MOMentum Place Dazzles the Senses

Annemarie DonkinBy Annemarie Donkin

Share Story on:

MOMentum Place Dazzles the Senses

MOMentum Place Dazzles the Senses

Spring is in the air as MOMentum Place returns triumphantly to the Theatricum Botanicum for a special Mother’s Day tribute on Sunday, May 8, at 2 p.m. Topanga’s own Lexi Pearl and her talented troupe have created a fantastical world of aerial and circus acts for the past 24 years to perform feats of wonder on the main stage of Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum. MOMentum Place is a celebration of life with a cast of aerialists, acrobats, jugglers, balancing acts, contortionists and many more surprises to astound the audience. Prior to the 2 p.m. Mother’s Day performance, early birds will enjoy a delectable catered buffet at noon prepared by Patrice Winter of The Angel in Your Kitchen and served in Theatricum’s bucolic garden under the oaks. (The buffet requires a separate $30 purchase). As an aerial acrobat, choreographer and trainer, Lexi has a huge resume that now includes working as a character on the upcoming Obi Wan Kenobi TV show on the Disney Channel. After graduating from the University of Santa Barbara, she danced professionally with companies like Diavolo Dance Theater and toured the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Japan. In 2002, she started as an aerialist, performing in the Bahamas for six months; had a national Fruit of the Loom commercial; and worked with Cirque Du Soleil. Always keeping busy with TV and stage shows, Lexi has also toured Brazil and China and had the opportunity to work with many companies in L.A. including Dream World Cirque; Way 2 Much Entertainment; Cirque Berzerk; E Plus Entertainment, Zen Arts and A Max entertainment. But in a prior interview, Lexi said that a career highlight was performing at President Obama’s inauguration with AntiGravity at the Neighborhood Ball. Yet it is in spring that Lexi Pearl, the creator of MOMentum Place in honor of her late mother, Karin Woodward, really brings it home to Topanga. “My mom was an actress and my dad, Bob, a magician,” she said. “My stepdad, Mark Scully, encouraged me to continue with MOMentum Place the first few years and has supported and helped at the event every year.” MOMentum Place at the Theatricum Botanicum, Sunday, May 8, 2022. Brunch: 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m.; Performance at 2 p.m. Tickets: Performance: $35 advance purchase, $40 at the door. Momentum place on Instagram: https://instagram.com/momentum.place?utm_medium=copy_link; Momentum place on Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/MomentumPlace/ Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga CA 90290. (310) 455-2322; or theatricum.com;.
Aerialist Lexi Pearl’s routine on the silks is dazzling and heart-stopping.
Annemarie Donkin

Share Story on:

TRENDING

spacer
Digital Paper
Thinking Out Loud
Latest News
Pandemic
All things connected
SOUL & COFFEE
MY CORNER OF THE CANYON
OPINION
EVENTS
HOLIDAY NEWSMAKERS
LIFESTYLE
ELECTIONS
Books
Astrology
ARTS
Commentary
Columnists
Covid diary
ENVIRONMENT
Featured
CALENDAR
Schools
Fires
Science
Health
Letters
Travel
OBITUARIES
Topanga historical society
Thanks Giving
Passages
WORSHIP SERVICES
DOG DAYS
SPOTLIGHT
WOMEN TAKING CHARGE IN CHANGING TIMES
SHOUTING OUT LOUD
COMMUNITY
OUT & ABOUT
AKUMAL DIARY
Arts & Culture
Butterfly Day
ECO-LIVING
BE WATER WISE
FIRST PERSON
GOVERNMENT AT WORK
HOLY DAYS OF RENEWAL
Movies
LONG DISTANCE LISTENING PARTY
Photography
Music
Pop Culture
Poetry
RUDE INTERRUPTIONS
SCHOOLHOUSE SCOOP
TO LOVE AND BE LOVED
Theatre & Dance
TOPANGA BEFORE TODAY
TRENDING
TOPANGA DAYS
WHAT’S HAPPENING?