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Saturday, October 20, 2012


'My job is to fly'
Performers ready to walk on air as Cirque du Soleil's 'Dralion' opens in Stockton
 
MICHAEL McCOLLUM/The Record
Lorant Markocsany and Amanda Orozco in an arial pas de deux.
from---recordnet.com

By Jo Ann Kirby, Record Staff Writer
October 18, 2012
Backstage on opening night, the performers of Cirque du Soleil's "Dralion" are stretching, flipping, jumping, bouncing, skidding and flying through the air.
It's enough to make a mom cringe.
What if he doesn't catch her? What if that guy misses the trampoline? Oh, my goodness, he's going to hurtle himself through that sharp metal hoop? Literally, those guys are bouncing off that wall! Excuse me, the trampo-wall.
Don't look.
Cover your eyes.
OK. Maybe just a peek.
Not surprisingly, one of the stars of the show says performing in "Dralion" doesn't just take muscles, flexibility and talent.
It also takes a huge measure of trust.
"We have to support each other physically," Amanda Orozco, 23, said of her onstage relationship with her muscular partner, Lorant Markocsany, with whom she performs an aerial pas de deux. "My job is to fly. It doesn't get much better than that."
Wednesday afternoon, hours before the curtain would go up on their seven-show run at Stockton Arena, the talented duo who portray the production's love story went through their paces with two long, blue silk ribbons suspended from the ceiling.
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