Love Cirque's big top! The colours always make me feel cheerful for some reason.
Dralion is a show about East meets West - Dra being Dragon and Lion being, well, lion.
First up was the classic contortionist - this little Asian girl was like a giant raspberry twisty licorice stick!
Second act was the juggler slash contortionist - Think David Bowie in Labyrinth but even more awesome. I couldn't find a photo of him in a Dralion setting so this will have to do.
This was at a Dralion preview do apparently:
Then there was a whole lot of men running around while swishing these giant fans:
Acrobats jumping rope:
Highlight for me and Viv is this lovers dance on silk rope - so romantic!! Word of advice to all men - learn how to fling yourself while hanging on rope and carrying your lady!:
Ladies, you are welcome! But apparently, these two are siblings! Yiew!
Acrobats flipping all over the place on top of each other while balancing on a platform of lightbulbs!!!
Anyway, all photo credits go to someone and somewhere on the internet! It was great but I think I am somewhat desensitized towards all these amazing performances because we've seen them all to some extent in China. Sure Cirque was a colourful over the top production with the lighting, the props, the costumes, etc.. but in China, we saw the same amazing talent but stripped down to its very core - basic props, basic costumes, no atmosphere created whatsoever.. just raw, impossible human talent!
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