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It Takes Guts

Head over Wheels Circus

Details

Categories: Circus

Dates: September 1, 2024 - September 2, 2024

Run Time: 45 mins

Venue: Christ Church Neighborhood House

Overview

What’s it like to be caught between your head and your heart? To have your muscles work for you but your brain work against you? To sit in a therapy office and talk over all of that with a pile of guts as big as you are?

Come and explore these questions through the point of view of an acrobat with anxiety. This captivating 45-minute circus show will take you on a whimsical journey inside the human body, with featured performances in dog tricks, trapeze, juggling, and German wheel.

Based on the poem The Anatomy of Peace by John Roedel, It Takes Guts shares what its like to be human via a combination of dynamic, high-level acrobatic skills with physical comedy, custom-produced music, and giant puppets.

See a show teaser here!

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About the Artist

Carly Schuna is a co-founder of the Madison Circus Space, a coach of numerous circus arts, a performer of 10+ years, a five-time wheel gymnastics national champion, a crossword puzzle constructor and enthusiast, and a dark chocolate aficionado. Piper is an eight-year-old alum of Australian Cattle Dog Rescue Minnesota. She enjoys eating, agility, walking/pulling, climbing trees, chasing squirrels, incessant barking, rolling in disgusting substances, and wiggling with her whole body.