Innovative dance circus thrills, stuns at UNC
Two acrobats prepare to execute a shoulder-lift during their Cirque Éloize performance at Memorial Hall. The company includes more than 100 artists.By Katelyn Trela The Daily Tar Heel
Cirque Eloize has perfected the art of the near miss.The contemporary dance circus’ new show “iD,” now showing at Memorial Hall, is a terrifyingly beautiful battle with gravity.
In the first 45 minutes, a woman balanced, flipped and cartwheeled upside down from one hand to the other of another performer; the team stacked chair after chair on top of each other while one of the gymnasts climbed, stacked and balanced on top of them; a bike chase flew through the stands, bouncing on one wheel up and down stairs.
The Montreal-based circus group set the stage with a plain, wooden cityscape. As the lights changed and the music moved, the set transformed into a city, a construction site and a collection of hidden doorways and walls.
Cirque Éloize, a contemporary circus arts company that is based in Canada, has been performing since 1993
“iD” is the story of two gangs fighting for control of a city. Though the plot is vague — decorated by the cast’s overactive grins and classic circus stunts — it ties each act together by pitting the two groups against each other.
The cast of gymnasts, break- and hip-hop dancers and a few contortionists somehow performed unimaginable feats in street clothes that looked both retro and futuristic.
Cirque Éloize combines circus arts with music, dance and theatre and has presented over 4,000 performances
read more at:http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2011/03/art_in_the_balance
Cirque Eloize has perfected the art of the near miss.The contemporary dance circus’ new show “iD,” now showing at Memorial Hall, is a terrifyingly beautiful battle with gravity.
In the first 45 minutes, a woman balanced, flipped and cartwheeled upside down from one hand to the other of another performer; the team stacked chair after chair on top of each other while one of the gymnasts climbed, stacked and balanced on top of them; a bike chase flew through the stands, bouncing on one wheel up and down stairs.
The Montreal-based circus group set the stage with a plain, wooden cityscape. As the lights changed and the music moved, the set transformed into a city, a construction site and a collection of hidden doorways and walls.
Cirque Éloize, a contemporary circus arts company that is based in Canada, has been performing since 1993“iD” is the story of two gangs fighting for control of a city. Though the plot is vague — decorated by the cast’s overactive grins and classic circus stunts — it ties each act together by pitting the two groups against each other.
The cast of gymnasts, break- and hip-hop dancers and a few contortionists somehow performed unimaginable feats in street clothes that looked both retro and futuristic.
Cirque Éloize combines circus arts with music, dance and theatre and has presented over 4,000 performancesread more at:http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2011/03/art_in_the_balance
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