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Running away with the circus.


Shando Sawyer, choreographer cho·re·o·graph  
v. cho·re·o·graphed, cho·re·o·graph·ing, cho·re·o·graphs

v.tr.
1. To create the choreography of: choreograph a ballet.

2.
 and director of the new Ringling Bros BROS Brothers
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. circus show, has worked her way up from the sidewalk to the big top. The former teenage street performer has done just about everything, including performing in punk bars, choreographing and directing music videos, and co-founding the American Choreographer Awards.

Working with a great team, Sawyer reimagined the Ringling Bros. circus. They got rid of the three rings For the video game developer see Three Rings Design.

In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the Three Rings of the Elves of Eregion are fictional magical artifacts. They are three of twenty Rings of Power.
 and gave it a cohesive storyline Noun 1. storyline - the plot of a book or play or film
plot line

plot - the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.; "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
, threw in some cool acrobatic dance numbers, and even choreographed new pieces for the elephants, probably the craziest part of her job, Sawyer said. "The trainers would tell me what each elephant felt comfortable doing." Ringing Bros. will be touring this show, "The Circus of Dreams," around the country for the rest of 2006. www.ringling.com.
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