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rowanfAfter a fairly lazy day of reading and housecleaning for me (poor Russell was off at work doing crunch time) we joined a bunch of the Tuesday dinner folks and headed off to see Varekai, the latest Cirque du Soleil show. It was stunningly good. I think in the 2 years between shows I forget how amazing some of the acts can be. People who can do things with their bodies that make me wonder if we belong to the same species. And, of course, the costuming is spectacular. I'm still disappointed the Cirque's costumer was a no-show for her talk at WorldCon. I especially liked the ones where the blousing of the upper thigh made the leg appear almost faunlike. And the one with bouncing devices was esp. awesome.
The show starts as strange dinosaur/insect/animal folk emerge from a forest of poles. A winged man falls into their midst and loses his white wings to the man in black. Throughout the show this man appears, falling in love with a green, webbed woman and eventually marrying her (I think). Other characters include a wildman who turns industrial sounds into birdsong and other feats. A pair of clowns who inject an amazing amount of sillness between acrobatic acts. Several troupes of acrobats including three very young boys who tumble and do twirling tricks, vaulters who work with both each other's bodies and an array of swings and such and contact acrobats who meld their bodies in amazing ways. There are a group of people doing very athletic Russian-looking dances; dances so vigorous they count as acrobatics! Two groups of trapeze artists make the air their element with seeming ease and incredible strength. And some truly amazing juggling. And a contortionist who is both strong and graceful and who performs balanced on a pole contortions that I can't imagine doing on the ground. This was a how where you just don't stop saying, "Wow" from beginning to end.
Five of us repaired to Shalimar for Indian buffet before going to sleep happy and cuddling with my sweetie. Life is good. p
The show starts as strange dinosaur/insect/animal folk emerge from a forest of poles. A winged man falls into their midst and loses his white wings to the man in black. Throughout the show this man appears, falling in love with a green, webbed woman and eventually marrying her (I think). Other characters include a wildman who turns industrial sounds into birdsong and other feats. A pair of clowns who inject an amazing amount of sillness between acrobatic acts. Several troupes of acrobats including three very young boys who tumble and do twirling tricks, vaulters who work with both each other's bodies and an array of swings and such and contact acrobats who meld their bodies in amazing ways. There are a group of people doing very athletic Russian-looking dances; dances so vigorous they count as acrobatics! Two groups of trapeze artists make the air their element with seeming ease and incredible strength. And some truly amazing juggling. And a contortionist who is both strong and graceful and who performs balanced on a pole contortions that I can't imagine doing on the ground. This was a how where you just don't stop saying, "Wow" from beginning to end.
Five of us repaired to Shalimar for Indian buffet before going to sleep happy and cuddling with my sweetie. Life is good. p
