I do remember how excited I was as a kid when I went to circus show with my brother and parents. Having seen few shows on television and reading about it in few books I had an idea what to expect of and also my mother had explained us what we are going to see and that had boasted my excitement levels more high. My brother and I had jumped off our seats and enjoyed seeing jokers perform and animals doing tricks.
After almost 15 years I got a chance to go to circus by cirque du soleil, it was two hour show and the most entertaining,impressive acts made my evening memorable, truly a kind of show worth watching after many years. The show was called OVO, the egg which makes the insects in ecosystem awestruck by its sudden appearance. The theme of the show was ecosystem with energytic insects all over stage and the scenario on stage set was apt to get into the mood of some soothing forest or greens with excellent background fusion of brazilian music with cirque du soleil, it was just out of world each of us were mesmirized with the charming orchestra band.
The show had nine acts each with unique display and amazing talent of every performer. The Ants act put up by six girls, how stunned all of us with their synchronization the way they played with their food with feet and end was more thrilling with act of ants juggling ants. The Orvalho, hand balancing by dragon fly where the whole body is balanced on just one hand and various balancing moves on a slender plant.Each move of the performer never failed to get cheers from crowd, complicated yet smooth balance act.Next came creatura, an flexible creature which keeps your mind busy guessing whats going on in it which makes it strech,bend,twist and moving all over. Acrosport, an act by three girls who put acrobatic,dance moves with amazing balancing poses and individual show by girl made me literally squeeze myself in seat and feel each part of the body streched and bent. Diabolos, starting with one and then spinning upto four spools balancing it perfectly when it is on the way to earth from the top, an amazing sight to see four spools flying in air and landing on thread with a corodination with awestruck all of us, questioning our persistance of vision. Following this was duo act by Spanish butterflies, showcased a flying act in unison it was hard to belive there were two of them, such was the chemistry and coordination between the lovely butterflies which swung from one end of stage to other with ease as if they were in midst of their private love session. The slackwire act, which have seen performed before but definetly not with such fragile stills and stunning landing on wire which is in constant motion throughout the act yet he lands on it over sometimes on single leg, single hand and even on one wheel of bicycle. The flying act, an aerial act which had two edge platforms and middle platform placed high above from the stage and the beetles scarabs transit from edge platform to middle with such smooth swings it really keeps one at the edge of the seat. The best is always for the last, most breathtaking act was yet to come The wall. Group of ten artist, grass hoppers jumping,climbing and bouncing through out the stage. With each hop they make they had something special to display before they landed to take the next hope, my favourite act among all.
Each act depicted the talent of the artist for sure, but got to see the concentration, dedication of the artist which are truly ideal. Exciting to see more show from Cirque Du Soleil, nice to have two hours of gauranteed fun and frolic with friends and family around.
