I Want To Run Away & Join the Circus

After being busy weekend after weekend, I found myself lost yesterday because I actually had some time on my hands. Two of my friends felt the same way and we saw that Cirque Du Soleil was having a show that night in at the Wells Fargo Arena. Of course we jumped at the chance to see it!

Heather and Sammi had both seen Cirque before but this was my first time. It was fantastic! There are many different types of Cirque shows but the one that we saw was called Dralion. It was a salute to Eastern philosophy, it even included a dragon dance! My favorite acts were the clowns, the sash dancer people, the acrobatic jump ropers, the juggler, and the gal who can balance on one hand and then move her body into weird positions. I can't believe the talent all of these people had.

Also being the theatre lighting geek I am, I would like to give props to the girls who had to shimmy up the most wobbly ladders and sit in a rigged catwalks during the whole performance (intermission and all). The whole performance is about 2 hours long, so for them to sit through the whole thing while keeping their heads in the game to be spot lights without having a bathroom break is awesome! You go girls!

I would also like to give props to the clowns. One of them was planted in the audience and acted like an audience member. I almost felt cheated when I found out that he was a member of their company, but it just proves what a good actor he is. He acted just like a normal guy without any acting experience who was forced onstage, until toward the end of the show when he started doing fancy flips.

All in all, I feel that I now need to see all of the shows. Cirque Du Soleil is like pokemon. You gotta see/catch em' all!