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Official Website: www.chineseacrobats.com/pa.html

Since their debut in 1986, THE PEKING ACROBATS® have redefined audience perceptions of Chinese acrobatics. They perform daring maneuvers atop a precarious pagoda of chairs; they are experts at treacherous wire-walking, trick-cycling, precision tumbling, somersaulting and gymnastics. They defy gravity with amazing displays of contortion, flexibility and control. They push the envelope of human possibility with astonishing juggling dexterity and incredible balancing feats, showcasing tremendous skill and ability. They are masters of agility and grace. Often accompanied by live musicians skillfully playing traditional Chinese instruments and high-tech special effects that coalesce with the music and awe-inspiring feats to create an exuberant entertainment event featuring all the excitement and festive pageantry of a Chinese Carnival!

THE PEKING ACROBATS have been featured on numerous television shows and celebrity-studded TV Specials including NICKELODEON'S UNFABULOUS, THE WAYNE BRADY SHOW, THAT'S INCREDIBLE, ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS as well as NBC's RING IN THE NEW YEAR HOLIDAY SPECIAL. They set the world record for the Human Chair Stack on Fox's GUINNESS BOOK PRIMETIME TV show where they astounded audiences with their bravery and dexterity as they balanced six people precariously atop six chairs 21 feet up in the air without safety lines! THE PEKING ACROBATS are also making the scene on the silver screen as Company members were featured in Steven Soderbergh's hit film Ocean's 11 playing along with Hollywood's elite such as Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt and George Clooney. THE PEKING ACROBATS also appear in that film's sequel, Ocean's 12 and are pleased to announce that Shaobo Qin from our company will again appear in Ocean's 13, scheduled for release in June 2007.

THE PEKING ACROBATS recently made their debut at the Hollywood Bowl. They performed as part of the Hollywood Bowl's Fireworks Season Finale. Please see our Symphony Concerts page for the full story!

THE PEKING ACROBATS are also pleased to announce their newly released DVD which was recorded on their 2005 North American Tour as a television special for HDNet and is now available for sale to the general public. The show, shot in High Definition format, is currently airing regularly on HDNet television on various dates and time. THE PEKING ACROBATS® are honored to have been selected by HDNet to participate in their technically innovative programming, allowing THE PEKING ACROBATS® to once again be on the cutting edge of modern entertainment technology!

In February of 2005, THE PEKING ACROBATS premiered in Italy where they astounded Italian audiences with their incredible talents. This five-week, twelve-city tour took them to Milan, Pisa, Bologna, Naples and many other fascinating and exciting cities in Italy. The performers endeared themselves to the Italian audiences where they performed stellar shows to sell-out crowds.

Their opening in Milan was a spectacular media event that was covered nationally by the Italian press. All of Italy knew that THE PEKING ACROBATS had come to entertain the Italian people with their ancient artistry! In city after city, the reviews were filled with accolades attesting to their superb performances - THE PEKING ACROBATS were the toast of every city they visited! Here, again, is another triumph for THE PEKING ACROBATS as they share their incredible talents, abilities and culture with an entirely new audience. The warmth and appreciation of the Italian people made the THE PEKING ACROBATS feel right at home and they look forward to the end of this year when they will return to Italy for their second tour of that country.

The ability to perform the astounding is rooted in centuries of Chinese history and folk art. Records of acrobatic acts can be found as early as the Ch'in Dynasty (221 B.C. - 207 B.C.) and Chinese acrobats through the ages have continued to perfect what has become an evolving folk art form. Tradition demands that each generation of acrobats add its own improvements and embellishments. Because of the unusual and difficult nature of the feats involved, high honor is conferred upon those skilled enough to become acrobats; an acrobat can be considered the Chinese equivalent of an American opera star. It is telling that the Chinese acrobatic tradition just gets stronger, due to the continued innovation of the artists and the endless enthusiasm from their adoring public.

A performance by THE PEKING ACROBATS, therefore, brings with it the opportunity to view the epitome of a rich and ancient folk art tradition, highlighted by today's technology melding the ancient and traditional with the modern wonders of the 21st Century. As the Seattle Times reports: "Nearly everything THE PEKING ACROBATS did last night was amazing - and stunning, and breathtaking and WOW!" and Clive Davis of the New York Post sums it up thusly: "THE PEKING ACROBATS [are] pushing the envelope of human possibility.Pure artistry!"