Couldn't try this at home if you wanted to

Photo: Heli Sorjonen
When Kalle Lehto (left), Petri Tuominen and Rauli Kosonen of Circus Aereo take the stage to perform Petit Mal, they crank up the "ouch".

Finnish circus company Circo Aereo’s show Petit Mal is on a collision course.

This is Petit Mal, one of the newest shows under the aegis of Circo Aereo, a Finnish troupe. It's a performance that really makes you feel, through graphic demonstration, how hard the floor is against someone’s face. Maybe that's why they bill it as "concrete circus," which at first appeared to be a translator’s error that had sneaked in between Finnish and English.

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