3 posts tagged “corteo”
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Never wanted to be a little person so bad in my life!! The woman in the show (and she's REALLY little - like 3' max, though prob not even close to that) was literally floating above the audience held up by balloons... you know, like you kind of imagine doing when you're a kid? They were big balloons, hooked to a gyro-harness that was around her waist, allowing her to spin around any way she wished. She'd drift down over the audience, landing on people's hands (her feets were smaller than woman's hands), and the people would push her back up - high into the air. Insanely cool!! That's when the show finally drew me in. I kept thinking, "I wanna do that!"
My seat is great - dead center, 2 rows up from the walkway (10 rows from front). Lots of stuff took place directly in front of me.
I've already spent $120 ($19 to park - in Inglewood (aka: "south central LA) at a mostly deserted old venue?!?) and it's only intermission.
[update]
Darn - second half of the show started strong but finished weak. I may offer to sell my front row seat at the Q&A performance in Orange County. Dunno yet. . . have to decide if the show is weak (it's no Varekai - which is my fav) or if it was just that the audience sucked. It didn't help that audio was a bit off - no doubt due to the need to drown out the jumbo jets flying over - as we were directly under the landing path for LAX.
Highlights of the 2nd half were the the trapeze act - where they don't use trapezes (trapezi??), just hand to hand tossing up in the air, and little people again (they're husband & wife IRL) doing a beautiful acrobat routine. I also really enjoyed when the angels came out and kinda looked like big angel christmas ornaments.
However, throughout the show, I was highly distracted by my desire to elbow the bitch next to me since she and her pre-teen kid fidgeted and talked and pointed stuff out to each other for the ENTIRE performance. Here's a thought... the other person has eyes too... shut the fuck up and WATCH THE SHOW!!
I made it out without spending any more money - a minor miracle as I realized I don't have "The Fire Within" on DVD... yet.
Cirque shows I recommend:
- Saltimanco - been touring since the 80s. Recently "retooled" for larger venues. Currently in State College, PA
- Varekai - currently in Perth, AU; moving to London on Jan 6
- Kooza - newest touring show (I know nothing about it) in SF starting Nov 16 (I'm seeing in on Dec 7)
- Wintuk - brand new resident show in NY, opening in November. No one but Cirque knows anything about it yet.
- Zumanity - resident show at NYNY hotel in Vegas... the perfect combo of sin & cirque!
More info/tickets: CirqueDuSoleil.com or ClubCirque.com (it's free)
Moshi isn't any worse but he also isn't any better. You can see the mondo-lump on the left (his right) in the blurry pics.
So tomorrow will require waking up early and heading in to the vet to find out what's wrong and pray that it's something minor. Tonight I was using a feather toy to play with the cats and noticed he doesn't want to open his mouth very wide - so it's affecting his jaw (go figure, huh?.. since it's centered right over the jaw joint).
I'm feeling guilty because I remember us smacking into each other on the bed Thurs night... I turned over and my foot smacked into an unknown part of him. I'm all a-feared that I unknowingly kicked him in the face and broke his jaw or something. He didn't cry or anything... but, then, he never does (unless he wants to know where I am - which is totally cute). I didn't see him Fri morn (I open the door for the cats then go right back to bed) so I don't know if it was swollen then or if it happened while I was at work.
But it's a wasp bite and going to heal just fine with a little time. Right?
In other news:
I'm still dealing with the fatigue. After a good night's sleep last night, my mind was refreshed but my body felt like I'd never been to bed. I figured trying to workout would be stupid - a high likelihood for injury - so I called out. I spent a little bit of time tanning in the backyard, then debating about a nap, till I finally dragged myself out for a pedicure. You know you're tired when the thought of sitting in a car to go sit in a massage chair for an hour sounds exhausting!
I thought about my diet as of late, how I'm still feeling exhausted despite the prescription speed (I don't take it often cause although it revs up my brain there just doesn't seem to be any physical energy to fire off), that the RedCross has always labeled me borderline anemic (though blood tests always come back fine), and that my new vitamins don't contain iron - and decided to pick up some supplements. We'll see if they have any effect. If not, I guess I'll do another round of blood tests.
In still other news:
I watched Almodovar's "Volver" tonight and LOVED it. I think it's some of his best work. Not completely like his other stuff - but not unlike it either. And the previews on the DVD were ALL for stuff I thought looked good and am about to add to my Netflix queue (though I've already seen everything that's released and can only add the others as "save"). I'm particularly interested in Angel-A from Luc Penson ("The Fifth Element" & "The Professional", both of which I LOVE). And even though I'm not a big fan of Beatles music, "Across the Universe" looks interesting.
In final news:
Cirque announced that it's newest show, Kooza is coming to San Fran and San Jose soon... but didn't announce dates yet. I'll be buying a ticket & scheduling my flight as soon as that info comes out. And Corteo's run in SoCal has been extended to Dec 23 (starts in August!) - so I'm thinking of buying a 3rd ticket to that as a holiday thing. But maybe I'll wait for more info on Kooza first.
And now I'm off to glance at neighbors and maybe post a few comments before I go to bed. A thousand apologies for not being a good neighbor and keeping up on everyone's gossip. I'll try to catch up soon.
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY to my IRL friend, Jeffie-Jeff!! (I didn't realize how much I miss you till I felt the huge grin on my face while listening to your message.)
I already purchased my (front row) seat to the OC Q/A night. Will also get a ticket for LA - but something further back (the view is actually better from around the mid-point) and on a weekend.
YEEAAAAA!! (me = Cirque FANATIC)
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