During Sunday’s show at the Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center, an audience member helping on stage cringes, braced for the balloon to burst any second when the magician tries to poke a metal rod through it. Photo by Scott Steele.
Part of the “Super Scientific Circus” cast hams it up for a little audience encouragement. Photo by Scott Steele.
Audience members can’t wait to see what happens next during this stunt on stage. Photo by Scott Steele.
The “Super Scientific Circus” program at Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center combined showmanship and magic tricks to entertain and educate the weekend before Thanksgiving and also during special showings on the Monday before the holiday.
The show proved that science can be fun and funny. Performers used circus skills, bubbles, magic and humor to introduce the principles of friction, inertia, aerodynamics, centripetal force, sonic booms, air pressure and ultraviolet light.
The antics of Monday’s shows were reserved exclusively for Bartlett schoolchildren brought in by bus for the experience and seemed to be enthralled by the spectacle while learning about real scientific concepts.
Children from Bartlett schools were eager to interact with the showmen teaching them more about science at Monday’s show. Courtesy photo.
Children from Bartlett schools were eager to interact with the showmen teaching them more about science at Monday’s show. Courtesy photo.
