When I heard we had to blog about a performance artist, I instantly thought of this AMAZING group of performance artists called Fighting Gravity". They are a performance art troupe from Blacksburg, Virginia who utilize black light and phosphorescence effects to entertain crowds. In a nut shell, the group uses blacklights to perform gravity defying illusions. They got their start performing at a talent show to benefit the visually impaired in Blacksburg, Virginia. The combination of mind blowing tricks performed to unique and energetic music pretty much blows the mind of anyone that watches them!.
Fighting Gravity first broke out onto the national scene during the fifth season of NBC’s hit TV show "America’s Got Talent" where they placed third out of nearly 100,000 acts. After their success on America’s Got Talent, Fighting Gravity continued to perform on their first nationwide tour hitting twenty-four cities across the United States. They are currently working on expanding their act and exploring new elements to continue paving the way for blacklight theater. I absolutely love watching all of their amazing performances; I hope you do too!