【時報訊】聖路易馬戲日基金會10月6日、7日、8日，一連三天在聖市城區市立藝術博物館舉行今年年度馬戲義演，邀集學習馬戲的青少年們作三場舞台演出，同時邀得華裔古箏好手嚴宵諭助陣，所有收入均用來支持馬戲日基金會之各項青少年馬戲訓練之用。
今年度馬戲日基金會義演主題是Glissando學習「滑音」，這是一個音樂用語，意味在兩個音符間滑動，馬戲日基金會執行長Jessica表示，滑音代表學習馬戲的孩子們介於在一般孩子和有特殊馬戲才華可以演出的孩子間之「滑音」階段，同時也可代表滑音在不同文化、音樂間之互動，這些涵蓋至中國、埃及、蘇俄和非洲等文化背景。因為有著滑音，不同文化、不同音樂和馬戲藝術演出得以祥和的融合在一起，創造出一個美麗的世界。
Circus Harmony: Glissando
Circus Day Foundation's annual Circus Harmony show was presented Oct. 6, 7 and 8 at City Museum. This a creative confluence of music and circus arts featured sensational circus arts performed by youth circus performers from the Circus Day Foundation accompanied by marvelous multicultural music. One of the featured musicians was zheng player Xiaoyu Yan.
The title of this year's Circus Harmony was Glissando. Glissando is a musical term that refers to gliding between two notes. For Circus Day Foundation, Glissando also referred to how their youth circus performers glided between being ordinary children and extraordinary performers. The term also represented how the music glided between cultures. There was music from China, Egypt, Russian, Africa, America and other countries.
Circus Harmony: Glissando was a totally unique, incredibly diverse and broadly appealing presentation that inspired and delighted all who witnessed it. Proceeds went to support the youth circus programs of the Circus Day Foundation, a non-profit social circus organization that uses circus arts to inspire individuals and connect communities. Circus Day Foundation𠏋 inspirational work gives hope. Hope that people from different neighborhoods and cultures can work and live and perform together in a constructive, cooperative way to create harmony. Through their teaching and performance of circus arts they help people defy gravity, soar with confidence and leap over social barriers, all at the same time.
Circus Day Foundation offers circus classes for all ages at City Museum. They also sell inspirational circus cards featuring their youth circus performers. More information is available on their website at www.circusday.org.
photo by Al Vitale
Jeane Vogel Photography
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