Yes, this is a sort of flashback post, to our visit to the Canadian National Exhibition a couple of weeks ago. All the excitement about Collette's walk shifted my focus, of course, but there was at least one more video and pics from the Ex that I wanted to share.
An aerial outfit called Cirque Orange performed a closing show for the last weekend of the Ex. We saw the show twice. As far as I know, this is a local troupe, at least they have performed around town a few times this summer.
We've seen a few of these aerial shows, of course, and we enjoy them, but this one is a little different. Don't know if I've ever seen jumpsuited characters performing a dance with metal grinders before. Or trampoline artists tumbling while said jumpsuiters blast fire under their feet. Or twirl flaming bars of steel.
However, these characters were not the stars of the show. The stars were, in human, form, a remarkable female aerialist and her incredible "flying machine".
The plane was this amazing prop, hoisted up on a giant crane, capable of turning, of spitting fire out of its engines, of showering down sparks and of setting its own props "on fire"
At one point they hoisted the plane a good fifty feet up into the air. That is when our young lady came out to play. 
She danced on the plane, she swung on her trapeze, and she flipped around on a pair of bungees ... she really was quite good.
The video below was shot with my Samsung palmcorder and I'm standing on a sign, so it is shaky and the quality is not the greatest, but it will give you an idea about the show. Right at the end, she launches off the plane on her bungies and does this tumbling run that seems to go on forever. You can hear me say "there is something wrong with that girl" So enjoy.
CNE: Jump Jet from Victor Kellar on Vimeo.
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