I went to a circus school in 1996. I paid for the three-month
course with money I had made performing with Dad and doing street shows. Let me
just say Circomedia was nothing like the Shanghai Circus School.
The kids in this PBS documentary are pushed to the edge and beyond. The results are
extraordinary, pinnacles of human achievement in body control, but so I would
hope, for the sacrifices and struggles are great. But in the end when you have
mastered your craft, created your art and overcome the obstacles the triumph of
the Showman makes it all worth it.
The documentary is hard to watch sometimes, but these kids
are amazing. The kid in this picture fights hard, they push him, but man, the
results are unbelievable.
Hope you all enjoy this glance of the work involved in becoming an Acrobat.
Thanks to Circobat over at the Kicking Sawdust blog for putting me onto this.
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