BRATTLEBORO — The New England Center for Circus Arts will host Acrobatic Conundrum for two shows, at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 26 and 27, as part of the school's annual Fall Circus Workshop Weekend.
Founded in 2012 by Artistic Director Terry Crane, Acrobatic Conundrum is Seattle's premier contemporary circus arts company. According to a news release, they create “performances that amaze and inspire audiences” and blend “virtuosic circus skill, dance, and physical theater to create work that is poetic, a little absurd, and deeply relatable.”
The Fig Tree Waltzes is inspired by a line from poet Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar that begins “I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree....”
Replete with theater and dance, The Fig Tree Waltzes is a contemporary circus show full of moving exploration of indecision, desperation, and tenacity in the face of choice. This work features Acrobatic Conundrum's signature style of virtuosic athleticism infused with relatable humanity.
In a world where stakes are high and time is running out, The Fig Tree Waltzes is a paean to the human drive to keep playing against overwhelming odds.
Acrobatic Conundrum has appeared nationally and internationally at such venues as New York City's SummerStage, the Chicago Contemporary Circus Festival, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Vancouver CircusFest, TEDxRainier, and The Backstreet Festival in Alexandria, Egypt.