Aerial Silks Drop at Ringling Brothers

I had a great time at Ringling Brothers show "Zing Zang Zoom" last weekend. At the last minute, I decided to see the show twice (Thursday and Sunday) so I could take more pictures. It goes without saying that the acrobatic acts were my favorites. I also thought the clowns were more entertaining than usual. It was a very acrobatic group of clowns, with one guy doing a side flip over 4 audience members. I'm slowly working on editing the photos and posting them to my Flickr stream (www.flickr.com/flipimages).

Here's one of my favorite shots of one of the aerial silks performers:


Aerial Silks Drop

Just got my tickets for Metamorphoses

I just purchased front row tickets for Metamorphoses in September. Yay! I've heard that the show is fantastic, so I'm really excited. Yes, I'm prepared to be in the "Splash Zone" :-)

Here's a link for more information: http://www.zachtheatre.org/show/metamorphoses

A few events coming up:

1. Next week Ringling Brothers will be in town with their show Zing Zang Zoom (Aug 18 - 22). Last year they allowed cameras, so I'm hoping I can take pictures again this year.

2. The Zach Scott theater has a new show called "Metamorphoses". I haven't seen it yet but I heard there are aerial silks used during the show (and Blue Lapis Light is listed in the under the Artistic Staff). http://www.zachtheatre.org/show/metamorphoses. It sounds like a really interesting show.

3. Blue Lapis Light is performing a site specific aerial dance at The Long Center September 27 - October 3. Tickets are available through The Long Center. More information is available at www.bluelapislight.org.

A few events to mention....

1. I just found out that Blue Lapis Light will be performing an aerial dance at the Hyatt Regency this weekend, as part of the Bat Fest on June 6 (unfortunately, this is the same day as Star Wars in Concert).

2. Also, Ringling Brothers tickets are now on sale for their show Zing Zang Zoom.

3. Trapeze Austin is offering summer camps for kids and circus workshops for adults: http://www.trapezeaustin.com/pricing_aerials.html. They were recently featured on a segment on News 8 Austin: http://news8austin.com//Default.aspx?ArID=271496

That's all for now!

Dizzy Feet Have Got No Rhythm

Meaning... there are a few events coming up but I'm not sure I'm well enough to get to them.

1. Level 10 JO Nationals are in Dallas this weekend. Gymnasts from all over the country will be there competing. More information at http://www.metroplexgymnastics.com/jo/

2. There's a fundraiser for Blue Lapis Light this weekend (May 8) at Spring Condominiums in Downtown Austin. It sounds like fun (if I was feeling better). For anyone interested in going there's more information at http://www.bluelapislight.org/

3. Ringling Brothers tickets are now available for pre-sale. Ringling Brothers Circus is coming back to the Frank Erwin Center in August. Tickets are available for pre-sale and will be available for public sale on May 22, 2010.

Austin Trapeze Circus Performance Workshop

This sounds like so much fun (wish I was feeling better).... Austin Trapeze is doing a 6 week performance workshop ending with a show on May 29th. The workshop meets twice a week starting on April 22, 2010. Even though I can't attend the workshop, I'm very excited to see circus events like this happening in Austin. Yay! I definitely plan on attending the show and taking pictures (if allowed). Here's a link for those that want more information: www.trapezeaustin.com/workshop

I'm still editing photos from NAIGC Nationals last weekend. I'll put some on this blog soon. In the meantime, I am putting a few up on my flickr account: www.flickr.com/flipimages. NAIGC Nationals was a fun, high-energy level meet. I was surprised at the number of competitors there, I guess I didn't realize there were so many college clubs now. It's great to see so much participation and great skills in college club gymnastics. It's improved so much from when I was in college, a long time ago (in a galaxy far far away) :-)

Why does everything happen in the same weekend?

Sometimes I scour the paper looking for photo opportunities and/or things to do but in this case there are too many at once! Here's what's happening this weekend:

1. NAIGC Nationals at Texas State University in San Marcos April 8-10.
2. McCallum Fine Arts Academy is doing their spring performance on April 9-10. The aerial dance is called "Around the Bend" and was created with the help of Blue Lapis Light. More information is available at www.BlueLapisLight.org
3. Cedar Park is having a Heritage Festival on Saturday April 10th. According to the schedule in the Chronicle, two gymnastics schools are doing perfomances: Capital Gymnastics and Zero Gravity Gymnastics and Cheer.

It's going to be tough to choose!