In case you think I’m going to report on my exercise class and its goal of providing me with attributes I thoroughly lack, think again.

For you vicarious pleasure I am instead providing images of those in true possession of strength and flexibility, the student of Montreal’s circus schools.

I am in Montreal to photograph TOHU’s International Circus Festival which puts on various professional shows and different acts every night in pedestrian zones that allow families to wander and enjoy the entertainment. The mood is ebullient, the streets ring with laughter and shouts of admiration, a sense of shared excitement creates community.

It is joy squared.

I will write in detail about the shows I saw when I am back. Today are just some glimpses of what is going on in the streets in the evening.

And then there was Audrey Hepburn, who got steamy very fast…

A visual feast, if there ever was one.

More in the next few days!

For music, here is another kind of carnival:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2RPKMJmSp0