the people who dance in the air

this afternoon, i went to see a performance by cycropia. normally, i’ve seen them every year at a local park festival where they “dance in the tree.” but this performance was in a soon-to-be-renovated old factory. there were some really cool dances (my favorite was probably the first where five women danced sychronized in five short ladders suspended from the celing to hang parallel to the floor). they just seem to do a good job of defying your expectations of boundaries and making it look fun and effortless. here’s an example: during the ladder dance, they mostly danced on top of the ladders, making them appear to be the dancer’s floor, but sometimes, they would stick their heads through the rungs and their bodies would follow and they would be “under the floor” and once they even flipped the ladders so that they were parallel to a wall instead of the floor, completely altering the feel…. all i know is that every time i see them i think, wow. wouldn’t it be cool if that were my workout.