Circus Smirkus Puts New Spin on ‘Wizard of Oz’ in Return to Saratoga Race Course
Last year’s Circus Smirkus delighted audiences with its Topsy-Turvy Time Travel show.
from: saratogatodaynewspaper.com
Written by Staff Report
Thursday, 27 June 2013
SARATOGA SPRINGS — More than two dozen teenaged stars, including one from Saratoga Springs, will be performing at this year’s Circus Smirkus as it returns to the Spa City this summer.
from: saratogatodaynewspaper.com
Written by Staff Report
Thursday, 27 June 2013
SARATOGA SPRINGS — More than two dozen teenaged stars, including one from Saratoga Springs, will be performing at this year’s Circus Smirkus as it returns to the Spa City this summer.
This year’s tour continues the tradition of theme-based shows as Smirkus goes “somewhere over the rainbow” with a new spin on the Wizard of Oz, titled “Oz Incorporated.”
The international circus features youths under 19 with polished skills from all around the country and the world. The performance is full of talent and spectacle, with aerials, acrobatics, highwire, juggling, trapeze, clowning and an array of brilliant costumes. In its 26th year, Circus Smirkus is the only American youth circus to put on a full-season tour under its own big top, a 24-meter, 750-seat, one-ring tent in the European style.
Joining Smirkus for his second summer on the tour is Saratoga Springs’ own Keenan Wright-Sanson. Wright-Sanson, who just completed his sophomore year at The Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs, specializes in balance acts and will also feature his clowning abilities on the tour. He is the younger brother of Taylor Wright-Sanson, a Waldorf School alum who toured with Smirkus from 2006 to 2010.
This is the seventh year that Saratoga Springs has had the honor of a “hometown boy” selected as a trouper in the prestigious circus.
“This is the second year that Keenan Wright Sanson was selected as a Smirkus trouper,” said Robert Sanson, Keenan’s father. “Keenan’s older brother, Taylor, specialized in extreme unicyclist and he earned a Smirko spot five years in a row.”
Sanson said that getting into Circus Smirkus is a very competitive process, with hundreds of teens auditioning for only 28 spots.
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The international circus features youths under 19 with polished skills from all around the country and the world. The performance is full of talent and spectacle, with aerials, acrobatics, highwire, juggling, trapeze, clowning and an array of brilliant costumes. In its 26th year, Circus Smirkus is the only American youth circus to put on a full-season tour under its own big top, a 24-meter, 750-seat, one-ring tent in the European style.
Joining Smirkus for his second summer on the tour is Saratoga Springs’ own Keenan Wright-Sanson. Wright-Sanson, who just completed his sophomore year at The Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs, specializes in balance acts and will also feature his clowning abilities on the tour. He is the younger brother of Taylor Wright-Sanson, a Waldorf School alum who toured with Smirkus from 2006 to 2010.
This is the seventh year that Saratoga Springs has had the honor of a “hometown boy” selected as a trouper in the prestigious circus.
“This is the second year that Keenan Wright Sanson was selected as a Smirkus trouper,” said Robert Sanson, Keenan’s father. “Keenan’s older brother, Taylor, specialized in extreme unicyclist and he earned a Smirko spot five years in a row.”
Sanson said that getting into Circus Smirkus is a very competitive process, with hundreds of teens auditioning for only 28 spots.
read more:
http://saratogatodaynewspaper.com/index.php/today-in-saratoga/pulse/item/1784-circus-smirkus-puts-new-spin-on-%E2%80%98wizard-of-oz%E2%80%99-in-return-to-saratoga-race-course
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