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VANCOUVER — Just ahead of circus artist Andralyn Zayn’s debut on the bungee trapeze, she miscommunicated with a technician in dress rehearsal and did a double-front flip straight into the bar.
Emergency room doctors didn’t diagnose a concussion, so she hauled her headache back to the venue and slathered on enough makeup to hide the cylinder-shaped bump on her forehead.
“There are no breaks, and your body isn’t your own,” said Marissa Gough, 33, one of Zayn’s circus partners.
“I have done shows where I’ve gone, vomited my guts out, got up, put my costume on, went on to stage — ’Lahhh!’ And then went back out to vomit more.”