A ringmaster in a red coat and top hat stands beside a woman in a green leotard. He wraps a golden l

A ringmaster in a red coat and top hat stands beside a woman in a green leotard. He wraps a golden lasso around her body in one fluid motion. The rope tightens. she rises. her feet leave the sand. Snow begins falling from the darkness above. thousands of white particles catching the single spotlight. She hangs suspended. the snow lands on her shoulders and melts.