
Learn how mimes Catch a Butterfly in this free circus performance video from our expert mime performer and director.
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"I'm outside in the beautiful air. I'm walking. Look. It's a butterfly. I've got to watch it with my eyes, or else nobody's going to watch it. If I'm looking over here, they're going to look over there with me. I'm watching it very intently. I'm following it and I stop my head. It's landed on a flower. Now, I'm going to approach it very, very timidly. I'm going to go like this because that's the butterfly wings. I'm going to try to...I missed it, so I'm going to try again. Remember the flat hand. This time I've got it. There it is. You have to move your hand. There's the butterfly. Isn't it beautiful."
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