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If Cities Could Dance

A Queer Circus Flies Over Portland

Season 1 Episode 5

Portland is known for celebrating the eccentric, quirky and DIY, and Sir Cupcake's Queer Circus' members also embody that Pacific Northwest spirit. Watch their acrobatic antics in the streets, where they dance across the Hawthorne Bridge to the tracks of the Oregon Pacific Railroad and the city’s Eastbank Esplanade.

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