By Madina Toure
The Big Apple Circus is hosting a brand-new show called “Metamorphosis” under the Big Top in Cunningham Park in Fresh Meadows starting this weekend.
The two-hour show, which will run from May 17 through June 14 at the park at 196-22 Union Turnpike, is described as a dreamscape domain in which no individual sits more than 50 feet away from the ring.
The show will feature a Flying Trapeze, the rolla-bolla, the Diablo, the Risley team, Francesco the Clown, the quick-change act and contortionists. There will be a 15-minute intermission as well.
“It’s really a show about magic and transformation,” said Phil Thurston, a press representative for the Big Apple Circus.
“It’s filled with great wonder. You’ll see acts with a living carousel and you’ll see, of course, the flying trapeze,” he said. “You’ll see a performer who is in the beginning of the show is sort of like a caterpillar and she metamorphoses into a butterfly.”
He said having the show in Queens will enable them to get people who do not travel to Manhattan, for example, because it is far.
“People can come from all around who might not get to see it otherwise,” Thurston said.
The well-known Big Apple Circus Band will play during the show under the direction of maestro Rob Slowik. The show will also include ringmaster John Kennedy Kane.
The circus is offering two performances May 17 for spectators’ convenience at 12:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Reach reporter Madina Toure by e-mail at mtour
