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CIRCUS: GIVE , GET, GO!  
Follow the Flying Children!
 

For Immediate Release!

Contact: Jessica Hentoff: 314-226-3633

 

 SEE CIRQUE DU SOLEIL= HELP A CHILD FLY!

Cirque du Soleil is returning to St. Louis and we are honored that they have selected Circus Harmony to be a benefit partner for the January 9th performance of Verakai at Chaifetz Arena!  Buy your benefit ticket through us and 100% of the ticket sale will support our Flying Children Scholarship Fund!  We will also give you a ticket to see the January 24th, 7 PM performance of Circus Harmony's new show, Guibilante!  Cirque du Soleil donates tickets to organizations providing assistance to youth at risk with 100% of the profits from ticket sales supporting their work with young people.  The benefit tickets are only available through Circus Harmony. Tickets are $115 for the Premium seats and $95 for the standard seats. Get your tickets now to help a child defy gravity, soar with confidence and leap over social barriers, all at the same time! Please call 314-436-7676, if you have any questions.


 

Special Cirque du Soleil performance to benefit Circus Harmony at Verakai 

Fri. Jan.9, at Chaifetz Arena! 

ORDER YOUR TICKETS NOW:

CIrque du Soleil Circus Harmony Benefit Tickets! 

 

NEW! WINTER BREAK CLASSES
at RAINTREE SCHOOL in WEST COUNTY

For the first time ever, Circus Harmony is holding winter break circus classes in West County. Classes are for children ages four and up and there will be morning and afternoon sessons from December 22 through January 2. Children will learn the basics of tumbling, balancing and object manipulation. Raintree School is conveniently located at 2100 S.Mason Rd in Town & Country. Join us!
 
MUSIC TO DEFY GRAVITY TO!

It's here!  Thanks to our music director, Adam Rugo, our sound engineer, Billy Engel, of EARStudios and those who contributed to our Arts & Education Council's Power2Give campaign, you can now own the  new Circus Harmony, CD, ASCENSION

The Circus Harmony Band is made up of some of the best musicians in St. Louis: Matt Henry on drums, Charlie Brown on keys, Aaron Lehde on woodwinds, Adam Hucke on trumpet, Ric Vice on bass, Danielle Aslanian,  Nikki Glenn on violin, and Adam Rugo on guitar.   Ascension features music composed by Adam Rugo for Circus Harmony and represents a variety of styles, from Klezmer, Classical, and Jazz, to Rock, R&B, and Bulgarian. This studio recording captures the drama, excitement, and high-energy of a live circus performance in music that will inspire you to express yourself, to leap over life's obstacles and ascend to your highest dreams just like the flying children of Circus Harmony. A portion of the proceeds from the sales will go to our Reggie Moore Scholarship Fund!Come in to City Museum to buy or:
 
ONE GIRL--- TWO BRAIDS
Special shows and classes with Guest Teaching Artist, Laura Lippert!

Circus Harmony is happy to have chairialist, Laura Lippert, debuting her new solo show with us! Check our show schedule for times and dates.  Laura is also offering classes in  balancing, stretching, dance, aerial artistry, technique and conditioning December 15-19! Register here for special classes with Laura Lippert! See her incredible hair hang, aerial chair and braid dance videos here!
 
SPRING CLASSES AND CLUBS--- START FEB. 2
At City Museum and Two West County Locations! 

Spring classes at City Museum are for ages 3 to adult and include basic circus arts, juggling, balancing, tumbling, contortion, hula-hooping, aerials and much more. See complete class listing and register here.  We are also offering basic circus arts for children at Raintree School on Mason Road!

Our new Unicycling and Juggling Clubs for all ages will be held again at City Museum in downtown St. Louis and Raintree and Saul Mirowitz Schools in West County. For information on these family friendly clubs, click here!  
 
CIRCUS HARMONY: GUIBILANTE!

