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The UW New York Alumni Chapter and Big Apple Circus Co-Founder, Michael Christensen, '70, invite you to join the circus!
The Big Apple Circus, now in its 27th season, offers Picturesque, a joyful mix of movement, rhythm, color, light, and sound. Bring the family for acrobats, jugglers, birds, horses, live music, and kind and funny clowns.
| | When: | Sunday, January 9, 2005. Show begins at 4:30 p.m. and includes a reception with Michael Christensen, '70 |
| Where: | Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center, New York City |
| Cost: | $45 for UWAA members, $55 for non members, $40 for children ages 4-15, free for children 3 and under if they sit on an adult's lap. |
| Note: | The UWAA has reserved a block of seats in section 6 of the Big Top. |
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UWAA group tickets for this event are now sold out. Regular priced tickets will be available at the door prior to Sunday's performance.
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Note: There will be a question/answer session with circus co-founder, Michael Christensen, '70, which will begin at 4:00 in the Circus Reception Tent. The question/answer session is free. Pre-purchased UWAA-group circus tickets can be picked up from Jennifer Wheeler at The Fountain (in the main plaza at Lincoln Center) between 3:30 and 4:15. Performance begins at 4:30
About the Circus
American entertainers and Big Apple Circus co-founders Paul Binder and Michael Christensen, '70, started as jugglers on the street corners of Europe. Their comedic juggling act was a hit, and they soon found themselves on the stage of the presitigous Nouveau Cirque de Paris. They returned home to America and founded the not-for-profit Big Apple Circus in 1977. Over the past twenty-seven years, the Circus has grown from the artistic vision of the founders to be one of the world's premier circuses with performances delighting audiences in New York and around the East and South during tours.
Locations & Directions
The Big Apple Circus tent is in Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center, 62nd Street (between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues). View a map showing the locaiton. Tickets will be distributed by the UWAA's Jennifer Wheeler at The Fountain in Lincoln Square between 3:30 and 4:15 p.m. on the day of the event.
From the West:
Take the George Washington Bridge to the Henry Hudson Parkway. Take the Downtown Exit at W 79th Street to West End Ave. Make a right onto West End Avenue and continue downtown to West 65th Street. Make a left. There are parking garages on the left and right in the middle of the block.
Take the Lincoln Tunnel and follow the signs to 42nd Street uptown. Make a left onto West 42nd Street and then right onto 10th Avenue continuing uptown to West 65th Street (10th Avenue becomes Amsterdam Avenue around West 64th Street). Make a right onto West 65th Street and park in the garages.
Take the Holland Tunnel and follow the signs for uptown. Take 11th Avenue to west 65th Street, make a right and park in the garages.
From the East:
IF traveling across town, either go across 60th Street to 10th Avenue and continue to West 65th Street or go across 66th Street through Central Park to West 65th Street. Parking is the same for Lincoln Tunnel.
Take the Tri-Boro Bridge, staying in the Manhattan lanes on the bridge and take the exit for FDR Drive, exiting at East 63rd Street. Travel across town via 66th Street to West End Avenue. Proceed to West 65th Street for parking.
Parking:
Parking garages are available on West 62nd Street between Amsterdam and Columbus or on West 66th Street between Amsterdam and Broadway.
By Subway:
Take the 1 or 9 trains to 66th Street (Lincoln Center) stop or the A, B, C, or D trains to 59th Street (Columbus Circle) stop.
By Bus:
Take the M104 Bus either uptown or downtown and get off at Lincoln Center (Broadway and West 63rd Street.)
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