An international circus act all about using air is set to take the stage in New Zealand.
A husband and wife duo from New York spent five years creating their show "Airplay", which has now toured five continents and more than 20 countries.
It features flying umbrellas, larger-than-life balloons and giant kites.
"The show is huge, it fills the entire stage and goes up about 10 to 13 metres, cause we have a ring of fans that blows fabrics and balloons and umbrellas and confetti, way up high," Christina Glesone, one half of the duo, said.
The pair start their New Zealand tour at the end of the month, but have given 1NEWS a preview of one act, involving giant balloons.
The couple inflate their balloons, climb inside them and disappear for a short time, before their heads pop out again.
“It's kind of like being in a sauna that bounces, it's very sweaty," Seth Bloom, the other half od the duo, said.
“You get in as fast as possible, but honestly you can't learn this trick at home cause it's the most dangerous act we do in the show” adds Glesone.
The couple met at a circus in Afghanistan and then married in China, with Glesone wearing a dress made of balloons.
“My life is covered in latex," she jokes.
The pair last performed in New Zealand in 2010, at the Christchurch Buskers Festival.
Their first "Airplay" show will be in Dunedin on September 28th.
It will later show in New Plymouth, Tauranga and Auckland.
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