‘World’s Only Aerial Violinist’ Janice Martin performs with the company

By Peter Alexander Feb. 1 at 11:30 a.m.

The circus is coming back to town, and this time they’re bringing a fiddler.

Aerial violinist Janice Martin

The circus is the acrobatic troupe Cirque de la Symphonie, returning to perform with the Boulder Philharmonic in a program titled Cirque Goes to the Movies. And the fiddler is Janice Martin, “The World’s Only Acrobatic Aerial Violinist,” who will play the theme from Cinema Paradiso and two movements of “Winter” from Vivaldi’s Seasons while performing an aerial act above the stage.

A company of acrobats, dancers, aerialists, jugglers and other cirque artists, Cirque de la Symphonie has performed three times before with the Boulder Phil. The current production of Cirque Goes to the Movies features acts performing to film music played live by the orchestra.

Selections will be from movies including Superman, Star Wars, Titanic, West Side Story and Mission: Impossible. The Boulder Phil, under music director Michael Butterman, will also present concert performances of music from Gone With the Wind, Pirates of the Caribbean and other films.

Read more in Boulder Weekly.

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“Cirque Goes to the Movies”
Boulder Philharmonic, Michael Butterman, conductor
Cirque de la Symphonie with Janice Martin, Aerial Violinist

2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3
Macky Auditorium

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