Bianco NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (28)
See it if you're a fan of aerial acts & don't mind standing for 2 hours & waiting as they set up for next act. Great live music and lead singer
Don't see it if you can't stand for 2 hours and aren't able to move around quickly. Don't understand the standing part - seats would have added to my score
See it if Really enjoyed this circus show. It's more on the aerial side. The performers are international and sexy.
Don't see it if You mind standing for 2 hours
See it if You like Cirque du Soliel, want to be in the middle of the action, enjoy aerial acts or you want to be under the Brooklyn Bridge.
Don't see it if You have asthma (seriously it's dusty) or if you can't stand for 2 hours. It's in a "big tent" so it's outside over dirt (mats placed down)
See it if u want the younger, rowdier sibling of Cirque du Soleil. Mostly aerial acts. Wonderfully transparent staging: rigs, pulleys & counterweights
Don't see it if standing for 2 hours on hard surface; lack of polish/mysticism of CdS; sharp tonal shifts & wildly eclectic house band are not your thing.
See it if You enjoy Circue de Soliel but this is more quirky and with so much more heart! The tent was filled with joy!
Don't see it if You can't stand for two hours.
See it if Modern flare to a day at the circus without the animals. A touch of performance art meets high flying acts. Performers are also stage hands.
Don't see it if Standing only no seats.
See it if you enjoy extreme gymnastics. The artists are very talented and able to do physical things that are exciting to watch with grace.
Don't see it if you expect traditional circus. No spandex or sequins often more gymnastic then performance. In addition you have to stand for most of it.
See it if you like aerial acts, want something less polished than Cirque du Soleil -
Don't see it if you can't stand for 2 hours, acts are repetitive with not enough difference to keep interest
Critic Reviews (15)
"'Bianco' is punk rock circus. It's loud, rowdy, and punches the space with energy. The acrobats fall. They miss their catches. All of which makes you appreciate how hard they're working...Even more jaw dropping: they are close to the audience. Very close...That said, 'Bianco' is long and slightly repetitive at two hours...Yet the show ends with such beautiful, joyous imagery that the audience revels in being part of such an intimate performance."
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"I found myself wearing the smile of pure childhood wonder as the entire cast of 'Bianco' showed off their impressive skills...There is no narrative, but it doesn’t need one. I will say that I felt that the first act had more momentum than the second, but there are awesome moments, literally moments that produce awe, all over 'Bianco'. So put on some comfortable shoes, put your phone away, and bring your sense of wonder."
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"Expect thrilling tricks, silly laughs, and an ever-shifting performance space that will keep audiences literally on their feet...The cast not only performs awe-inspiring feats but looks like they are having a lot of fun in the process...It is ever-so-slightly less fun to be an audience member...constantly being barked at by ushers to make space, back up, or shuffle around...The whole point is that NoFit Circus seems to embrace a far more do-it-yourself aesthetic than Barnum & Bailey."
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"There are some terrifically innovative visual surprises and almost every circus discipline works its way into the show. The ensemble demonstrates a level of skill, trust and enjoyment in performance that it’s impossible not to wonder at. Only one moment in the evening looked a bit unchoreographed and didn’t justify itself dramatically. Otherwise, it’s a solid two hours of superior circus that will dazzle and delight."
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"'Bianco' works best when it feels like a simple celebration of the rambunctious mess that circus can be...Too often, though, it feels like Guidi doesn’t have faith in simplicity, needing another scene change, another monologue, another song dripping in teenage angst: all of which only serve to detract from the show. In the final moments, performer Sage Cushman performs on trapeze as snow falls from the top of the big top. It is a breathtaking moment, and a pity it comes so late."
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"At any given point in the two-hour extravaganza, a quick glance around the assembled throng reveals mouths hanging agape: children silenced into awe, women lost in amazement, men stripped of any lingering traces of bravado by the sheer wonder of what we witness...'Bianco' lifts the spirit, reaffirms your humanity, has you walking on air. It is truly like a visit to another world."
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"Sequences of high energy alternate with moments of lyricism...The spirit of verve extends to the ticket-collectors, in their hats with a jaunty feather and their leather skirts- and that is just the men. 'Bianco' must hit every possible access criterion; the mobile audience runs from hippies to pensioners, ages three to seventy-three. The band sings a long number entitled 'Who’s going to save my soul?' No need. 'Bianco' is stuffed full of it."
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