Threads - Circus that connects us

Schedule

Fri Oct 17 2025 at 08:00 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

12th Avenue Arts | Seattle, WA

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Following a sellout success in 2024, Acrobatic Conundrum returns to the MainStage at 12th Avenue Arts with a wild reimagining of THREADS, a metaphysical and utterly human tale told through artistic athleticism.
A single strand is fragile; but combined, the threads of a rope become nearly unbreakable.
Conundrum invites you into a tangled world, by turns emotive and exhilarating. Rope papers the walls, rope becomes an animate object in the hands of a clown, rope elevates dance-storytelling into the air. Conundrum’s movement-poets swing and spin up high, telling stories that unravel love and grief. Spectator and performer unite to untie the knots of inextricable dilemmas, from how to be together to how not to be together. Acrobats revel in the messy knot of being connected to each other, pulling their weight, trusting, and putting their lives on the line for each other. They lift each other up and launch each other even higher. In the mortal arts of circus, an ephemeral moment can last forever, an eternal now extends as deep as we can feel. THREADS is a circus opus featuring seven performers and a musician, an exploration of connection, love, and endings — a story strung with grace and daring that will leave you inspired and curiously alive.
Seattle’s counter to Cirque du Soleil, Acrobatic Conundrum is a fusion of circus arts and contemporary theater. Wholly human and without fantastical adornment, Conundrum brings real people to the stage to share their incredible talents and embraces the foibles and follies of being human — querying meaning, exploring possibilities, pursuing passion while never taking itself too seriously.
“This is the essence of modern circus: intimate and personal, a combination of impressive physical skills and emotional storytelling… visceral like modern dance and clever like avant-garde theatre.” – Gemma Wilson (City Arts Magazine)
Performers: Arne Bystrom, Terry Crane, Jill Marissa, Aviva Rose-Williams, Ivanna Wei, Ezra Weill
Director : Terry Crane
Composer and Music Director : Kamila Nasr
Scenic and Audio Designer : Max Sarkowsky
Lighting Designer : Bryce Bartl-Geller
Costume Designer : Elizabeth Klob
Written by Terry Crane and the Threads cast
Assistant Director : Max Sarkowsky
Rigging Design and Support : On-Sight Access

90 minutes. Enjoyable for all ages. Masking encouraged.
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12th Avenue Arts, 1620 12th Ave,Seattle, Washington, United States

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