Acro-Stars Acrobatic Troupe

         The Acro-Stars Acrobats were trained by the venerable Hou Chunyan, himself a pupil of the Nanjing Troupe's world-famous Lu Yi (currently Master Trainer with the San Francisco School of Circus Arts.) In China the circus is an ancient tradition, dating back to the Qin Dynasty two hundred years before the birth of Christ where it was known as "The Hundred Entertainments." Today circus families are China's most beloved dynasties: the Acro-Stars Acrobats hail from Beijing where the circus arts flowered in the late twentieth century.
        All the attention and flattery hasn't made them soft though.  Our intrepid acrobats thrive on reinterpreting tradition, using new materials like bungee ropes to shake up circus standards. They love bringing their art across the globe, revelling in the cheers of audiences who've never seen anything like it. Judging from kids' enthusiastic response to their Tweedle Dum diabolo, Spider Pole, and Shaolin Bungee, they aren't the only ones happy to be here.