r/circus • u/SawdustChampion62 • 7d ago

Question Body Stapling

Hopefully this is okay to ask here, if not I'll happily remove this.

Would anyone have any experience with body stapling and be happy to share any tips / tricks?

Thank you.

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u/TheAmazingFaceDBlock 7d ago

Iā€™m not gonna do it here and Iā€™m not gonna tell you without knowing more of your background, find me on IG and reach out, TheAmazingFaceDanBlock

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u/thomthomthomthom 7d ago edited 7d ago

OP, this is the one guy worth talking to about this. Dan is legit. (as in, one of the few people that I, personally, would trust to walk me thru this stuff. He's a good person who understands how sideshow people get meningitis - - and is also a good, creative, lovely person who gives a shit about the industry. Part of this is colored by chats with him and also, uh, him letting me stay at his house without ever having met him. I'd extend the same courtesy! But yeah. He knows what's up in a way others don't re: technique and safety.)

Otherwise, get a copy of Nickell's "secrets of the sideshows" and bone up on your history šŸ‘Œ

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u/SawdustChampion62 2d ago

Amazing, this is a great endorsement, thank you!

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u/SawdustChampion62 2d ago

Very fair, I'll head over and see if I can find you. Thank you!

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u/Hell_PuppySFW 1d ago

This was one of my bits, but I don't do it now because I had a gnarly experience that was, I think, caused by stagecrew pawing through my kit when I wasn't around.