Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

In the Balance

The gravity-defying antics of the Golden Dragon Acrobats practically scream, “Don’t try this at home!” As long as audiences heed that warning, they’re no worse off for witnessing these feats of dazzling — and, dare we say, dangerous? — acrobatics and dance. Channeling Chinese traditions 25 centuries old, these lionhearted performers exhibit a “total lack of fear as they form human totems and balance on perilous-looking stacks of ladders that lean like the Tower of Pisa,” writes the New York Times. Led by creator/director Danny Chang and choreographer/costume designer Angela Chang — both with a Drama Desk nomination to their name — the troupe swings through Rutland on Friday. A stop at the Flynn follows in March.