Friday, June 7, 2013

 
The circus returns to In the House Festival
Musicians, acrobats, shadow puppets invade homes and backyards on Commercial Drive
from:  nsnews.com
By Cheryl Rossi, Vancouver Courier
June 7, 2013
PETER Boulanger isn't sure whether his circus company's 34-foot tall marionette will make it to the In the House Festival.

But the Underground Circus's 23-foot-tall freestanding tower will definitely dominate a backyard near Commercial Drive for the grand finale of the 10th anniversary festival that will animate homes and yards June 7 to 9.

"It's a very fun festival. We've done it a few times and it's always been a great time," says Boulanger, cofounder and co-director of Underground Circus.

"For us (the best part is) being with the public and being part of such a wonderfully iconic Vancouver organization. They've created all sorts of weird little quirky things over the years and we love being part of that kind of stuff," Boulanger says. "We are pretty much the top corporate circus company in town, which means most of time people don't see our work. So it is fun to be able to say, 'Hey look. We exist.'"

Much of the aerial acrobatics in the grand finale show are set to music from B.C., including the crooning of Michael Buble, the folk music of Pied Pumkin and 1980s pop hits of Doug and the Slugs.

"We'll be showcasing a lot of our unique (acrobatic) apparatuses and it's kind of fun to be doing that with the work of B.C. musicians," Boulanger says.

Underground Circus celebrated its own 10th anniversary this year. Boulanger and his wife, Ninon Parent, studied at the National Circus School in Montreal, toured with Cirque du Soleil for a couple of years and then decided to settle near Burnaby, where Boulanger grew up.
Read more: http://www.nsnews.com/entertainment/circus+returns+House+Festival/8492821/story.html#ixzz2VWhaLRUu

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