Friday, January 21, 2011

Cirque does the impossible
1/21/2011
By Lynette Chilcoat Loveland Reporter-Herald
Watching Alegria Cirque du Soleil has the same bizarre quality as antering into a surreal dream. The baroque-style circus will be presented at Budweiser Events Center for eight performances running Wednesday, Jan. 26, through Sunday, Jan. 30.
Similar to opera with flamboyant costumes, original live music and an elaborate set, the 21/2-hour spectacle combines skill, strength and speed with elegance and delightful poise. Performers regale the audience with a series of acts set to a lively score fraught with emotional undertones. The orchestration features a variety of music such as jazz, pop, tango and klezmer, a type of harmony derived from the Ashkenazic Jews of Eastern Europe with expressive melodies reminiscent of the human voice, complete with laughing and weeping.
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