Hair hang dance by Danila Bim Cirque du Soleil’s Volta

As always in a Cirque production, there are plenty of feats to amaze, and some that approach the outer edge of the possible. I had never before seen what acrobats call a “hair hang,“ which consists of doing difficult things while suspended by your hair. The finesse and control shown by Danila Bim while writhing, spinning and being hauled up by the hair to the tent’s peak was perhaps equal to the horrified tension I felt watching her, fearing that her scalp might detach at any moment. ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN