Tres Magnifique!

Outside the tents before the show

During intermission

A shot of our building, the Tilsner, taken from across the street--during intermission

A few days has past, but the memory of the show is no less spectacular. Cirque du Soleil's Kooza was as magnificient show as it promised to be. It's nothing like the circus I went to as a kid, that's for sure! Some clowns, but no animals...unless you count the "dog" that was "human-size" (if you know what I mean).

It was remarkable to finally step inside the tent...amazing to see all that fit under the "Big Top". I still can't believe there were some 2000 pretty comfortable seats there! Our seats were in the mid-price range...and offered a very good view of the show...I'm not sure there are "bad" seats, since wherever you sit you are reasonably close to the stage.

The acts and theatrics were...well, amazing. Everything from trapeze, high wire, juggling, slight of hand...all part of the show. Lots of drama, skill and humor. Even sexy...I'll never look at a unicycle the same way. The High Wire and Wheels of Death Acts were terrifying for me to watch ... many, many times I held my breath and wanted to close my eyes because I was afraid someone was going to end up hurt ...but they knew what they were doing.

A special night shared with my daughter...it doesn't get much better.

Kooza!

Tonight's the night that I take my daughter (pictured above) to see Cirque du Soleil's Kooza performance! Tomorrow is her 25th birthday (how did that happen?). We are excited (about the circus and her birthday...she is after all, the birthday princess)!!! I know that we can't take pictures during the performance, but I'm hoping to snap a few shots of the front of the tents (our apartment faces the backside). We're ready to be dazzled!!!

My own pics of the tents

The tents are all up and the performances have begun. For the next 5-6 weeks we will have Cirque du Soleil performing their Kooza show just across the street from us.

It was interesting just watching the tents go up. Pretty amazing teamwork in action.

I am taking my daughter to a performance next week for her birthday. The tickets are pricey, but I figure this is a one-time opportunity. Plus I just couldn't watch those tents go up and not see the show.

I'll let you know how it goes.

(Oh, if you haven't already, check out the time-lapse photography of the tents going up that I posted just a few days ago)

Cirque du Soleil--tents going up!

Someone in my building created this short video (time-lapse sort of thing) of the Kooza tents going up across the street. I have some still photos that I will be sharing...but this is awesome. It's pretty much what I've been watching outside my window.

It's short, so Enjoy!