Sunday, April 12, 2020

Since you cannot come to us, we’re coming to you...



"Since you cannot come to us, we're coming to you...
Now more than ever, we need the hope art brings, a break from the chaos... "
--Cirque du Soleil on YouTube

Canada's most imaginative export comes to the rescue of social isolation on YouTube. It's a perfect pandemic purge.

Cirque puts up an hour each week of highlights from a vault of current and past shows.  All magical, detailed, stunning.

Spectacular stuff, lovingly photographed. Includes O and Ka.

Here's a click-thru link to each hour, and what's in it...

April 10 show
https://youtu.be/VL0TG_nCqzE
. Segments from
.  ALEGRIA in Vegas
.  KOOZA, their touring tent show, and 
.  KA -- the war show now running at the MGM Grand

Highlights: the spinning flame and uplight deck platforms of Alegria
The mind-blowing battle stage prop in Ka.

March 27 show
https://youtu.be/nQ5eUJNXrMw
Segments from
. KURIOS, the curiosity shop and
. O -- 20 minutes of the fabled water show still running at the Bellagio
. LUZIA, all Spanish spice with a magical "big cat" waterhole sequence

Highlights: O's water, invisible lifts and flame stagecraft.
A reviewer: "The most spectacular production ever mounted in Las Vegas."
Playing two shows a night since 1998
And ... The Wheel of Death

April 3
https://youtu.be/allVFq3P-48
Segments from
. AMALUNA
. BAZZAR and  
. VOLTA

Highlights: balletic circus elements 

April 17
https://youtu.be/3zuBpFgxDCI
 ZED -- Hour-long circus show, filmed before a loving audience in Tokyo  

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