{"id":1179,"date":"2012-09-04T21:39:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T20:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/londonerfromafar.wordpress.com\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2016-07-24T11:53:05","modified_gmt":"2016-07-24T10:53:05","slug":"circus-in-london-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alondonerfromafar.co.uk\/circus-in-london-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanna Come to the Circus?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Sunday\u00b4s street circus<\/strong> at the Regent Street Festival was\u00a0one of the activities designed to involve\u00a0Londoners and tourists in\u00a0the Cultural\u00a0Olympiad. It was part of the secret<\/em> performances taking place in iconic\u00a0London landmarks<\/a>, also part of the\u00a0London\u00a02012 Festival. I have uploaded a video at the end.<\/p>\n

I thought we were quite\u00a0lucky\u00a0to have available\u00a0that type of shows for free. Five pedestrian and very busy roads were closed for this event. There were 12 stages, where\u00a0artists from different countries performed shows such as tightropes, hula hop and aerial dance, etc<\/strong>.\u00a0The audience would never know what they were going to see until the performance started.<\/p>\n

The artists\u00a0belonged or had previously belonged\u00a0to reknowned groups. Priceless! Seeing similar shows, such as Cirque du Soleil, can cost at\u00a0least\u00a0\u00a345.<\/p>\n

I am absolutely amazed by the circus artists\u00b4 abilities<\/strong>. The same happens with\u00a0both the Olympians and Paralympians. They are able to overcome difficulties that usually\u00a0go beyond most of us. Hats off to anyone who can do this:<\/p>\n

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Or this (he danced, jumped and moved as if he was on the ground):<\/p>\n

\"Circus<\/a>Some more:<\/p>\n

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Most\u00a0of them included some\u00a0comedy and music within their routines<\/strong>. Music was rather varied. It ranged from the Stones to salsa (The Pink Panther version).<\/p>\n

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There was room for some classic ballet<\/strong> movements too – on air!<\/p>\n

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These guys were really funny:<\/p>\n

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All of the shows were different. But, this one was way different from the others. It was called Osad\u00eda<\/em> (Spanish for boldness<\/em>). Two psychedelic hairdressers dressed in Japanese\u00a0clothes<\/strong> tranformed the hair of members of the audience. Then, they would walk down the street towards the second stage with their victims, so that people would see them and take pictures. It was absolutely\u00a0hilarious.<\/p>\n

\"Circus<\/a>\u00a0\"Circus<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Circus<\/a><\/p>\n

Look at their shoes<\/strong>!\u00a0\"Circus<\/a><\/p>\n

The end of the ceremony was designed to wow the audience even further. It was an aerial show with artists dressed as angels flying<\/strong> from the tall buildings in Piccadilly Circus. At the end, we were all covered in feathers! It was a magical show all the way.<\/p>\n

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There was also\u00a0a big balloon ghost<\/strong>, which reminded me of the end of Ghost Busters, when the character has to try and not think about anything, but cannot help picturing a promotional character.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading! See you next at the Paralympics.<\/p>\n

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