Every first Monday of the month the folks at Bindlestiff Family Cirkus put together a variety show with everyone invited. New performers and seasoned ones can all try out their acts on the lovely Dixon Place stage. This month was short and sweet! Only 9 acts!
Hosted by Keith Nelson of the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus organization. A great performer with numerous skills from many performing arts disciplines. Here he is opening the show with his ‘Chinese yoyo’ act.
Luther Bangart followed Keith with some lovely poetic club juggling.
Book Kennison and Logan Kerr slowed down the evening with a musical duet.
Host Keith attempted to catch an imaginary bottle of water on an imaginary umbrella.
He did catch the small urn on the stick!
The charming and very talented mentalist Robin Channing startled the audience with his amazing skills. I thought of a word and told him my birthday and he had them written down on a post-it during his drive to the theater earlier that night!
After intermission, the show began with some political song from aerialist/singer/choreographer Cleo Carol Knopf.
The next act was Jacob D’Eustachio who recently returned from his working with UK based Giffords Circus. I photographed Jacob in 2009 performing at the Bindlestiff show and now he is back in NY for more juggling/comedy mischief.
Jacob started by juggling some machetes and then handed out lemons to quite a few audience members and ask that they throw them at him. He did cut a few in half with the machetes.
Recently relocated to NY, Rich Potter is a clown with lots of performing history up north. He is trying out material in NY. Tonight he performed a ‘surreal’ piece of comedic physical clown.
The last act of the evening was aerialist Nina Gershy musically accompanied by Book Kennison and Logan Kerr.
Every first Monday of the Month at Dixon Place! Lots of great acts and always surprises.
Bindlestiff Open Stage Variety RevueHost for Bindlestiff Open Stage Variety Revue and coproducer Keith Nelson starts the show.
Keith opens the show with his very skilled ‘Chinese Yoyo’ act.
Conjuror Nelson Lugo entertained the audience with a wonderful adaptation of classic magic trick.
His magic skills are excellent and telling stories about his dreams got the audience going.
Keith returned in between acts and introduced his top spinning act.
Zero Boy shared some improv with aural acrobatics with the audience.
Utilizing mime skills and storytelling Zero Boy communicates stories to the audience.
Jason Applebaum brought poetry to the Variety Revue.
Keith loves to play with fire in his sideshow act. Here is a plain wooden match which he decides to eat tothe amazement of the audience.
Lou Johnson brought some good ole classic juggling to the show.
Lou Johnson made it a fun act with his ‘amused’ look.
Barbara Gentile and Emily Blue made a beautiful aerial act for the audience.
Stagehand (for the night) (And mighty wonderful performer) Adam Auslander encourages the audience to contribute to the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. A not-for-profit group.
Slight of hand magician Greg Dubin (The Great Dubini) fooled the audience with a great trick.
The audience volunteer watched as the card she is secretly selected rises out of the deck before her eyes.
Lou Johnson juggles with real fencing swords.
Keith Nelson flips an apple and knife into the air and when they come back the knife lands in the apple.
Venatrix performed a wild burlesque act with a red heart filled with liquid.
Keith always surprises the audience with one of his wicked sideshow acts. Here he picks up the yo-yo with a fishhook stuck in his tongue.
Marcela Duarte performed a wonderful dance piece that ended in the air.
Great show with wonderful talented performers. Every first Monday of the month
at Dixon Place – The Bindlestiff Open Stage Variety Revue.
What a great evening of movement theater. Les 7 Doigts, the company behind the Tony Award-winning Pippin brings all their amazing skills and passion to the ‘Cuisine & Confessions’ show playing at NYU Skirball Center.
I was at the dress/photo shot and got some nice photographs of the company BUT nothing will take the place of seeing this show!
A Mouth-Watering Blend of Theater with a Pinch of Circus, Mixed with a Side of Cooking
Cuisine & Confessions will play seven performances, as follows: April 11 – 14 at 7:30 pm; April 15 at 2 and 8 pm; and April 16 at 3 pm. Tickets are $45 – $99 and may be purchased online at www.nyuskirball.org or in person at the NYU Skirball Center Box Office: Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00–6:00 P.M.
NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts is located at 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square, New York, New York 10012.
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Related videos for this show. 1. Promo show video 2. Performer talks about the company.
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ABOUT THE 7 FINGERS
The 7 Fingers (Les 7 Doigts), based in Montreal, was created in 2002 with the goal of making circus a transformative experience for audiences and nurturing new generations of circus artists. The company is made up of 200 artists, administrators, and technicians, and presents roughly 1,000 performances a year — both artistic collaborations and signature shows. The 7 Fingers strive to reach the universal, extraordinary, indefinable, visceral, and intimate worlds in each human being. The company’s credits include the New York productions of Traces, which ran for one year and is currently touring; the Tony Award-winning revival of Pippin; and direction of the immersive Queen of the Night, as well as two appearances on “America’s Got Talent” and direction of the first segment of the opening ceremony of Sotchi Olympics.