What: The New Shanghai Circus
When: Sunday, February 26, 4 PM
Where: Hering Auditorium
Why: These special effects are real. China’s most celebrated acrobatic company flips, balances, spins, and amazes, reaching “literally breathtaking heights of skills.” (That’s what The New York Times gushed.) World-class entertainment. “Show-stopping rarities of daunting difficulty” — The LA Times
Efficiency tip: You only need to see the impossible once.
Tickets: The show is sold out. There will be a limited number of standing-room only tickets on sale at the Hering Auditorium box office, starting at 3pm on Sunday, February 26.
Chinese Acrobatic Skills.
Hoop diving has its origins during the harvest time when field workers used a tool shaped like a large tambourine. It became a tradition to challenge each other to see who could dive through these hoops and to see how many or how tall a stack they could dive through.
Similarly, the pottery maker would learn to juggle and spin his wares. When the potter adds a few tricks of juggling and tossing high into the air, he becomes a local hero performing a thrilling feat.
The skill of “Qigong” or “spirits from air”, a semi-religious study of the form of breathing and movement, is very important to acrobatics. Qigong teaches one to use the mind and body together in perfect harmony with each other.
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