Cirque du Soleil Event At Borders February 20
Cirque du Soleil is here in Dallas. Alicia and I have tickets for this Saturday’s (February 24, 2007) show. We are both looking forward to the show. We went to a very fun and interesting Cirque du Soleil event on Saturday at Borders. The artistic directory of Corteo, Richard Dagenais, the main character, Jeff Raz, and one of the acrobats, Rebecca Jose spoke at the event.
Both Alicia and I really enjoyed hearing them speak. I was amazed at what Rebecca Jose said. She was formerly a rhythm gymnastic. She auditioned for cirque. Rebecca then spent a year learning to “fly”. She described her main routine is being thrown between two men that are six meters apart which is almost 20 feet. I cannot wait to see her routine.
Richard Dagenais was very well spoken. I think his native language his French. I got the impression he was French-Canadian. The cirque shows sound very well run. Of course you never know till you experience something like that from the inside. I do know they are under a phenomenal amount of pressure. Be sure to check out the series that originally aired on Bravo called “The Fire Within” which chronicled the preparation of another cirque show called Varekai.