After I saw Cirque Du Soleil’s show Amaluna in Atlanta this time last year, which is based on The Tempest, I promised myself I’d go to every Cirque show I possibly could. And in Bossier City, Louisiana, Cirque du Soleil opened a new show, Toruk, based on James Cameron’s movie Avatar. I grabbed tickets immediately (cheap seats, because Cirque’s arials make every seat a good seat), marked my calendar, and began counting down the days!
Jake Sully, the grizzled Marine with spectacular scars, and the crew of scientists are featured nowhere in the show. Toruk transports us to Pandora long before all of them arrived on the planet.
The story line honestly left something to be desired (even my imagination couldn’t quite understand how a dinosaur stopped a volcano) but the rest of the show was, well, Cirque du Soleil. This company has a huge budget, the best performers, the most imaginative artists. Every detail is attended to. And there are so many details! Costumes had richness in detailing that the audience could barely appreciate… Props were made of the very best materials, ones you could see had been carefully chosen to produce the desired effect. The sound design was on point every second and the set, the massive arena, was one giant, dynamic stage rippling from desert, to water, to jungle, to Hallelujah mountains!
The two Cirque du Soleil shows I’ve seen showcase the artists’ pride in their work. They’re the best, they’re excited and passionate, and the finished product is 100% glorious.
– The Dauntless Princess –
Photo credit to bbsoileau, Instagram
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Photo credit to nickbeyeler, Instagram. He’s one of Cirque’s performing artists! His website is: www.nickbeyeler.com