The sprightly, red-haired, stripey-legged girl who ran up to join us this evening and blew us away with her skills ("I'm mostly circus, I guess hoops are my minor", she said) before dashing off to her friend was Masha and she was from Montreal. I think that she is *this* Masha: http://www.terentiev.com/masha/bio.html
How awesome is that? A real circus performer. Can she be my hero? I hope she comes back to Japan sometime.