Entertainment briefs

GLENDALE -- The Peking Acrobats, 28 entertainers from China, tumble

into The Alex Theatre in Glendale at 7 p.m. Sunday.

As part of a 50-city tour in the U.S. and Canada, these jugglers,

cyclists, tumblers, contortionists and musicians bring their

2,000-year-old tradition of acrobatics to North America.

Acrobatics originated from people's daily life, drawing from their

experiences in work, war and sacrificial rites. Records of acrobatic acts

can be found as early as the Ch'in Dynasty (225 to 207 B.C.). During the

Han Dynasty, (206 B.C. to 220 A.D.), acrobatics flourished and the wide

variety of juggling, tumbling and magic acts came to be known as the

"Hundred Entertainments."

For tickets, call 24 hours a day TeleCharge at (800) 233-3123. The

Alex is at 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale.