Circus school keeps dreams alive in pandemic-hit Mexico
24 July 2021 |
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When the coronavirus forced circuses in Mexico to close last year, one family converted a warehouse in the suburbs of Mexico-City into a gym to keep practicing their performances and to offer acrobatics lessons to local children.
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