The Peking Acrobats

The Peking Acrobats are a troupe of elite acrobats from Beijing, China, preserving a 2,000-year-old tradition of Chinese acrobatics. The company tours internationally with a high-energy program of contortion, juggling, chair stacking, plate spinning, slack-wire and human pyramids, often accompanied by live traditional musicians. Formed in the mid-1980s for U.S. touring, the troupe has performed at venues including the Kennedy Center, Broadway and major performing-arts centers worldwide.