Elaine
Courtney, Courtney Brothers American Style Circus, Ireland, 1996.
Elaine has been a circus performer since she was six years old. During the
years she has travelled extensively and done bareback riding, trapeze, flying
trapeze, presenting, cossack riding, rope spinning, a magic act, ice shows,
and has had knives thrown at her. Elaine has suffered various mishaps while
performing aerial acts, including her wig flying off in mid-air and, most
embarrassingly, her bikini top falling down. As she needed both hands to hold
on with, the audience received an uncensored, if somewhat shortened, version
of the act.
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