WS Chronicle

The high-flying acrobatics of audience favorite “Cirque de la Symphonie” return to the Winston-Salem Symphony to keep you on the edge of your seat. Combining popular classical music with soaring flight, tumbling and juggling, “Cirque” thrills audiences around the world. Don’t miss this one-night-only engagement in the Winston-Salem Symphony’s 2024/25 season, performing Saturday, Feb. 8, at Reynolds Auditorium.

“Cirque de la Symphonie” formed to bring the magic of cirque to the music hall. It is an exciting adaptation of artistic performances widely seen in theaters and arenas everywhere. Artists include the most amazing veterans of exceptional cirque programs throughout the world – aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, balancers, and strongmen. Each artist’s performance is professionally choreographed to classical masterpieces, which for this concert include music by Bizet, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Johann Strauss, and others, including John Williams.

“Cirque de la Symphonie” will take place on Saturday, Feb. 8,  7:30 p.m., in Reynolds Auditorium, 301 N. Hawthorne Road. Tickets start at $29 and can be purchased online at wssymphony.org or by calling the box office at 336-464-0145. 

Under the direction of Music Director Michelle Merrill, the Symphony fulfills its mission to “Bring Music to Life” by inspiring listeners of all ages throughout North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad with various concerts, education programs, and community engagement initiatives each year. Visit wssymphony.org for more information.