meet Trappy!
Yesterday was my birthday!
[cue horns blowing, streamers drop from ceiling, parade]
Among my other birthday celebrations (mmmm sushi) I went in to train at Circus Center. I know: you're allowed to skip training on your birthday. (Although, as my birthday falls, let's see... less than a month from the start of the Showcase, that is questionable.) But I wasn't just training. I was playing with my birthday present:
Friends, this is Trappy. Trappy is from Montreal! (As much great circus is.) She lives in a bag at Circus Center with her friends, Swivel and Carabiners, as well as Sock Filled with Rosin.
As I had hoped, there is 100% less rope-twisting action going on with Trappy. The cables in the ropes are no big deal, but the stiffness/stickyness/not-broken-in-yet-ness of the leather on the corners has, to date, burned me twice. Through tights! Other than that, it's been smooth sailing.
Here you can see Trappy (and me) in action at last week's Works in Progress Show.
There was also a professional photographer slipping around taking pictures of us at WIPs; I have seen some of the photos but not full-sized. I'll post some once they're available, though. As you can kind of see in the video, I had my very own natural spotlight, which makes some of the pictures kind of cool.
Comments
The new video is very impressive. While Trappy may be assisting, your natural poise is starting to weave it's way through each maneuver. Very nice.
Glad you had some sushi on your birthday. We all toasted you. :)