2023-11-18 Apple Cider Day

【The Irish Cliffs of Moher (1952)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

      Who is my father in this world, in this house,

      At the spirit's base?

      My father's father, his father's father, his--

      Shadows like winds

      Go back to a parent before thought, before speech,

      At the head of the past.

      They go to the cliffs of Moher rising out of the mist,

      Above the real,

      Rising out of present time and place, above

      The wet, green grass.

      This is not landscape, full of the somnambulations

      Of poetry

      And the sea. This is my father or, maybe,

      It is as he was,

      A likeness, one of the race of fathers: earth

      And sea and air.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《爱尔兰荒野悬崖》(1952)】

异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

            尘世之间、栖身之处、

            灵魂之所，谁是我的父亲？

            我父亲的父亲，他父亲的父亲，他那——

            影子如风 

            悄然无息地回到父母

            祖先的开端。

            他们走向迷雾外的荒野悬崖，

            超出现实，

            飞跃当下时空，跨过

            潮湿的绿草地。

            这不是风景，充满

            诗意的梦游

            还有大海的奇幻。这是我的父亲，或许，

            如他的存在，

            相似的样子，父辈族裔之一：大地

            与海洋及天空。

【注】感谢费城《海华都市报》的大力引荐，光华中文学校齐虹和周琳两位资深老师的舞蹈班学生得以跟重返费城的宇宙灵魂马戏团同台献艺，让丰富多彩的多元文化和跨国大秀走进社区，我也趁机现场观摩马戏小丑、杂技演员、杂耍优伶、柔术艺人、高空走钢丝名角各展绝技，近距离欣赏嘻哈舞蹈、高空摩托车、加勒比狂欢节等高难度表演。

这次感恩节期间的费城巡演，宇宙灵魂马戏团还特邀了“武汉空中飞人”隆重加盟，这个由13人组成的表演队当众挑战地心引力，在空中大胆地腾跃、旋转和空翻，惊心动魄的三连翻、双转体、高空飞跃等特技动作招来全场观众啧啧称赞。

宇宙灵魂马戏团集马戏艺术、戏剧表演和音乐文娱之大成，它的台柱子善于结合幽默的对话和风趣的段子，与观众高度互动，相当独到地将戏迷们的群演潜质调动起来，极大地渲染了马戏娱乐的热烈气氛，这也是我感受最深的地方。

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2023: West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia(费城·西美山公园)

2012年光华四年级B班壁报《我的暑假》(2012 G4B Poster)

Preschool-II in Front of Ringeling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus @ Wachovia Spectrum

(谨慎草甸银行体育馆·大幼童生在“马戏场兄弟与贵族地主和管家马戏团”表演现场 04-18-2007)

UniverSoul Circus Tent Located in the Parking Lot of the Mann Ctr. for the Performing Arts as the Summer Home for the Philadelphia Orchestra @ West Fairmount Park

(宇宙灵魂马戏团帐篷·位于西美山公园“人类表演艺术中心”——费城交响乐团夏季驻地的停车场)

Performing Arts @ 5-6 Yr-Old from Guanghua Chinese School Provided by Principal Ma 

(光华中文学校表演艺术班5—6岁儿童舞蹈演员，照片由马校长提供)

Hip-Hop Dance to Entertain the Crowd

(娱乐观众的嘻哈舞蹈)

Flip Circus (翻转戏法)

Caribbean Carnival Acts & Circus Clowns

(勇者狂欢节表演与马戏小丑)

Wuhan Flying Trapeze (武汉飞人特技)

High-Flying Motorbikes (高空飞行摩托车)

Corteo Soaring Skyward on Poetic Cirque Power

(凭借诗意马戏力量翱翔天际的欢乐庆典)

Highly Interactive Combination of Circus Arts, Theater, and Music during Thanksgiving Season

(集马戏艺术、戏剧表演和音乐文娱之大成的感恩盛典)

Super Fans (超级迷妹)

Crosslinks(相关博文):

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