus idiom,” said Stephanie Monseu, cofounder.
Monseu said she met her partner, Kevin Walsh, in 1994 and the two were street performers for a while.
“It’s a rarified art form, but working outside is no fun,” Monseu said. “It’s hard work and you can’t control the environment, so we moved our act into New York night clubs.”
By ANN GIBBONS, Freeman staff
February 22, 2013
Nimble and nerdy are apt descriptions of the Bindlestiff Family Circus, but so is awesome!
The eight-member troupe of sword-swallowers, high-wire aerialists, stilt walkers, jugglers and acrobats bring their magical and gravity-defying skills to Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St., Hudson, on Saturday to open a three-show engagement in the intimacy of the club.
Doors open at 8 p.m., with the show starting at 9 p.m. Attendees must be 21 years of age or older. Admission is $20, $15 for people in clown face or costume. Additional performances are scheduled for March 22 and April 27. Call (518) 828-4800 or send an email to info@helsinkihudson.com.
“In its 20 years, this rag tag DIY band of performers, known as Bindlestiff, has grown to be known and accepted as cutting edge and contemporary in the new circus idiom,” said Stephanie Monseu, cofounder.
Monseu said she met her partner, Kevin Walsh, in 1994 and the two were street performers for a while.
“It’s a rarified art form, but working outside is no fun,” Monseu said. “It’s hard work and you can’t control the environment, so we moved our act into New York night clubs.”
Monseu said she and Walsh began to collect around them artists, who believed, as they did, in circus as a medium to express ideas.
“Bindlestiff reflects our deep roots in New York City’s underground club scene, nods to political street theater, and a steady respect for the traditions of American popular entertainment and illegitimate theater,” Monseu said.
Monseu said in Europe the circus is recognized as an art form.
Monseu said the new lineup of Cirkus and variety arts stars acts like aerial rope, contortion, ventriloquism, sword swallowing, juggling, physical comedy, burlesque and boylesque, and oddball novelty turns. Continued...
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