Wise Fool in the News
Circus Luminous Says Yes, We Can - published in Albuquerque Journal North
This year's production of Circus Luminous features a classic hero's journey told through the eyes of a clown who realizes at the end of the show that she can do what she thought was impossible. “I was putting the show together during the election and didn't know for sure how things would turn out,” Amy Christian, the show's director and Wise Fool's co-artistic director said. “It's an intense time in the world, but we've been given a huge glimmer of hope. The story line is about having hope and taking action on that hope.”
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Wise Fool: Where whimsy, activism meet - published in the New Mexican
Children of all ages packed the Wise Fool studio off Agua Fría Street on Saturday afternoon to experience the circus and puppetry troupe's latest whimsical creation. The show — replete with acrobatics, colorful puppets on stilts and outrageous physical theatrics — is based on the troupe's first circus performance, created in 1997. That show toured villages in Chiapas, Mexico, in support of the Zapatista resistance movement, said Amy Christian, Wise Fool's artistic director.
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Why Circus? - published in Tumbleweeds Family Newspaper
So why circus? What exactly does circus have to offer our youth? The short answer is, so much! Circus is a world of “all possibility,” an innovative and creative way to impart life skills, encourage respect for oneself and others and teach responsible risk-taking.
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Making Mischief - published in Local Flavor Magazine
“We’ll make people sing, and we’ll dance on their tables!” laughs Wise Fool’s Amy Christian, recalling that one year the “Feast of Fools” April Fools’ Day celebration culminated in a gustatory and performance finale that was a giant sheet cake iced to resemble a dollar bill. The performers dramatically cut it up and distributed it to the people. That, in a nutshell, is both the philosophy and the style of performance troupe Wise Fool New Mexico.
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What Tethered Dreams May Come - published in Pasatiempo
Have you ever been to the circus? Have you ever seen children so caught up in the pageantry and magic of a three-ring performance that, for one brief moment, your eyes become as wide and brimming with imagination as their own? In this whirlwind age of e-mails, deadlines, and the collective rush to get ahead, wonderment is fast becoming a dying sensation. And now that Santa Claus and his elves have done their dutiful service for the year, where does all of that unspent awe disappear to until next year? In Santa Fe, thank goodness, it never goes away.
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