Bal Anat Specialty Acts

For the original Bal Anat, Jamila added specialty acts including a sword swallower and two regular magicians:  Gilli Gilli from Egypt and Hassam from Morocco.  

The table balancing act was popular in the Greek night clubs in the 1970s, so Jamila added it to the show.  Her performer, a Greek math professor from The University of California, Berkeley, would pick up a table with his teeth while balancing Suhaila on top of it.  

The current Bal Anat features a wide variety of short acts including aerialists, contortionists, tumblers, and jugglers.

Greek Table Balancing Act with Suhaila with Bal Anat at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire.
Table Balancing Act with Suhaila with Bal Anat at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire.
Gilly Gilly, one of the magicians who performed with Bal Anat at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire.
A sword swallower performing with Bal Anat at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire.
The Greek Table Balancing Act with Bal Anat at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire.
Bal Anat specialty act in Florida 2018. Photo by James Keith.
Bal Anat specialty act, Santa Cruz, CA, 2014.
Bal Anat specialty act, Santa Cruz, CA, 2014.