Moment Cirque du Soleil dancer plummets to floor and left shaking throughout present
This is the moment a Cirque du Soleil dancer lost her grip while performing a stunt and plummeted to the ground in front of children and their families.
Russian-born Mariia Konfektova, 23, was taking part in the Cirque du Soleil show ‘Kooza’ at the Portland Exposition Centre in Oregon on Saturday (August 24). In the video, Konfektova – who performs her stunts without a safety net – is seen suspended many metres in the air spinning on a hoop.
The video, obtained by KOIN 6 News, shows the aerialist appearing to lose her grip on the precarious perch, before slipping and falling to the ground in full view of paying onlookers.
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(Image: KOIN 6)
Speaking to the news outlet, Benjamin Goldstein, 10, said he was unsure if it was “part of the show” when she fell.
“At first, I thought it was part of the show, like, it looked like it was purposeful,” Goldstein, who was attending with his sister and father while he captured the video of the aerial performer.
He added: “But then we’re, like, people were acting weird. I was like, oh, this isn’t part of the show. Something’s up.”
(Image: KOIN 6)
The child claimed he watched Konfektova fall face-first onto the stage, and it “appeared she hit her nose, and there was blood from her nose, but she lifted her head up, but she stayed still”.
“She gave a thumbs-up as she was being carried off stage, which was a great sign,” he told the outlet.
“We appreciate your concern and well wishes for our aerial hoop artist. We would like to assure you that the artist is recovering and being cared for by our medical and coaching team,” a representative from ‘Kooza’ said in a statement released on Facebook on Monday (August 26).
Earlier this week Konfektova replied to a concerned fan in the comments of one of her older posts on Instagram: “Thank you. Luckily, I’m okay.”
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