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Ethiopian Dreams - Circus Abyssinia

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The Arts Center at NYUAD's 5th Season curtain raiser.

Heart-stopping acrobatics, juggling, clowning, and contortion to live music.

A joy-filled family show brimming with astonishing stunts and enchanted adventure. Dive into the rhythms and roots of Ethiopia’s rich musical and artistic traditions. A tale of two brothers told through death-defying tricks, stunning ensemble feats of human juggling, hoop-diving, Chinese pole, and contortion, performed to the irresistible beats of live Ethiopian song.

Circus Abyssinia is the first Ethiopian circus made by and for Ethiopian artists. Ethiopian Dreams thrills and inspires, celebrating the beauty and power of the imagination. It transcends our differences, and reminds us, wherever we’re going, whatever our hopes are, we all dream under the same moon.

Inspired by the story of its creators, Ethiopian Dreams tells the story of two brothers, Little Bibi and Little Bichu, whose dream of joining the circus is made real by the Man in the Moon. The show is a surreal retelling of how in following their dreams, Bibi and Bichu find each other and in doing so find the means to make their dreams come true. The story at the heart of the show is a mix of autobiography and dream, and tells how Bibi and Bichu became jugglers, not from their adult perspective, but how they dreamed it as children.

Throughout their journey, they are joined by a host of circus dreamers, some enchanting, others menacing, whose feats of acrobatic daring call up a world of rushing adventure that awakens the possibility of a bona fide Ethiopian circus.

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Image Credit: NYUAD Arts Center