Wednesday Oct 17th 2007

I can barely lift my arms up to write this. I've been playing in the aerial hoop alley and it KILLS. My shoulders and my fore arms are shaky and I have bruises behind my knees... eew.

Last week my performance on cirque was criticized for lacking emotion and feeling. I guess it was true, I'd had a rubbish day, I was performing first (which is never nice) and my song was about a couple breaking up who hate each other, which meant it was a little hard for me to interact with Antony (my double trapeze partner). I thought my routine kicked ass still though.

This weeks discipline is a sneaky one! The hoop looks innocent and inviting but it’s an absolute nightmare! It is FAR more difficult...and painful than the trapeze and was spinning, and was higher than we've been before.

This week it’s up to me to put the pain to the back of my mind and deliver a performance that will entertain and inspire the judges... but more importantly that the people in the audience and the viewers at home will LOVE. Today I managed to learn how to do back flips again, and I’m ONLY 3 INCHES off the ground from a perfect middle split!

x