Peking Acrobats to Perform at the Hollywood Bowl

If you are missing the awesome displays of gymnastics and high flying stunts of the Beijing Olympics, you are in luck. This Sunday Peking Acrobats, considered one of the finest acrobatic troupes in China today, return to the Hollywood Bowl to dazzle the audience with an awe-inspiring show, full of gravity-defying stunts and amazing displays of contortion, flexibility and control.

The program blends the Peking Acrobats' aerial feats and daring maneuvers with the majestic and sumptuous sound of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra on a spectacular journey through acrobatic art forms thousands of years in the making. The 21-member troupe performs daring maneuvers atop a precarious pagoda of chairs, precision tumbling, somersaulting, astonishing juggling dexterity, incredible balancing feats and gymnastics. According to the New York Post, the Peking Acrobats “…seem to push the envelope of human possibility," and Dance Insider says, "It's like watching Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon LIVE, without camera tricks creating special effects."

The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, led by Principal Guest Conductor Thomas Wilkins, sets the stage orchestrally with musical selections by John Williams, Ravel and Glazunov to accompany the extraordinary displays of agility and grace. LAist interviewed the amazing Thomas Wilkins earlier this summer. It is sure to be a magical night at the Bowl.

The Peking Acrobats
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Sunday, September 7, at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets
Hollywood Bowl