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1 - lots of hanging about
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2 - there's no harness or anything, she's just wrapped up and hanging on (and flying about)
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3 - photographically the situation was quite demanding - I had the camera in full manual, and was trying desperately to do a 'steady pan' with the 90mm lens. Flash photography wasn't allowed (which suited me fine!)...
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4
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5 - the last segment of the show was rather unexpected
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6 - your usual flame on a stick deal... but then...
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7 - okay... so, you climb a rope and then set it on fire...
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8
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9
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10 - and then start spinning...
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11 - ...spin...
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12 - ...SPIN...
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13 - !!!!!SPIN!!!!
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14 - ...an extraordinary performance