Do you know what trapeze artists think about as they swing through the air?

The Women's Circus is an extraordinary, successful and innovative community-based theatrical group structured around feminist principles. One hundred women are actively engaged in training workshops throughout the year, learning music, circus skills and ways of regaining control over their bodies. They are jugglers, aerialists, acrobats, technicians, musicians, designers, trainers and administrators who come together for the major annual performance each year. In 1995 the Women's Circus toured the Fourth UN Word Conference NGO Forum on Women in Beijing.

This book celebrates the achievements of this vital, growing changing community of women -- women who were survivors of sexual assault, women from different backgrounds and cultures, women with different body shapes, sexual preferences and ages.