One of my favorite performers while photographing was Leo Cristiani because he was so expressive and had a vast set of strong man activities.  You can see more images at SnappyTimes by clicking here and here.

This particular image was taken with an open aperture of f/2.8 and a shutter speed of 1/250 sec. with ISO of 1600.  The 70-200 mm lens was zoomed to 177 mm.