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Circus Night at the Levitt Pavilion
Circus Night at the Levitt features performers Terrell & Takako, Jena Carpenter and Lily Kobabe



Published on Tuesday, July 29

Terrell and Takako, a husband-and–wife variety duo, perform as jugglers, magicians, mimes, unicyclists, and paperfolders for audiences of all ages throughout the world. Equally adept as stage, street, or strolling entertainers, this couple has delighted audiences in Canada, Japan, and the United States. Terrell and Takako have performed at conventions, corporate events, fairs, festivals, colleges, hotels, schools, clubs, and theme parks. Their show includes selections from more than 20 routines involving more than 20 types of props. During one five-year period this couple performed more than 5000 shows at Huis Ten Bosch, a European resort in southern Japan!

Terrell's career highlights include performing as Tokyo Disneyland's first juggler, mime, and clown; teaching at the famous Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Clown College; and studying mime with legendary French mime Marcel Marceau. Takako was the featured subject of a 1991 Japanese television documentary chronicling here juggling debut in the United States and Japan; she has taught paper folding in Canada and the United States.

Jena Carpenter is a professional circus performer based out of Los Angeles, California. Her skills include aerial silks, contortion, hand-balancing, as well as duo hand-to-hand and aerial acts with her partners Sagiv Ben Binyamin and Liza Rose. Her performance has been seen in feature films, music videos, fashion shows, commercials, and talk shows, as well as clubs, music festivals, and theme parks.

At only eleven years old, Lily Kobabe is a rhythmic gymnast, aerialist, and dancer with over eight years of competition experience. She has been studying with Jena Carpenter for almost two years.

The performance is on Wednesday, August 6 at 7:00 p.m. at the Levitt Pavilion in Memorial Park located at the corner of Raymond Avenue and Walnut Street, Pasadena. For more information call (626) 683-3230 or log onto www.levittpavilionpasadena.org.


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