We saw it Sunday. My hubby did some artwork from them and so they comped our tickets at Radio City and arranged for us to go backstage before the show - I guess they liked what he did for them!!! As a textile person I was amazed at the costume department of course, and more on that another time, but the whole thing was fantastic. Radio City is not the usual venue for them and all the rigging, lighting, projections and movable sections of the stage had to be built specially. Apparently the only other theater that can use this exact setup is in Moscow. Radio City is on the Historic register so they had to be very careful what they did.
I can tell you they did a great job. This show was different that other Cirque performances I have seen - since it was in a theater and not a tent in the round, Radio City seats almost six thousand, so it was a bigger audience, and the lyrics were in English. They rose to the changes in grand fashion. I wont spoil it for you all, but it was stunning, they achieved some amazing effects using the projection capabilities of a theater setting, the acrobatics were death defying, I held my breath through several. The cast includes a world record holder on the Russian Bar, two Olympic gold medal winners, and several multi generational circus families. -- Isn' t it amazing what you can find out backstage? It was an unforgettable evening.
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