Well,
that was certainly worth the price of the tickets: wow, what a show!
It
was so exciting I quickly forgot that the seats were too close together and
were hard plastic (not even remotely comfortable). I also forgot that the music
was really loud, the lights were bright and flashing, and the acoustics were
pretty much non-existent.
But
wow, what a show!
Parts
of it, I have to admit, were a bit of a let-down. There were a lot of people running around stage just waving their hands in the air (artistically dancing, you might say). I mean, give me an incredible
costume and even I can do that!
The people
actually doing the acts more than made up for the ones who were there to
support them, however. There were truly some fantastic feats of aerial
acrobatics. The troupe certainly lived up to their reputation, and then some.
A few
of my favorites:
- The
lady in red who came down from the ceiling on a metal hoop and then proceeded
to swing around by her toes, hang from her neck, or “fly” through the air.
- The guys
jumping through a series of hoops which were attached to a circular base that
was rotating in a circular motion.
- The juggler
who danced around stage keeping up to 10 (at least) balls flying through the
air.
At
one point, they had this guy standing on top of two “dragons” (the dragons were
made up of two people in costume) and the dragons were each walking on a large
ball about 4 feet in diameter. So, they had two large balls, each with a dragon
on top, with a guy standing on top of them straddling the dragons. All walking
across stage!
It
was pretty amazing. I only wish I could have gotten closer in to see the
costumes: they looked pretty amazing, even from up on the balcony where we sat.
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