Thursday, July 20, 2006

...in the space between the sky and the streets, the head wind
The Cirque du Soleil show was last night, and it was sooooooo much fun! There were a lot of different acts, so I'll just go through a few of my favorites.

First off, the production I went to see was Corteo, which is a light-hearted story about a dying clown's adventures in a carnival-like world... which sounds a little weird, but I assure you that it was a lot of fun.

So there was the Chandelier act, which involved three sets of bars and ropes shaped to look like chandeliers from which the performers swung on from their arms, legs, necks, etc. Following that was the Bouncing Bed act, during which performers jumped and flipped on two trampolines shaped like beds. Later on was an act involving a ladder which the performer climbed up and down from and even did a handstand on without any support other than the ladder's bottom legs, all while trying to reach an angel floating in the air above him.

It wasn't all acrobatic stunts, however; there was one act involving a woman being lifted by six huge balloons, and at one point, she floated into the audience. Most gently pushed against the bottom of her feet and let her slowly drift back towards the stage, but one guy stood up, grabbed her feet, and hurled her away! (Though she really only ended up moving about five feet, haha.)

There was also a funny little act involving a golf ball, which was really a person wearing a white cap whose head was poking out from a hole in the stage, trying desperately not to get hit by the golf stick.

ALSO, this is an extremely fangirlish thing to say, but some of the male performers were seriously hot. I mean, really, wow. Thank the Lord for Frenchmen. XD

Anyway, I found a video of the Teetertot act. From what I can tell, what's happening is that a few guys are arguing over who gets to use the teetertot, and resolve the dispute through a bounce off. You can also get a glimpse of the six big balloons at the beginning of the vid. (Sorry for the potentially long loading time, but the quality is rather excellent for Youtube.)

EDIT: Oh, and I started on wheelthrowing in pottery class. This probably goes without saying, but it's really hard. I was just barely able to make a short cup, even with the teacher helping me every step of the way.

EDIT #2: AND ALSO, there was about a ten minute delay before the Cirque show began, so some of the performers came out into the audience and pretended to have a water fight with water squirted out of their ears. Then one guy ran in with what seemed like a bucket full of water, but when he threw it, a handful of confetti flew out onto the audience. Just thought that was a fun little tidbit. :)
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