Chinese Acrobatics – a daily act in Wuqiao, China. (Photo Courtesy: Wuqiao Acrobatic Troupe)

Led by Asian Media Access, collaborated with East Culture Center, Pan Asian Arts Alliance and Twin Cities Chinese Dance Center, a unique Chinese acrobatic performance – “Fenmo – The Beauty of the Acrobatics” was presented by the Wuqiao Acrobatic Team during the holiday season at Burnsville Performing Arts Center and the St. Paul Great Hall.

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Chinese Acrobatics – a daily act in Wuqiao, China. (Photo Courtesy: Wuqiao Acrobatic Troupe)

Celebrate the holiday season with a performance of “Fenmo: The Beauty of the Acrobatics” to be presented Dec. 16-17, 7:30 p.m. at Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville.

Fenmo Series 1 of 4 is jointly presented by the two top-rated performing groups from China, Jiangsu Performing Arts Group and China Wuqiao Acrobatic Troupe, the birthplace of the Chinese acrobatics. The show will include a lion dance, bench stacking, juggling, air acrobatics, flower pot stacking, changing faces, rolling lanterns, straw hat juggling, hoop jumping and martial arts.

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Project Bandaloop will perform outside for free during the Festival, suspended on the Lawson commons Building. (Ordway photo)

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts is gearing up for its 11th Flint Hills International Children’s Festival. Minnesota’s signature arts festival for children and families features performing artists from all across the state, region and world. Festival dates are May 31-June 5, 2011. Nearly 500,000 people have enjoyed the Festival since it began in 2000.

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The dazzling Peking Acrobats return to Minneapolis’ Orchestra Hall in a single show scheduled for Sunday, April 3, at 2:00 p.m., featuring a brand-new program known as “The Hundred Entertainments.” Celebrating the 25th anniversary of its first North American tour, the ensemble thrills with such daring-do feats as “Jar Juggling,” “In the High Chair,” “Unicycle Tricks,” and much more.

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Saint Paul, MN (November 2, 2010) – Members of the Circus Juventas advanced level triple trapeze act won a Gold Medal for their age group in the Circus Ring of Friendship Festival in Norrköping, Sweden.

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Circus Juventas, North America’s largest youth performing arts circus in the tradition of Cirque du Soleil, will present its 16th summer extravaganza in an all-new production of “Sawdust”, a step back in time to the golden age of the traveling circus. Told through the tale of two young men chasing their dream, Sawdust brings the fame, fortune, glitz and grit of the old circus in performances running July 29 through August 15 at the Circus Juventas Big Top, 1270 Montreal Avenue, St. Paul.

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