VCS in the New Westminster Record
The local paper stops by to try out the trapeze
A few weeks back we were featured in the New Westminster newspaper with an article on our classes in New West. Reporter Niki Hope writes:
At a Vancouver performance of a Cirque du Soleil show a few years ago, I saw a breathtaking aerial ballet performance that made the physical act of flowing between silk ribbons look effortless.
The contortionist pulled and streamed her almost naked body along the cherry red ribbon as if gravity didn’t exist.
The out-of-this world theatrical and physical performance was like a moving meditation on womanhood.I now have an even greater appreciation for that Cirque performance after a recent visit to the Vancouver Circus School, which recently opened in New Westminster.
Curling up and lumbering my way into the belly of the silk ribbons, I tried a little aerial ballet myself.
And, I have to admit, it was no meditation – the ribbons are harder to manoeuvre in than they appear and require incredible core strength.
But I did manage – with guidance from circus school owner Aaron Johnson – to hold my body parallel to the floor for a few fleeting seconds. Rocking back and forth, I – almost – felt weightless.
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