Travis and Frank were vacationing in Vegas this weekend so I got to spend some quality time with my FAVORITE Fabulous Entourage band-mate and my favorite Fabulous Entourage band-mate-significant other. Except for Sarah. And Chelsea even though I don't know Chelsea that well. And Chris is really cool too.
Anyway, the boys took me out on my night off and we saw "Zumanity" which is the sexy-Cirque du Soleil show. It had been rumored to be everyone's least favorite Cirque show, next to "Love" (the Beatles one) but I thought it was pretty rad. As far as overall plot and aesthetic, it was a bit disorganized and inconsistent, but the acts themselves were cool enough that I was able to overlook it's shortcomings. My favorite part is a toss up between the lesbian contortionists in the fishbowl and the 'husband/wife' act where the lady balances on one hand on the guy's forehead. Ow! I was talking to my dresser, Patricia, about it because she used to be a part of one of the most famous trapeze acts in the world, and she said that doing a headstand or handstand on someone else's head was the first thing she learned to do in her circus-upbringing.
P: Yeah, when you're brought up in a family of performers, you start training very young. Like, we started taking our daughters up on the trapeze when they were about 4 or 5. Here's your water bottle.
Me: Thank you. Wow, and they weren't scared?
P: Well, we just have them sit up there and get comfortable being up there so they're not afraid of it. It's like a game.
Me: Wow, so those performers, they don't get nervous when they're flying around up there? I need a Ricola.
P: Here you go. No they're not scared at all. You adjust to it gradually, you start working on an act for a couple of hours a day and then you start performing it and it grows from there. Like the first act I learned was balancing on my father.
Me: What?
P: Yeah I did a headstand on his head.
Me: Like - your head on his head?
P: Yes. Here, put your shoes on.
Me: Wait, when you were 5 you could balance on your father's head with your head?
P: Turn around we need to put on your necklace.
Wowee wow. These people are amazing. I have to do like 2 hours of yoga just to warm up for Mamma Mia. And all I do is run around looking Swedish. Imagine if I was going to have to stand on the top half of my ribcage while my lesbian lover did a handstand on the bottom half. I think Frank had it right when he said, "I think the trick is that they're just never warmed down."