It's time for our annual confluence of music and circus arts. This year's show is titled Guibilante and features over 30 flying children in all-new acts with our sensational Circus Harmony Band.  Guilbilante is set in a garden of circus delights. The show will be presented in the Circus Harmony ring at City Museum, the last two weekends in Janaury. Get your tickets for Guibliante here or get a ticket when you buy your CIrque du Soleil benefit ticket!  
 
GIVE THE GIFT OF CIRCUS
One size fits most and no pieces to lose!

You can get all your holiday shopping done in one fell swoop just by going to our website: www.circusharmony.org. You can get tickets to Cirque du Soleil, our new CD, gift certificates for winter break or spring classes, juggling clubs, t-shirts and much more! Everything you purchase will help a child defy gravity, soar with confidence and leap over social barriers, all at the same time! 
 
IKING & MELVIN FLYING HIGH AND FAR!

We are beyond excited that two more of our alums, 
Sidney Iking Bateman and Melvin Diggs, are part of 
7 FIngers newest production, 
Cuisine and Confessions! The show premiered in Montreal to rave reviews that called Iking and Melvin "real heroes with big skills." You can see them in the Cuisine and Confessions Teaser
or g
et your tickets to see them in France!

When he is not touring, Iking is starting to do his solo hoop diving number at NBA half time shows! Here he is performing last month at the Pacers vs. Suns game. Sidney always did like hoops of both kinds! 

 
St Louis is a Circus Town!
From the Symphony to a Broadway Show

In addition to the ongoing shows in the our ring at City Museum, the middle of December brings Circus Flora's collaboration with the St. Louis Symphony. Circus Harmony's St. Louis Arches are  happy to reunite with their Flora friends, like the Flying Wallendas (with former Arch, Claire!)and the Anastasini's dogs plus new acts like juggler, Kyle Driggs and comedy aerialist, Amanda Crockett. One weekend only: December 12-14. Get your tickets here for this symphonic sensation, titled A Winter's Fable!    

St. Louis is also being treated to the touring company of the Broadway hit, Pippin at the Peabody Opera House Dec 10-14.  Get tickets here. Transformed by 7 Fingers' Gypsy Snider's choreography into a circus-filled delight, the show is a magical musical the whole family will enjoy. 
 
PEACE THROUGH PYRAMIDS: FERGUSON
If you read our blog post What's Next: the Grand Jury Decision and Circus,
you know that we want to bring the  successful Peace ThroughPyramids project that we have been doing in Israel to Ferguson. We are looking for the funding to do so. Like almost all non-profits, we have sent out our annual appeal for people to consider us for year-end giving.  Peace Through Pyramids is one of the options you can choose when you donate online. We hope you will consider supporting Circus Harmony and we hope you will tell others about our work. See you at Cirque du Soleil? 
 

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OUR MISSION

Circus Harmony teaches the art of life through circus education. We work to build character and expand community for youth of all ages, cultures, abilities and backgrounds. Through teaching and performance of circus skills, we help people defy gravity, soar with confidence, and leap over social barriers, all at the same time.

 
OUR SPONSORS 
We are very grateful for the support of the City Museum, Regional Arts Commission, Daughters of Charity Foundation of St. Louis, Youthbridge Community Center Foundation, PNC Arts Alive, Missouri Arts Council, Jewish Federation of St. Louis, Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation, Boeing Employee Community Fund, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, Cardinals Care, Arts & Education Council of St. Louis, DCA Family Foundation, Lubin Green Foundation,Staenberg Family Foundation, Kranzberg Family Foundation, Saigh Foundation, Jewish Federation of St. Louis, Build-A-Bear Foundation, Fox Family Foundation, Philpott Family Foundation, Clifford Willard Gaylord Foundation, Macy's Foundation, StlSLOUP, Bommarito Automotive Group, Simon Foundation, Big Shark Bicycle Works, Goudurix, Cirque Du Soleil, Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey, American Youth Circus Organization, Brentwood Minuteman Press, Stahl & Ponder, Circus Fans of America, Circus4Youth and people like you! 

PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FLYING CHILDREN: