I am sorry if this is the wrong section, but I thought some people might be interested in this show and the company. They are amazing. The are all Big and Beautiful girls like us!

BigMoves presents THE BIG TOP at The Rotunda is located at 4014 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104

This is BigMoves at its carnivalesque best, with jazz dance, bellydance, musical theater, lyrical, bhangra-infused hip hop.. all on one glittering stage!

**2 shows! 1 date only!*

Sat. April 26

2pm (doors 1:30pm)

AND

8pm (doors 7:30pm)

$12 in advance
$15 day of show
($5 for ages 12 and under)

Tickets on sale at BigMoves.org

I am the local dancer that is doing one of the side shows!!! So come out and see it!

We’ve also added clowning, aerial dance, feats of strength and dexterity, live musical variety acts, and a sideshow the likes of which have never been seen anywhere. All of this is framed by a touching pantomime of two young lovers whose lives are torn asunder by the winds of fate and the whirl of the circus.

*** Hey, parents! The BIG TOP is a family-friendly show, so we're offering special rate for kids at every show on our tour. Bring your whole family and let them see a vision of size acceptance that is revolutionary and fun.

BigMoves is dedicated to creating high-quality, multi-genre dance
productions featuring performers of all sizes. Because performance
dance in the Western tradition has historically been restricted to thin bodies, BigMoves is particularly focused on providing training and performance opportunities for dancers who are larger than dance world norms. Our outreach and education programs promote self-acceptance and self-love for all dancers, of any size and all skill levels, as they work toward growing and fine-tuning their range of abilities, technique, and expression through movement. We are a community of pioneers, banded together to support each other in expanding and exploring the boundaries of the dancer’s body. Ultimately, these explorations are directed at nothing less than a paradigm shift, toward a society in which size diversity is celebrated, not feared.

BigMoves was founded in 2000 by Marina Wolf Ahmad, a plus-size dancer who wanted to create community, training opportunities, and
performances for herself and other dancers who otherwise were left out of the dance mainstream. The organization began operations in the San Francisco Bay Area, and expanded to Boston in January 2005, and to New York in May of 2006. These three areas have their own branches of Big Moves, and Boston additionally is the home base for a touring company that reaches to Montréal, Philadelphia, Washington DC, as well as other locations along the East Coast.

BigMoves is award-winning. Internationally award-winning. Our revival
of Gargantua got rave reviews from audiences and thumbs-up from the critics, and we brought back the prestigious Spirit of the Fringe award from the Montréal Fringe Festival in June. Naturally, this sort of honor just makes us leap higher at the brass ring of greatness, which means that our fans and sponsors can be sure they are supporting some of the best and most groundbreaking performances in the field of size-accepting dance and theater.