Chinese acrobat visits East Lyme Library

January 21, 2024 6:04 pm • Last Updated: January 21, 2024 6:05 pm

By Sarah Gordon
Staff Photographer

Li Liu, a classically trained Chinese acrobat, passes off a spinning plate to Isla Pelletier, 5, of East Lyme, during a program the East Lyme Community Center on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. The event, sponsored by the East Lyme Public Library, is part of their Sunday family specials program. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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Li Liu, a classically trained Chinese acrobat, performs at the East Lyme Community Center on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. The event, sponsored by the East Lyme Public Library, is part of their Sunday family specials program. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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Li Liu, a classically trained Chinese acrobat, performs with spinning plates at the East Lyme Community Center on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. The event, sponsored by the East Lyme Public Library, is part of their Sunday family specials program. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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Li Liu, a classically trained Chinese acrobat, teaches a group of kids how to dance with roppons during a program at the East Lyme Community Center on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. The event, sponsored by the East Lyme Public Library, is part of their Sunday family specials program. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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East Lyme ― Li Liu, a classically trained acrobat, performed at the East Lyme Community Center’s activity room Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024.

Originally from China, she started focusing on acrobatic training at the age of 6 and traveled in a circus act with her father. She now tours the Northeast as a solo act and has performed at NBA and WNBA games as well as on The Late Show with David Letterman.

The event, sponsored by the East Lyme Public Library, is part of their Sunday family specials program. The new series offers shows and performers once a month during the winter said Rebecca Scotka, head of children’s and young adult services at the library. On Feb 4 a Celebrate Black History Month event is planned, and on March 10 will be Casey Carle’s Bubblemania. See more at www.eastlymepubliclibrary.org.

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