Too much World Buskers Festival for one post...so here's part two! After surviving a few shows in the intense heat, we made a brief and brisk tour of the city, taking in the weekend crowd, and grabbing fresh fruit ice cream. The final show I had planned on seeing yesterday was Bendy Em, a contortionist. We killed a bit of time, and caught the final 10 minutes of another busker before she started.
Bendy Em is also from Australia and is the world's only (her claim, not mine) street performing contortionist. I was interested to see this yoga teacher (if she can do it, I can too, right?) contort her body into all different sorts of shapes. Emma was about my height, but incredibly ripped and tan, and was a ball of energy. She set up her few props, which included a 16 inch plastic cube stacked on scaffolding for her dangerous final stunt. She was pretty funny and totally jazzed the audience up with her crazy contortions and sense of humor. Her final feat? You guessed it...cramming her tiny body into the box! Ok, after about three minutes of the show, I gave up on the idea of being like her...
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Interesting photos!
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