INTERVIEW / For Taiwanese circus performer, life on the road not all fun and games
09/29/2025 07:55 PM
A man emerges from backstage into the ring, tosses a diabolo high into the air and catches it with a string. Then two, then three, juggling the hourglass-shaped tops with impeccable precision, as if they were extensions of himself.
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