Head Over Heels

Circus in the Park is a group that meets at Dufferin Grove Park to experiment with Acroyoga postures and play around with circus apparatus like trapeze and silk. Sometimes jugglers, slack-liners and hoopers also join in on the fun. Once the equipment is set up, usually curious people come by to ask questions and try out a few moves. Kids especially love all the circus equipment.

Although late Saturday afternoon was the tail-end of a heat-wave, there were still a few people going out to hang upside-down. Fun was had by all of us, even when the rain started coming down around 7 pm. Finally the thunderstorm drove most people into the Dufferin Mall across the street.

Meanwhile in another part of the park, the Clay and Paper Theatre was putting on their annual puppet show. They all tend to preach a hippie, back to nature ideal. This year was no different. The Pedaler's Wager is about a Faustian bargain with "progress" to make our lives more mechanized in the name of leisure and ease. But we actually end up destroying our resources, which in the play includes an anthropomorphic river, and working ever harder.