Circus group for amateur performers aged 50 or over
Performing circus stunts is often perceived as too challenging or even impossible for older bodies. But a group of amateur performers aged fifty and over are bending that myth and proving you're never too old to run away and join the circus.
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00:00It's almost showtime for this fabulously flexed bunch of amateur circus performers where being
00:13over 50 is a source of pride.
00:16I'm 65.
00:17I'm the oldest member of 50 Up.
00:21This former dancer started doing circus acts when she was in her 40s.
00:26I asked them, is flying trapeze for kids or is it for anybody?
00:32And they said it's for anybody.
00:33She hasn't looked back.
00:36Only down.
00:37When friends say to me, you know, I've got a sore back or whatever, I say, come to trapeze.
00:43This pair started out on the sidelines watching their children perform before being coaxed
00:49up onto the trapeze themselves.
00:52And I couldn't hang for three seconds under that bar to start with.
00:55They started classes and so began their whirling, twirling, high-flying addiction, gaining a
01:03toehold and hanging out.
01:06I had chronic back pain beforehand and even now that's gone.
01:11It's a familiar theme.
01:12As soon as I did it, I loved it.
01:15The problems that I had physically melted away.
01:18He's been doing it now for a decade.
01:21When I discovered aerials, it just took it to a whole new level, literally.
01:26They'll showcase their talents in this weekend's special 50 Up performance.
01:31I'm never too old to run away to the circus.
01:34No.
01:35We're away with the circus.
01:37I actually had somebody come past the roller door the other day and say, wow, this is looking
01:40amazing.
01:41Like, I didn't realise there was activities like this for people 50 and up.
01:45I tell all my friends that I want to be doing it when I'm 100, if I'm lucky enough to live
01:50Thankfully, they say that practice makes perfect because clearly I've got a long way to go.