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Finally finished an initial page at mayli.smugmug.com for the lovely dancers of Cirque Noir, who have since been voted "Best Aerial Burlesque Group" by the SF Weekly. Notice the abundance of bird-related tattoos – kind of tells you something about people who like to fly through the air, no?

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Finally finished an initial page at mayli.smugmug.com for the lovely dancers of Cirque Noir, who have since been voted "Best Aerial Burlesque Group" by the SF Weekly. Notice the abundance of bird-related tattoos – kind of tells you something about people who like to fly through the air, no?

Hey, where are those birds headed?

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Finally finished an initial page at mayli.smugmug.com for the lovely dancers of Cirque Noir, who have since been voted "Best Aerial Burlesque Group" by the SF Weekly. Notice the abundance of bird-related tattoos – kind of tells you something about people who like to fly through the air, no?

View large and on black

This is Anna and Amanda of Cirque Noir climbing what's called the "tissue" in aerial dance. It's two strips of cloth suspended from the ceiling. They perform a lovely duet with both of them climbing up in it and dancing in it at the same time.

It's not every day you get to see:
1. neon pink feather eyelashes
2. gold lamé
3. double-layered neon fishnets
altogether at the same time.

Strobist info: Calumet Genesis 200 up high on a stand, shooting through the umbrella on the right side of the subjects. I wish I remember the power setting but I don't anymore, sorry... I'm up on a ladder, no remote triggers (boo) so I've got a chord across the studio and am shooting with a 50mm, but don't have full frame.

A detail of Anna from Cirque Noir.

Strobist info: Calumet Genesis 200 shooting through the umbrella in front and slightly to the left.