Finger Circus performs at SCAD MOA [VIDEO]

Video by Daniel Cheon

Audio by Fairuz Ferrer

Performers (from left to right): Reymar “Nemesis” Silverio, John “PNut” Hunt, Beejay “Strobe” Sao, Jordan “Era” Demings, and Chase “CTut” Lindsey.

SCAD’s deFINE Art show brought street dance culture to Savannah at the opening reception on Tuesday, Feb. 17, with the lively and bendy “Welcome to the Circus” performance by the Finger Circus crew. After the long line of people reaching into the museum lobby took their seats in the SCAD Museum of Art auditorium, the lights dimmed and the Finger Circus danced onto the stage to eery, immediately recognizable circus music.

When the 7 p.m. performance ended, the audience applauded and filed out, some talking loudly about their disbelief at the way the performers made their limbs bend. A little girl wiggled her fingers together, trying to make shapes with them like the dancers.

The crew came back out on stage and joked among themselves about their old rivalries. Finger Circus is made up of a talented group of five street dancers who performed competitively against one another before deciding to band together.

“I personally battled everybody, and so I became Nemesis,” said Reymar “Nemesis” Silverio.

“He battled every single person on the team actually,” said Chase “CTut” Lindsey.

“And you still lose,” said Jordan “Era” Demings.

The crew, standing together with arms slung across one another’s shoulders laughed together at this remark.

“I’m just playing, he’s really good,” said Demings.

According to Lindsey, the group started with simple video collaborations. When they saw the reactions from the public, it was obvious, he said, what they needed to do. And thus, Finger Circus was born. The crew quickly went “extremely viral” over social media. That’s how SCAD found the group and reached out to them to perform at the deFINE Art exhibition.

Performer Beejay “Strobe” Sao was featured in a recent McDonald’s commercial, and Hunt performed in Taylor Swift’s music video “Shake it Off” from her new album, “1989,” that has more than 594 million views on Youtube.

The crew alluded to the possibility that they may be on television in the near future.

“You might not have to go anywhere [to see us] pretty soon,” said Lindsey.

For more information, check their  Youtube and Facebook pages.