circus

e: "I see a circus. I see elephant. Elephant wiggled his ears. Elephant runnin'. See a tiger. Tigers jump in the fire. People knocked down fire. People climb up ladders. It's loud!"

i: "People climbin' ladder. People sit down. Elephants dancin'. People dancin'. It's loud! "

Last night we took the twins to their first circus: The UniverSOUL circus. We were especially excited because this circus celebrates the history of Black circus performers from around the world. The show features performers from the USA, South Africa, Guinea, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Colombia, Dominican Republic, China, Cuba, Russia, & Brazil, and acts are set to popular r&b, soul, gospel and pop songs.

The show is totally participatory with lots of dancing in the aisles, hand clapping and call and response. It was very loud, and Elijah was pretty overwhelmed at first. My favourite acts are always the human performances: the child contortionists, the chinese pole acrobats, the silk aerial act, the Caribbean limbo dancers, trapeze artists, etc.

Izzie and Elijah especially loved the tigers and the elephants.