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Circus Days, Circus Nights
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Since I was a child, I have been fascinated by the circus. I love
the way in which it can transform a sodden field, so that it becomes,
overnight, a world of wonder full of strange beasts and exotic
performers. Only the circus can make you laugh, gasp, be afraid,
whoop, feel so happy and so sad. At the circus, every sense is
assaulted – the bright lights, the band music, the smell
of the sawdust.
As an adult, I ran away to join the circus, working as an elephant
girl. Just as the circus can transform a sodden field, so it can
transform the people working in it. Instead of a mum from the south
of England, I became Princess Dea, the elephant girl, bedecked
in feathers, a gold sequinned G-string, and little else. I worked
for Circo Americano in Italy, and later travelled with Circus Scott
in Scandinavia. I dream of making another tour.
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Circus Days, Circus Nights is available from:
Force
10 Productions, PO Box 20479, London SE17 3WF
Force10films@aol.com
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