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CIRQUE NUTCRACKER
recipient of the Solti Foundation Career
Assistance Award.
Hersh is a skilled arranger and
orchestrator; he has had frequent
arrangement commissions from the
BSO as well as from the Cleveland Pops,
the National Repertory Orchestra and
the Jackson Symphony. His symphonic
arrangement of Queen’s “Bohemian
Rhapsody” saw worldwide success as a
viral YouTube hit.
Nicholas Hersh last appeared with the BSO
in December 2018, conducting A Swingin'
Nutcracker featuring Fly Dance Company.
Troupe Vertigo
Fusing together elements of cirque
acrobatics, classical dance and
contemporary theater, Troupe Vertigo
brings audiences on a spellbinding
journey through the world of artistic
movement. Consisting of world-class
aerial artists, contortionists and ballet
dancers, Los Angeles-based Troupe
Vertigo was founded in 2009 by artistic
director Aloysia Gavre, formerly of
the internationally renowned Cirque
du Soleil, and technical director Rex
Camphuis, whose background is with
the fabled Pickle Family Circus. The
ensemble premiered its first offering, Big
Top for a New Generation, in 2010 and
has gone on to present Nighthawks: A
Film Noir Circus, inspired by American
jazz, Edward Hopper paintings and crime
novels. 2016 brought Tableaux to life at
the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles. For
the symphonic stages, Troupe Vertigo
has created custom programs for major
orchestras, recently presenting Cirque Goes
to the Movies with the Philly Pops and
Cirque Goes Broadway with conductor
Jack Everly and the Indianapolis
Symphony. Husband and wife team
Aloysia and Rex frequently bring their
gifts and knowledge to the film and
television industry.
Recent highlights include working
with Rebel Wilson in Pitch Perfect
2 and with Reese Witherspoon and
Christoph Waltz in Water for Elephants.
This season they present Cirque
Goes Hollywood with the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra. Future offerings,
Cirque Dances, Cirque Carnaval,
Cirque Fantasy, Cirque Fairy Tales and
Cirque Romance are in development
now. Troupe Vertigo also has a training
program and school in Los Angeles
where “Anybody with Any Body” can
explore the wonders of the circus craft.
2018-19 SEASON
Troupe Vertigo last appeared with the BSO
in October 2017, performing Cirque Goes
Broadway, Jack Everly, conductor.
THU, JAN 24 | 8 PM STRATHMORE
FRI, JAN 25 | 8 PM MEYERHOFF
SAT, JAN 26 | 8 PM MEYERHOFF
SUN, JAN 27 | 3 PM MEYERHOFF
Jack Everly leads Broadway stars
and the BSO in some of the greatest
Rodgers and Hammerstein hits,
including memorable songs from
The King and I, South Pacific, The
Sound of Music, Oklahoma! and more.
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