Cirque Du Soleil@ Tokyo

Cirque Du Soleil

Why am I writing about Non-Japanese stuff in Japan?

I don't know... But I am attending those events, so why not? It just happens when you're in a country, you might be tempted to see what they find interesting themselves... in this case, a foreign circus...

Although, Cirque Du Soleil is anything but an ordinary circus!

...It's not like those washed-out shows you see on TV which has became redundant since the 90s...
.. for me.. Cirque Du Soleil is like a theater... best resembled by a mime theater.. obviously with MUCH more body language..

The magic of circus, in my opinion is it's ability to trans-pass the boundaries of language, as they do some singing, the only thing is that they don't speak any known language known to mankind... it is only in the mind of those who are the cirque creaters! They have created their own language, which sounds like "gibberish", which means that you don't really need real words to convey human emotions, all you need is the emotion, an expressive face and body language!

It is a Saga, it is a movie in real time!

And the music score! Fantastic, it is live played by 5 instrument players... an original masterpiece which the acrobats and other performances time their movements upon... unfolding the story which is clearly a French style theater..

I was lucky to see Cirque Du Soleil's performance in Dubai, UAE with my dear friend Ken (whom I am sure is enjoying reading this so far ;-). It was Quidam. it was a masterpiece itself also, but the difference is in the theme, in Quidam, it was set mostly in an Western Style, however in this one... there are African Tribal Themes, Arabic (yep!) Themes, as well as Asian and occasional European (mainly Russian) themes.


It was a festival for both the eye and ear (and the tongue too, if you count the pop-corn :-P)

A Fantastic night.

Another note is the amount of Technology involved, a giant leap from Quidam..!

About the story itself, it was nice and fun... However, overall, I found the Quidam storyline more touching, plus the audience participation was much more in Quidam (maybe they chose not to.. in Tokyo.. the Japanese people are a bit too shy for this sort of thing... they will probably spend the whole time giggling! :-D)

The Cirque Du Soleil has established a permanent theater in Tokyo Disneyland Resort... something I heard they are planning to do as well in Dubai...

Find more about the show here, some nice wallpaper here, and an excellent video here.