So, we did have one thing planned for our trip to Vegas - to see the Cirque de Soliel show LOVE - The Beatles.
I think I know what an acid trip is like, now.
Pretty amazing show. I found there was more of a "performance art" dance to it than anything else. The "circus" acts were okay, only a few really jumped out at you - the roller bladers fro one were pretty cool.
But the music ties it all together. It wasn't just the album cuts either. Almost everything had been reworked by Martin's son and another producer. There was lots of "out takes" from recording sessions too. That made it more interesting.
Set up in theatre in the round, a lot of the action happened in quadruplicate with the same or similar characters coming out from 4 ramps to the stage in the centre. Up in the air things happend in quads as well.
I think the most impressive thing I saw was the girls on the rope - they were pulled up from below the stage slowly as the music built. They had the rope all wrapped up in their legs and were sitting straight up in the lotus postion - effortlessly - elbows out to the sides and hands only pressed to the rope in prayer and not hanging on at all. It was kinda freaky how they did that.
Even if you're not a big fan of The Beatles, it's worth it to see this show - at least once. If you like the Cirque type of shows, you might be a bit disappointed though. This one is more music and dance and show and then cirque, in my opinion.
We've seen the Cirque show that ran in Toronto a number of years ago and we saw La Reve in Vegas - which is not a Cirque de Soliel but was produced by one of the founders who went off on his own. For "Cirque-ness" these shows are way better than LOVE.
That's not to say LOVE is bad - not at all - you just need to go in with the right expectations.
I think I know what an acid trip is like, now.
Pretty amazing show. I found there was more of a "performance art" dance to it than anything else. The "circus" acts were okay, only a few really jumped out at you - the roller bladers fro one were pretty cool.
But the music ties it all together. It wasn't just the album cuts either. Almost everything had been reworked by Martin's son and another producer. There was lots of "out takes" from recording sessions too. That made it more interesting.
Set up in theatre in the round, a lot of the action happened in quadruplicate with the same or similar characters coming out from 4 ramps to the stage in the centre. Up in the air things happend in quads as well.
I think the most impressive thing I saw was the girls on the rope - they were pulled up from below the stage slowly as the music built. They had the rope all wrapped up in their legs and were sitting straight up in the lotus postion - effortlessly - elbows out to the sides and hands only pressed to the rope in prayer and not hanging on at all. It was kinda freaky how they did that.
Even if you're not a big fan of The Beatles, it's worth it to see this show - at least once. If you like the Cirque type of shows, you might be a bit disappointed though. This one is more music and dance and show and then cirque, in my opinion.
We've seen the Cirque show that ran in Toronto a number of years ago and we saw La Reve in Vegas - which is not a Cirque de Soliel but was produced by one of the founders who went off on his own. For "Cirque-ness" these shows are way better than LOVE.
That's not to say LOVE is bad - not at all - you just need to go in with the right expectations.