Circus Harmony is a confluence of tumbling, juggling, balancing, aerial artistry and clowning performed by children and set to a medley of melodies played by different musicians from various cultures. Circus Harmony is acts from Circus Day Foundation's?youth circus troupes performing to live Middle Eastern, Asian and Western music. It is a creative combination of children and adults with a wide variety of backgrounds and abilities who come together to present a totally unique, incredibly diverse and broadly appealing presentation that will inspire and delight all who witness it.

In 2003, as part of their production of Far East Meets Midwest, Circus Day was proud to present, for the first time anywhere, St. Louis youth performing Chinese hoop diving to the accompaniment of live Japanese Taiko drummers.?It was a truly marvelous combination!?At that point, the seed was planted that has sprouted into Circus Harmony.?Instead of just playing popular music for our young circus performers (as many professional circuses do these days), instead of even limiting ourselves to traditional circus music (even though we think it is great music), we are expanding our musical horizons!?Once again, Circus Day is building bridges between cultures. In addition to the classical circus gallops, marches and waltzes, we are adding a multi-cultural, musical component!? As our circus acts are performed by children from different backgrounds, so our circus score will consist of music from different cultures. Currently committed to Circus Harmony, we have the heart-pounding sound of St. Louis Osuwa Taiko Drummers, the incredible Persian/Latin jazz of Farshid Etniko, Yidn's irresistible Klezmer (Jewish folk) music, the lovely Zheng (Chinese harp) virtuosity of Xioayu Yan and, of course, our own, wonderful St. Louis Community Circus Band!

Xiaoyu Yan with the St. Louis Arches in the background at the taste of Circus Harmony show.
馬戲日基金會馬戲表演

Circus Harmony is about crossing cultural boundaries musically, artistically and socially. In addition to physical benefits like improved strength, flexibility and hand-eye co-ordination, learning circus skills builds character in the individual participants as they develop life skills like goal setting, persistence and focus.?Learning circus with others teaches trust, responsibility and teamwork.?When the others are from different backgrounds, everyone's sense of community is expanded to include these new partners. Our youth circus troupes are the embodiment of our mission statement as these young circus artists "defy gravity, soar with confidence and leap over social barriers all at the same time!" In Circus Harmony, they do all this to music from every corner of the world, proving that people and art forms can come together and create symphonies of sensational performance art to inspire all of us.

A Taste of Circus Harmony was presented at Circus Day's annual Youth Circus Showcase on July 17, 2004 at City Museum.?The full scale Circus Harmony will be presented at City Museum for two shows on February 26th, 2005.

位於聖路易城區市博物館之聖路易馬戲日基金會，7月17日邀得聖市知名古箏演奏嚴宵諭同學與該會青少年馬戲團同台演出一場精彩的馬戲表演，在嚴宵諭優美抑揚的古箏樂音中，馬戲團的孩子們熟練地演出單槓、雙槓特技，獲得全場掌聲。

這項名為「馬戲和聲」(Circus Harmony)的精彩演出，將不同文化之不同音樂組合在一起，呈現和聲和諧予觀眾，除了嚴宵諭同學的國樂古箏外，還有聖路易OSUWA震攝人心之太鼓舞，Yidu猶太音樂和拉丁爵士音樂等，促成這項和聲演出的是馬戲日基金會會長Jessica Hentoff，本身就是馬戲明星，Jesssica Hentoff全心全意培植馬戲日青少年馬戲團團員們，勤練各項特技並吸取不同文化內涵。

Jessica Hentoff曾邀請加州中國馬戲指導老師翁曉宏到聖市教美國孩子們中國馬戲，也和FCC領養中國孩子家庭組織一齊過中國新年並表演，精神可佩。

去年剛升入西派克衛高中一年級的嚴宵諭同學，此次是第二次與馬戲日基金會合作演奏古箏，四歲開始習琴，曾巡迴全美演出的嚴宵諭，以精湛的古箏琴藝成功地將中華文化音樂融入美國傳統的馬戲表演中，突破不同文化間的隔 閡，受到馬戲日基金會極高的評價。