Kooza - Cirque du Soleil

[Bulerias]

http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/kooza/default.aspx

I saw this last night... holy crap, one of the most amazing things I've seen in years. It's one thing to watch these guys on TV, but another thing entirely to see it live. There were some moments where I feared for the lives of the acrobats (when they were JUMP ROPING on the two rotating wheels without any net below them)... it was craaazy. Tickets were expensive, but it is SO worth seeing. Amazing stuff.

The music was REALLY good, too, I was impressed. Lots of Indian influences, straight-up jazz in some places, rock-tinged flamenco, etc....

Edit - Here are the rotating wheels I'm talking about, though the video doesn't show the jump roping:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytb-HG7nsX8&feature=channel_page

 

[Bulerias]

Can't believe this thread went down so fast -- no Cirque fans on TBT?

 

[Conor]

Theres a show like that in the UK I think.
Only watched it once though.

 

[Sarah]

I've always wanted to see it. Hopefully I will soon.

 

[Bulerias]

Theres a show like that in the UK I think.
Only watched it once though.

On TV, or live?

 

[Conor]

Theres a show like that in the UK I think.
Only watched it once though.

On TV, or live?

TV.
It was called Cirque de something.

 

[Bulerias]

Theres a show like that in the UK I think.
Only watched it once though.

On TV, or live?

TV.
It was called Cirque de something.

Oh, yeah, may have been them... I used to watch Cirque du Soleil shows on Bravo years ago, so it was great to finally see 'em live...

 

[Gnome]

I want to go to a Cirque one day, they're always interesting.

 

[Conor]

Theres a show like that in the UK I think.
Only watched it once though.

On TV, or live?

TV.
It was called Cirque de something.

Oh, yeah, may have been them... I used to watch Cirque du Soleil shows on Bravo years ago, so it was great to finally see 'em live...

From what I saw they seemed quite enjoyable to watch.

 

[Bulerias]

Theres a show like that in the UK I think.
Only watched it once though.

On TV, or live?

TV.
It was called Cirque de something.

Oh, yeah, may have been them... I used to watch Cirque du Soleil shows on Bravo years ago, so it was great to finally see 'em live...

From what I saw they seemed quite enjoyable to watch.

Oh, it was amazing. It's much better than a TV broadcast because there's actually the possibility of mistakes... and believe me, there were some close moments. The Wheel of Death was especially crazy, as the guy jump roping on top of it almost fell off at one point... he could have easily died if he fell.

 

[Conor]

Quoting limited to 5 levels deep

TV.
It was called Cirque de something.

Oh, yeah, may have been them... I used to watch Cirque du Soleil shows on Bravo years ago, so it was great to finally see 'em live...

From what I saw they seemed quite enjoyable to watch.

Oh, it was amazing. It's much better than a TV broadcast because there's actually the possibility of mistakes... and believe me, there were some close moments. The Wheel of Death was especially crazy, as the guy jump roping on top of it almost fell off at one point... he could have easily died if he fell.

Yeah, really does put you on the edge of your seat ^_^

 

[Sinep1]

I want to go to Cirque some time

 

[deathparty666]

my school's marching band is playing music from this... Its pretty cool.

 

[Bulerias]

my school's marching band is playing music from this... Its pretty cool.

From Kooza? The music was KICK-ASS... really jazzy, and that drummer was something else!!

 

[Tyler]

They were on the Tonight Show a few weeks ago. Amazing, but creepy, stuff.

 

[Bulerias]

They were on the Tonight Show a few weeks ago. Amazing, but creepy, stuff.

Creepy is right -- I always get a somewhat evil vibe from circuses, dunno why. Especially from clowns, they all come off as sinister sociopaths, haha.

 

[Tyler]

They were on the Tonight Show a few weeks ago. Amazing, but creepy, stuff.

Creepy is right -- I always get a somewhat evil vibe from circuses, dunno why. Especially from clowns, they all come off as sinister sociopaths, haha.

Heh, yea.

 

[FITZEH]

I want to go to a Cirque