Vareki is my favorite Cirque show. For the Insider story, you need to find a TV reality show done 10 (has it been that long) years ago on the people trying out to add acts to the "new" Cirque show: Naming the show - Musicians, Music - Plot (or lack of plot) - acts - training for new acrobats & who stayed & who left.
Included in the back story is an actual acrobat who became disabled, and needed crutches. He developed the performance style of the special crutches that was later taught to other acrobats.
My favorite, and it may no longer be part of the show, was the double swings. Where two men, each hang by one arm from single swings and move past each other as twins (the original developers of this act were twin gymnasts)
When Worldcon was in Reno - I used the excuse to visit Las Vegas - purely to see Cirque. We saw three of the permanent shows. "LOVE", "Ka" and "Mystere". Sadly "O", was not open that week.
The other traveling Cirque is "Ova" also lacking in plot though it has something to do with a baby? I don't remember that being scary - just confusing (OK - Cirque isn't known for major plot - with sometimes people walking in the air overhead just to passby.).
For Kids you don't want to be ringside - way farther up, things are usually less intimate, and not as scary. For kids, you might want to choose something gentler like "The Beatles LOVE"
LASTLY: never allow someone who has a spot shining on his head to help seat you. We watched one of the 'comics' walk a couple around the room, across the stage, and finally sitting in the ladies lap. Then again they couple could have been performers. I've seen Cirque do that also [A volunteer from the floor, being embarresed by having his shirt ripped off - later being WAY to agile, and able to perform acrobatics.]
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Naming the show - Musicians, Music - Plot (or lack of plot) - acts - training for new acrobats & who stayed & who left.
Included in the back story is an actual acrobat who became disabled, and needed crutches. He developed the performance style of the special crutches that was later taught to other acrobats.
My favorite, and it may no longer be part of the show, was the double swings. Where two men, each hang by one arm from single swings and move past each other as twins (the original developers of this act were twin gymnasts)
When Worldcon was in Reno - I used the excuse to visit Las Vegas - purely to see Cirque. We saw three of the permanent shows. "LOVE", "Ka" and "Mystere". Sadly "O", was not open that week.
The other traveling Cirque is "Ova" also lacking in plot though it has something to do with a baby? I don't remember that being scary - just confusing (OK - Cirque isn't known for major plot - with sometimes people walking in the air overhead just to passby.).
For Kids you don't want to be ringside - way farther up, things are usually less intimate, and not as scary.
For kids, you might want to choose something gentler like "The Beatles LOVE"
LASTLY: never allow someone who has a spot shining on his head to help seat you. We watched one of the 'comics' walk a couple around the room, across the stage, and finally sitting in the ladies lap. Then again they couple could have been performers. I've seen Cirque do that also [A volunteer from the floor, being embarresed by having his shirt ripped off - later being WAY to agile, and able to perform acrobatics.]