Fresh from their 2011 Live Arts Festival hit Traces, 7 Fingers returns with the U.S. premiere of Sequence 8. The Montreal-based circus company creates circus on a human scale—placing the extraordinary element of circus in ordinary contexts. In extreme close-up, Sequence 8 features aerial hoops, rings, Korean board, cigar box juggling, Chinese acrobatics, and incredible feats of balance and beauty—all by performers whose basic human desires and qualities audiences can relate to.
The show takes inspiration from C. G. Jung’s quote, “the meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” Emotions are so heightened they spring into action; relationships evolve until they spur actual velocity. Set not in a specific time or place but rather on a vertical canvas, Sequence 8 plays with how relationships and encounters with the other transform and propel the performers into wildly dynamic acrobatic movement.
In short: circus up close, propulsive acrobatics, Chinese hoop-diving, cigar box juggling, collision theatrics, suspended in air.
Merriam Theater
250 South Broad Street (at Spruce)
Wheelchair accessible
$20–$55 (students + 18–25 tickets $15, 17- and-under tickets 1⁄2 price)* / 90 minutes
Remaining Shows:
Sept. 20 at 7pm
Sept. 21 at 8pm
Sept. 22 at 2pm + 8pm
Sept. 23 at 2pm
*Tickets for Sequence 8 are sold ONLY through the Kimmel Center box office at www.kimmelcenter.org, 215-893-1999, or in person at the Kimmel Center, 300 South Broad Street.
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I thnk I would take my husband and my olde boys
this would be awesome! thanks
I think I would like to see the Comic Energy Sketch comedy show
my two kids and I would love this!!!!
oh…I would love the Sept 23 @2pm…. please!
Sept. 22 @8 or Sept.23 @2.
I would like to go with my family Sept. 21 at 8pm.I’m uber excited about it all!
I would love to take my kids to see:
Seek and Hide by Dragon’s Eye Theatre on Sept 22.
This would be such an awesome experience Thanks
Angry People Building Things by Angry People Building Things.They won’t like us when we’re angry.Pure awesomeness!
This would b awesome. I would take my fiance.and our kids. My daughter would love this.
looks like lots of fun. my son would love this
I would pick either the Sept 22 or Sept 23 2pm show. I’ve been seeing lots of advertisements for this show…would love to go!
The Nichole Canuso Dance Company at the APS Museum also sounds like an awesome show. All about the dance!
My 2 nephews would love this so I would take them
My daughter and I would love this!
I hope we win
My hubby and two girls would love this! Any of the shows on 9/22 or 9/23 would be fantastic!
Would be a fun and much needed “girls night out”.