A few nights ago, we saw the Shanghai Acrobats. It was a Cirque du Soleil-esque performance, but less focus on artistry and more focus on insane acts.
There were two groups, a male group and a female group. The men did a lot of fast paced acts, such as jumping through hoops in ever-increasing intensity and hat juggling while stacked on each others shoulders. The acts the women did were slower, but (as anyone who's attempted similar feats would know) most likely more physically taxing. They performed things such as twirling plates on sticks while walking over each others heads, or holding themselves up by one arm and doing "aerial ballet."
And the grand finale:
THE BALL OF DEATH
So, to come up with that last act, the guy (or gal) pitching it must have sounded something like this:
"Y'know what's really freakin' cool? Motorcycles. You know what people love? HAMSTER WHEELS! Made of chainmail. That are actually spheres. And you know what's cooler than ONE motorcycle in a ball of death? FIVE MOTORCYCLES!!!
And to top it all off? The five are in the Olympic colors to advertise for the '08 Beijing Olympics. Pretty sick.
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