@ Cirgue Parasol At the PNE (Coliseum)
until Sept. 7 at 3 and 7 p.m. daily (no
shows Aug. 31). $17.95 advance, S15 gate
including PNE admission.

THERE are not
many circuses left to
run away to.

And if you secretly
hanker after tion-tam-
ing as a career move
you will need to avoid
troupes like Cirque du
Soleil and Cirque
Parasol. The only ani- :
mals here are the two- LLEPCH!
legged kind, albeit Marr Muusocrr
highly trained. CURTAIN CALL

Horse shows in
Europe in the mid-nineteenth century evolved
into larger animal acts with the human pooper-
scoopers becoming the clowns of the ring.

Sideshows and midways featuring “raree
shows” like the Bearded Lady and Merwoman
became popular in the U.S. at the turn of the
century.
The PNE provides its own carnival and

midway as a backdrop to this year’s headline
event — Cirque Parasol.

The show starts slowly, but spot on time,
with a very good bicycle act (Norman
Beaurnont manages to balance a bike on Pretty much every part
of his body!) and an ordinary, in coraparison, juggler.

Svetlana Gololobi-va feats of balance and strength impressed

‘the crowd, Blasso’s (Blass Villalpando) expressive mime enhanced
his “bad” magic routine and had us laughing ou: loud, but it
was. Ruby Rowat who had us on the edge of our seats with her

- solo trapeze act. Rowat started her circus career in the

_ Vancouver-based Cirkids, a children’s circus.

It’s the second act thar underlines Cirque Parasol’s commit-

_Ment to entertainment of the senses.

“<1, Every act, other than Chocolate’s (Paul Vachon) clowning, is
‘choreographed to emphasize the beauty of the human form,

- whether in flight on the straps (think bung-es) or ‘hanging in a

aerial web of fabric.
.:, The music, whether chosen or live, and the lighting are
rically fabulous and even the ring changes are all part of
precise presentation.

nfortunately, the beauty conjured passed straight over the

ds of many tired and footsure PNE-goers looking for a quick
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Circus from 1990 to 1992 and won the gold medal at the 1997
international Circus festival in the U.S.

Parasol is the child of En Pist: a Quebec umbrella organiza-
tion tormed in 1996 of some of Canada’s top circus entertain-
ment troupes inspired by the huge international success of
Cirque du Soleil.

The company hopes to establish training programs and a
work studio for professionals. It already maintains is own web-
site (www.enpiste.gc.ca) with information about some 1,000
Quebec circus artists, designers, trainers and technicians.

Gymnasts and wannabes with a ven for performance can
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Students from the Parasol’s circus schoo! will demonstrate
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