Laura took Dad and I to see Cirque du Soleil at Copps Colesium last night. It was a spontaneous thing, which made it even more fun. I’d never been to see Cirque du Soleil before, and I was impressed. The music, costumes, sets, lighting, performances were all intricately designed and interwoven with each other, creating what I can only describe as multi-layered audio/visual poetry. They alternated different moods, always keeping your brain and emotions in a whirl, from funny to spooky to awe-inspiring, and then back to funny again. I was impressed by the acrobats who caught and held each other only using their ankles. It boggled my mind and had my heart racing, as half the time, I expected one of them to miss and go sailing into the air and crashing into the crowd far below. I think most of the audience felt the same way. It was very tense in the colesium at that point. There was also a very funny clown who mimed and created sound effects with his mouth and a microphone. He coaxed an audience member on stage with him, and had the guy performing like a pro in no time. It was inspiring to see that kind of audience participation, and gives me ideas for things to do in improv shows with audience memers. Anyway, Cirque was blast: a solid two and a half hours of magic.
I had a couple of interesting photo shoots today. I was shooting two restaurants for a local magazine. The first place was a Vietnamese restaurant that opens tomorrow. The second was a Japanese/Korean place. I really enjoyed working with the restaurateurs. Not only did they each insist that I stay and eat some delicious food, I got to sit with them and chat with them about the restaurant business, and food in general. I feel like a made a few new friends today, and I’m looking forward to going back to these places as a customer.
DUDE! i was there last night too! i was thinking about you too – we were talking about how clean hamilton is. in the end of the show we were having a mini picnic at our car next to the stadium, and a guy asked us for money. a very nice bike cop chatted with him (“so you were just asking them if its a nice day?” – but politely, they actually chatted for a while) and then chatted with us. very friendly!
did you know they work 4am-4pm or 7am-7pm? 12 hour shifts. nuts.
and i agree about the show – the ankle part was just MINDBLOWING. and that guy’s performance? awesome – especially nice cause everyone cheered him on when he was sort of shying away from performing in the start.
SWEET!
and the photos are excellent as usual 🙂
Wow crazy coincidence. I’m surprised I didn’t see you there! Glad you like my town 🙂
that’s weird, the highlights of the show you watched are exactly the same as the one I watched at Air Canada center a couple of weeks ago. Weird right?
The photos look absolutely delicious.
That isn’t so weird. We like the same stuffs. 🙂
I really want to see Cirque, and it sounds like it’s definitely worth it.
Mmm looking at those pictures is making me peckish.
Yes, go if you get a chance!
the circus is a 750 million dollar a year enterprise…just think it all started on the streets of montreal 16 years ago…
those restaurants in hamilton??
Close enough… they’re in Burlington.
1. That sushi looks DELISH.
2. Still haven’t seen any of the Cirque de Soleil’s, and really want to. Was it awesome? Sounds awesome.
3. Totally bummed we’re not going to be able to see you this trip. Just too much to do and too little time. Hopefully next time fo’ sho!
4. You’re gonna get some “Help! I’ve got some photography Q’s” emails from me soon.
Hope all is well! Talk to you soon.
(RANDOM COMMENT ALERT) DUDE! I had to add 10 +3.. so fitting, so fitting.
Anyhow!
I saw Cirque in Vegas and I’ve seen the Toronto performance. Both are incredible but one day, treat yourself to one of the permanent fixtures in Vegas because it’s double the mind-blowing. The stages are built around the act and the performance is that much more because of it 🙂
Danie
That’s what I’ve heard! Maybe some day I’ll see the Vegas one 🙂