Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Built To Amaze! is an extraordinarily engineered circus experience where Children Of All Ages find out what it takes to build The Greatest Show On Earth. The foundation is set and the rising anticipation of high-energy, high-jinx and hilarity is ready to be transported by colorful circus machinery and unleashed from shipping crates right before the audience’s eyes from Thursday, October 2nd – Sunday, October 5th at Manchester’s Verizon Wireless Arena.
In anticipation of Built To Amaze! here’s a look at some of their amazing performers! Please also enter our Giveaway for four tickets to the show on Opening Night, October 2nd!
Gemma Querida Kirby – The Human Cannonball
Born in Minneapolis, MN and having moved a total of 15 times as a child, Gemma, 24 years old, seems to have been bred for circus life. Growing up, she not only lived everywhere from her home state of Minnesota to South Dakota and even Alaska.
At 16 years old, she enrolled at Circus Joventas in St. Paul to explore a new passion that crept into the center ring – the flying trapeze. It was here Gemma developed a love of the aerial arts and sought to combine her dance experience with a new kind of mid-air choreography. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® marks the first time Gemma will attempt the Human Cannonball stunt. She considers this her biggest circus accomplishment to date, but hopes that she continues to advance her skill set as she meets new people while on the road.
Danguir Troupe – Hirewire
Troupe Leader Mustafa Danguir, whose dream is to cross the Seven Wonders of the World on the high-wire, also holds many high-wire world records. When Mustafa was 14 years old, he was invited by the director of the second largest circus school in Spain, which was founded in Morocco, to study. A natural acrobat, Mustafa tried other skills, but his first calling was the trapeze.
From 1996 to 1998, Mustafa was performing the world-famous, seven-man-pyramid act with the Guerrerros with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. He learned how the group worked, put together his own troupe and built his own act.
Duo Solys – Hand Balancing
Seen for the first time in America, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Presents Built To Amaze!SM Duo Solys executes a never-before-seen hand-balancing routine that incorporates Cuban and French culture.
Duo Solys is a result of a true love story that, despite language, occupations and distance, not only thrived, but bloomed into an incredible performing partnership that combines culture and beauty. This is the pair’s first time in America; they are thrilled to spend time together and take in the sights and cities as they travel across the United States on the Ringling Bros. ® train.