Description

The spellbinding Peking Acrobats are the world’s most accomplished practitioners of an elite art form 2,000 years in the making. China’s expert tumblers, jugglers, gymnasts, and cyclists take the stage with incomprehensible feats of physical bravura and artistry. From the dazzling pagoda of chairs to the cycling pyramid, the Peking Acrobats thrill with impeccable timing, dexterous athleticism, flexibility, and grace.

Replete with the festive pageantry of a Chinese carnival, these expert tumblers, jugglers, and cyclists display athletic and precision prowess in every conceivable form of exhibition gymnastics and martial arts.

In thrilling stunts of aerial dynamics and gravity-defying balance, the Peking Acrobats push the limits of human agility to pull of such breathtaking feats as the Pagoda of Chairs, the Cycling Pyramid, the Theatrical Lion Dance, and the Spinning Plates.

The Peking Acrobats will be accompanied by a live music ensemble playing traditional Chinese instruments in this all ages family-friendly presentation.

Tickets are $29 general public; or $6 student and youth, available through the Williams Center for the Arts ticket office, open 12 – 2 pm and 4 – 5:30 pm weekdays, and one-hour prior to performance; by phone at 610-330-5009; and online.