Acrobats

I was expecting to see some quick tricks like America’s Got Talent, Not even close! The skill was not even comparable. It was a completely sold out showing which was nice because I was very concerned about when I could clap after the warning not to use cameras or bombs for the safety of the performers (that was the direct translation, oh China!). The beginning was kind of odd with this colored scarf dance. But after a while I really got into it once you see the whole picture and not just focus on one person. They would all kneel down and the jump up in rhythm and throw their scarf thing in the air and all together it was like a rainbow wave that made your eyes dance, very cool. The next act was by far my favorite, these 6 men and 4 little girls came out and the girls climbed up the guys and did a hand stand on the guys hand fully extended in the air. And then they start juggling the girls! Literally throwing them in the air and catching a different girl, all landing in the handstand pose after crazy flips in the air. One of the girls was shaking so bad And maybe I cried! But no one ever fell the whole night. I was sure I was going to watch one of them crack there head open and die. Becausr seriously not mats, not harnesses, just death. There was an act called “gorgeous girls” where they had a jump rope thing and a dumbbell like thing that looked like 2 bowls glued together. And I am thinking ok this will be a 5 sec act what the heck can you do with that. But these chicks were insane! They like pull on the ends of the rope to roll the dumbbell and then like throw it in the air and catch it, then behind there back, then after a flip, then after roll it all the way around their body’s, under the leg. You can’t describe it! I bought the video, so get ready to watch it everyday when I get back! The funniest act was the bicycles. So they did some bmx style standing on the seat, hand stand but not like for a second during a jump like holding the position for multiple laps around the stage with 6 other people in unison. But it gets better, while they are going in circles more girls run out and jump on… then jump from bike to bike and switching with the driver. The finally they kept adding more and more girls on one bike. No exaggeration 15 girls on one bike like 5 girls standing straight up on each other’s shoulders and fanning out 5 on each side. What is so funny about that is on campus everyone has a bike and it’s like a 20 minute walk between some of the buildings and I am always jealous of the bikers. So now all I want to do is ask someone if I can ride on the back of there bike, and if they tell me no, I’m too big I am gonna say I just saw your friend do 15 girls I know it works! Also funny/ awkward were the costumes. The contortionists were wearing this singlet thing but the whole center strip was nude color including and then a little handkerchief skirt covering her front. But she was not in very lady like positions and she looked naked all down her chest and under her handkerchief. Then the bike girls and this yellow and black tights and 2 bull’s eyes on their chest, very distracting, and I don’t know how that could be attractive reminded me of the Austin Powers machine gun girls, weird.