Circuses are always most fun when kids are there, so it’s a good thing the Dallas Children’s Theater is presenting Lone Star Circus’ latest creation, Charivari. This family-friendly performance combines professional clowns, acrobats and athletes with youngsters still learning the basics. (On opening night, the mom of one of the participants, Erykah Badu, showed up to play piano and sing during her daughter’s performance.)
But circuses are fun for the adults, too, especially those who like to think they are just big kids. Musclebound hand balancer Christian Stoinev delights both with his feats of arm strength, but also with the addition of a darling Chihuahua whose ability to balance on his upside-down feet is almost as impressive.
There are other dog acts as well (for pet lovers, too cute for words), plus jugglers, rope artists, aerialists and the trapeze team of Morgan and Cody, pictured, who will get your heart racing in more ways than one. Throw in ringmaster B.J. Cleveland for an engaging family outing.
Rosewood Center for Family Arts
5938 Skillman St.
Through Jan. 5.
DCT.org.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition January 3, 2014.