CrossRoads Blog

This Sunday we got a chance to see the newest traveling Cirque Du Soleil show: DELIRIUM just down the road here at the fairly new (and really nice, growing area) Glendale Arena, i.e. Jobing.com. We love Cirque shows, seen just about all the Vegas ones and several of the traveling shows.

We started out, as we have been doing lately, but packing up a nice picnic style lunch and a good bottle of Vino – Sonoma Cutrer to be precise - that we could take along with us, find a spot at the venue and partake before the show. It’s so much better than either eating way too early, or way too late, or being stuck with some crap fast food while you rush to the show. Plus, as with all Cirque shows you want to make sure you are there a little early so as not to miss the audience playfulness they always seem to have pre show.

Anyway, a very different vibe from most Cirque shows as the focus was really on the music. There were for sure some talented (what can we call them?) acrobats and artists as always, but a little more limited than normal. A girl with hoops was amazing, they had a four guy group do a similar ‘set’ of strength and form similar to the old two man act. There was a couple of others and some great dancing as well.

What really stood out for the show however was the digital media presentation. There is always some amazing integration of visual, sound, stage sets, etc with Cirque shows, but this one in particular really highlighted what can be done with huge screens and video (and that’s not the best word here as it’s so much more robust) integration with the act. While of course it’s a little on the surreal, Daliesque/Roger Watersesque side – it was pretty frickin’ cool.

The show is not KA or even Mystere for that matter, but considering it’s a traveling show (mostly only 2 nights per city) it’s a very worthy night - we had a great time.

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