Performance, Play
The 7 Fingers
Written, Directed and Choreographed by Shana Carroll
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Drama Center
Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
September 2-26, 2025
A riveting amalgamation of acrobatics, juggling, and other circus-like delicacies, blended exquisitely within a poetic landscape of dance and music.
Circus
Shadows Cast
Performance
Direction and Choreography by Raphaëlle Boitel
Arts Emerson
Emerson Paramount Theater
Washington Street, Boston
March 30 – April 2, 2023
A compelling tragicomic exploration of familial psychology through the medium of acrobatic dance, enhanced by magical lighting design.
Crystal
Circus, Performance
Cirque du Soleil
Agannis Arena
Boston University
Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
June 1-12, 2022
A wonderful show on ice, with Cirque du Soleil’s typically wonderful and inventive combination of acrobatics, juggling, etc, embellished with superbly conceived art and choreography held together with a gentle narrative, with – in this case – the added speed and grace of skating.
Passengers
Play, Dance, Performance, Circus
The 7 Fingers
ArtsEmerson
Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre
Theater district, Boston
September 25 – October 13, 2019
A wonderfully choreographed compendium of dance, acrobatics and other circus treats by the smallish (but growing) noted Montreal-based circus.
Luzia: A Waking Dream of Mexico
Circus
Cirque du Soleil
Founder: Guy Laliberte
Chief Creative Officer and Creative Guide: Jean-Francois Bouchard
Writer and director: Daniele Finzi Pasca
Director of creation: Patricia Ruel
Suffolk Downs Racetrack
Revere, MA
June 27 – August 12, 2018
An exquisitely designed and performed production, this time on a Mexican theme, with astounding juggling, acrobatics, clowning, contortionism, and much more.