You may or may not know that many members of The Downside-Up Circus share a certain geek-factor: last weekend, Lindsay, Kristian, Molly, Tara, and Victoria all went to Boston for Arisia, a science fiction/fantasy convention. We went to panels and discussions on topics ranging from fairy tale history to tips for entrepreneurs. There was a [...]
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First Night Boston was a blast! The Princess, The Monster, and The Hero tumbled, juggled, fought, and made friends (twice!) for the entertainment of festive family revelers.
(More pictures soon on our [...] Get your New Year celebration started early… come see us perform in the FedEx Family Festival, part of First Night Boston! We’ll be doing two short three-person shows at 2.15pm and 3.30pm at the Hynes Convention Center, room 302. (Buttons for admission to the entire event – BMX displays, music concerts, puppets, storytelling, dance, and [...] A Downside-Up View of the World Three Hampshire College students, Tara Jacob 05F, Victoria Quine 06F, and Lindsay Barbieri 06F are going to ring in the New Year by performing with their group, The Downside-Up Circus, at First Night, Boston’s annual citywide celebration of community through the arts. For First Night, Jacob, Quine, [...] The Downside Up Circus will be performing as part of the FedEx Family Festival at First Night Boston 2010! We just confirmed that we’ll be doing two sets at the Hynes Convention Center in room 302 from 2:15-2:45pm and 3:45-4:15pm. First Night is a huge, well-extablished community arts event that showcases performers, visual artists, musicians, [...] Workers arrive at the factory and prepare to start the day, heckled by their overbearing boss. But when a little bird gets in through a window, its freedom and flight inspire a minor mutiny. The workers seize the opportunity to find possibilities for expression and autonomy, transforming their workplace with incredible feats of skill and [...] For those of you who were unable to attend, here’s a clip from that excellent night, featuring Victoria, Lindsay, and Tara’s acrobatic act to the accompaniment of the Primate Fiasco. The acro starts about 2 minutes in. Taking back the streets for horns, bikes, and feet! Molly & I had a wonderful time at HONKfest in Boston, MA this weekend. We arrived Saturday afternoon and wandered the streets around Davis Square, stopping every few blocks to tap our toes and nod our heads and dance our hearts out to a different band. Each [...] Victoria is excited. Molly is studious. But until that day, bake sales it is! We’ve been having semi-regular bake sales, featuring such delicious home-made fare such as raspberry cupcakes, chocolate cheerio chunk cookies, gluten-free brown sugar walnut muffins with cream cheese frosting, and chocolate fudge brownies. Hungry students, sweet-toothed staff, and curious passersby all [...] clowning around backstage at the Academy of Music From political puppets to mustached musicians to daring Downside-Uppers, Happy Pill Circus No. 4 was a stomping, hooting, singing success! The Primate Fiasco alternated musical sets with Bread & Puppet’s theatrical puppet-tastic offerings, making for a varied and engaging Circus experience. Despite the lack of room [...] |
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