Cirque du Soleil

So, it is often a problem with circuses where there is a lot of music involved and choreography tends to look sloppy, and that is perfectly okay by me because the performers are not dancers. What is kind of irritating about Cirque du Soleil's Totem is the lack of continuity in the cultures they were trying to reflect. There were many beautiful American Indian tribal dances and creative recreations of Aboriginal rituals, but they would be paired with African drums, or a random girl in the background doing a fan dance. As a circus, the audience is looking every which way to see everything that is going on anyways, the sensory overload was not necessary. I will say, that when I tuned out some of the ambiance and music elements of the show, that it was truly amazing to watch. Really the performers were not so flexible that it was disgusting, they were doing things that a trained gymnast could do with ease, but in non-traditional apparatus, with costumes, while telling a story and to choreography and timing (well, kind of). All in all, I would love to see another performance, but now I have a different outlook on it, and know what to look for so that I, personally, can enjoy it without picking it apart.

Sometimes I hate that about myself.

But anyways, I have to get back to editing those headshots from a while back, but check back in a few days so I can maybe have some before-and-after shots. And probably a shout out for The Tantallon Community Players' production of The Color Purple. From what I have heard, it is an amazing show and I am getting excited to see it.

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