From the traditional character-audience clowning that opened the show to the rapid-fire bungee aerial act that closed the performance, Saltimbanco was two hours and ten minutes of thrills, skill and uproarious laughter. I took my eight-year-old son Evan, a budding gymnast, with me to Saltimbanco, and it was interesting to see the performance through fresh, younger eyes. To him, the best parts were not necessarily the feats of strength and level of gymnastics skills demonstrated by many of the performers, but the more traditional circus-style acts that punctuate this show. (Though he did think the artist who spiral-climbed the Chinese pole using just his arms was 'awesome.') Evan laughed repeatedly as we all did at the pantomime antics of Amo Gulinello's clowning. He wished aloud that his friend, Trevor, was with us to witness the skills of bicyclist Ivan Do Duc. He repeatedly said, "wow" as artist Terry Velasquez added ball after ball to his juggling routine. And he pantomimed the spinning bolas and rhythmic drumming performed by artists Luis Lopez and Adriana Pegueroles as we exited the arena at intermission.