Photo Gallery: Circus Vargas kicks off in Burbank
Before the show, children were invited to center stage where they stretched with the performers, and learned how to walk and holler like a clown for the pre-show for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Salvation Army Lieutenant Jeremy Baker wishes a good time for everyone in attendance with Sir Gaff Pennyworth, a clown with Circus Vargas, on opening night for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Daniel Martinez, 7, of Montebello, on center stage, practices juggling on opening night for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
After learning how to walk like a clown, children high five performer Izey Patriotic, of Boston, as they exit the stage during the pre-show with children from the audience for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A young girl surprises performer Izey Patrowic, of Boston, as she is able to flexibly balance and bring her leg up to her ear too during the pre-show with children from the audience for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Children and their parents stretch during the pre-show with children from the audience for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Jeremy Baker, of the Burbank Salvation Army, talks with the audience after being introduced by circus clown Sir Gaff Pennyworth at center stage on opening night for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A trampoline performer bounces back and fourth keeping his head steady in the same place on opening night for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A performer, balancing on her hands on a couple wood blocks on posts, does an extreme back bend on opening night for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Circus performer Jonas Caveagna, on saxophone, plays at the close of a performance of very strong, flexible women on opening night for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Circus performer Steve Caveagna pretends to watch a ball in the air that he will catch in the bag he and Orlando Ortiz, 5, of Maywood, are holding on opening night for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A spinning cage, like a chandelier, supports a performer as she is being lowered to the ground on opening night for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Brothers Steve and Jonas Caveagna, with Steve playing with a Chinese yo-yo, and Jonas playing the saxophone, on opening night for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A performer on a trapeze swing is shadowed on tent walls on opening night for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A circus clown balances a basket of eggs on his chin on opening night for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
The end of the first half of the show on opening night for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A large steel structure of a cube is spun at high speed by a performer on opening night for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Two motorcyclists are silhouetted as a performer rides a motorcycle in a spherical cage on opening night for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
on opening night for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Guests arrive to the show just after it started on opening night for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A performer is lowered to the ground after performing at the opening of the show on opening night for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Most of the performers are on center stage at the beginning of the show on opening night for the Circus Vargas show in Burbank on Thursday, April 20, 2017. The show will continue until May 8. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)