One of the more interesting and inovative changes to the Castro's gay nightlife scene is the introduction of aerolist rope performers at Trigger.
On Friday and Saturday nights around 11:30 pm (and possibly Thursdays and Sundays, we're not entirely sure), a trained performer will suspend from a rope from the ceiling and perform acrobatic tricks. Sometimes the performer is a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes a pair. Sometimes they wear almost as little as a go-go boy, though generally a bit more. Using a rope, or sometimes drapes from the ceiling or a suspended hoop, the performers fly through the air while engaging in Cirque du Soleil-like acrobatic moves.
Rope dancers can be found elsewhere in San Francisco, including Supperclub, but at the moment, Trigger is the only Castro bar experimenting with this new form of performance art. The Cafe's indoor patio is probably the only other place with a high enough ceiling to do it, but so far there's no indication that they intend to install a rope as well.
Check out some of the nearly 200 photos we've taken over the last few months. (Note: many of these photos are marked "restricted." To see the full set, create a few account on Flickr and then turn off SafeSearch in your account settings. If you then return to this blog in the same browser while still logged in, you'll be able to see the full set.)
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
Comments