Sunday, March 05, 2006
Like a Giant Bee in a Giant Balloon, But Without the Bee
The Perth International Arts Festival is upon us again, and as a loyal supporter of all things artsy-fartsy and most importantly FREE, this afternoon I went along to see a free performance by a group called The Dream Engine. Basically it was a chick twirling around in some sort of gimble-harnass thingy attached to a giant helium balloon. Or as they themselves put it,
Be enchanted by the ethereal beauty of a graceful trapeze act performed high above the ground. Suspended from the Heliosphere – a giant helium-filled balloon – a trapeze artist tumbles and twists in a weightless aerial ballet. A beautiful spectacle that needs to be seen to be believed.
Be enchanted by the ethereal beauty of a graceful trapeze act performed high above the ground. Suspended from the Heliosphere – a giant helium-filled balloon – a trapeze artist tumbles and twists in a weightless aerial ballet. A beautiful spectacle that needs to be seen to be believed.
It was OK, and the chick certainly looked pretty fit, but sadly at no stage did the balloon come away from its moorings and rise steadily upwards with the chick twirling, twirling, twirling, until out of sight. It fact absolutely nothing happened that would justify a lusty cry of "oh, the humanity!" so I guess it was slightly unfulfilling in that resepct.
