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Limits Of Human Ability

Because I have a young daughter, I spend some time every week looking at various clips of dancers on YouTube, for her entertainment.

I’ve seen some pretty amazing stuff, but today I saw one that is hands down the most amazing thing. It’s a performance at the Circus Festival of Monaco, by two dancers, Wu Zhengdan and Wei Baohua from GuangZhou, China.

Some of the things they do in this clip, I would have sworn were not possible without wire work or CGI. Damn. They could be superheros or something. And just when you’re knocked back thinking “They didn’t really do that? Did they?” they hit you with something even less plausible. It’s pretty damn impressive.

I would embed it, but the poster has asked that embedding be turned off. I can respect that.

Here’s the link.

Tags: art,beautiful things,parenting,something great,superheroic,things to watch,youtube

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2 Responses to “Limits Of Human Ability”

Fred Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
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Wow. Most of those moves I’d find pretty damn impressive on the ground…

And that last move must be genuinely dangerous if that’s the only time they needed a third person there to spot them.
Mr. McLaren Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
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I know!

Sarah kept asking me what the third guy was there for. Once I was certain of it, I answered “He’s there just in case they remember they are humans.”