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Cirque Mechanics - Pedal Punk

Cirque Mechanics – Pedal Punk

Date & Time
Sunday, February 25, 2024
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Cost
Location
600 N East St, Bloomington, IL, 61701
Phone
(309) 434-2777

Cirque Mechanics was founded in 2004 by Boston native and German Wheel artist, Chris Lashua, after the success of a collaborative project with the Circus Center of San Francisco entitled Birdhouse Factory. Cirque Mechanics quickly established itself as a premiere American circus, with its unique approach to performance, inspiring storytelling, and innovative mechanical staging. Spectacle Magazine hailed it as “the greatest contribution to the American circus since Cirque du Soleil.”

 

Cirque Mechanics, although inspired by modern circus, finds its roots in the mechanical and its heart in the stories of American ingenuity. The shows, rooted in realism, display a raw quality, rarely found in modern circus, that makes their message timeless and relevant.  The stories are wrapped in circus acrobatics, mechanical wonders, and a bit of clowning around. The troupe has created five extraordinary productions; Birdhouse FactoryBoomtownPedal Punk42FT- A Menagerie of Mechanical Marvels, and, most recently, the wind-inspired Zephyr.