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At the top the pole splayed into a Quot a Quot with grips on the ends. Another Man held the grips performing a handstand. And a woman was standing on the Back of his neck of three agile Young North koreans apparently did t grow up under the Tutelage of mothers who shrieked Quot if you fall out of that tree and break both your legs Don t come running to me Quot so now they get paid to prance about at dizzying Heights As part of the great circus of Asia which is performing until Jan. 9 in Mannheim Germany. You will see no animals at this show. You will hear no live music it s All recorded. There Are no magicians no junk food vendors or souvenir hawkers bugging you at yours at. Instead what you get is a nonstop display of acrobatics juggling body bending and sheer physical strength that seems All the More amazing because of its unadorned simplicity. This band of about 8qjtakans, tajiks and mongolians a plus one chinese a performs feats so bizarre and unlikely that they could be indicted for felonious breaches of the Laws of physics. For example a tajik Man climbs about 20 feet up a vertical pole in a Corkscrew pattern touching the pole Only with his hands. Then he plummets upside Down and face first toward the pavement stopping two feet above the ground by % using his legs As brakes on the pole a korean woman wrapped in a full length Kimono like costume does a triple Bac flip from a giant Seesaw. Two mongolian Sisters bathed alternately in red and Blue lights melt themselves into shapes that would make Pablo Picasso cringe. At one Point each woman assumes the form of a Martini Glass actually standing on her own shoulders. Two korean women skip rope while jumping inside another rope twirled by two men jumping inside yet another rope held by two other men leaping Over even More spinning ropes held by. Well you get the idea. You la be at the end of your own rope just trying to keep track of no is jumping Over what. Even the two clowns Are far More acrobatic than comical. It s also worthwhile to try to catch a glimpse of what the performers do backstage while awaiting their turn in the limelight. One Beefy korean stays in shape by lifting a car fender. And then there is Choe Kyong Choi who nearly grazing his head on the tent s 46-foot-High Ridge pole attempts a quadruple somersault 40 feet in the air from what circus spokesmen say is the world s biggest flying tra Peze. Choe 27, was asked during the intermission Why he became an acrobat instead of a competitive gymnast. Quot i always liked the circus because it s. Closer to the arts Quot he said speaking 8 through an interpreter. While flamboyant in performance Choe and two women from the National circus of Pyongyang North Korea s capital seemed shy and self effacing when asked to discuss their skills. That shyness the language Barrier the Brevity of the interview and the presence of their managers also made it pointless to ask a russian born acrobat displays his skills High above an a hated crowd. About the role politics plays in their country s athletic programs. Besides when you see Rimi Hyon one of the women perform a nimble double Bac flip off the trapeze and get caught by the Ankles by a male partner hanging upside Down by his Knees on a second trapeze politics is not the first thing that comes to mind. The diminutive i 25, is single. She Plais to marry later this year she said but she does t plan to let that interrupt her work. Her Fiance is not a performer. Many acrobats move into jobs in circus administration when they get older said jul Chan Dok general manager of the Pyongyang circus. What Quot older Quot Means is relative however. One of the tajik pole climbers contracted from the russian state circus already is in his 40s. The trapeze artists perform the More dangerous stunts Johile attached to safety cables by the Way and the trapeze finale includes the use of a Large net. If you Are the kind of person who goes to Stock car a races with Hopes of seeing a fiery five car pileup these precautions May disappoint you but you May need professional counselling anyway. The rest of you will have a marvelous me. The great Clr Cua of Asia will perform Lor nine More Days at the Neuer mess Platz located on Maybac Strasse in Mannheim s Neckar Stamfl District. Shows take place Dally at 8 . Until Jan 8, except of Jan. 3. Additional 3 . Shows Are to take place today and Jan. I a a 0 and 9. Adult ticket prices Range from 20 to 49 Marks $12 to $29 reduced admission prices Tor children senior citizens handicapped people and University students Are live Marks less per seating category. Holds. A of . Military identification cards pay of Marks less than adult prices per sealing category. 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