So last night we went to a Chinese circus / theatre / acrobatics performance. Amazing doesn’t even begin to do it justice. There was a lot of really impressive tumbling; towers of people and furniture, people being thrown and caught over huge distances and people balancing on each other with the smallest physical contact. Then we had some foot juggling, where a woman not only managed to open and juggle a parasol with only one foot but then starting spinning four rugs at once, truly impressive stuff. It was followed by some “normal” juggling, which was impressive too but paled in comparison to the other acts. A knife thrower pulled one of the other ELAs out of the audience and tied him blindfold to a board and attached balloons to his hands feet and between his
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