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Throughout January and a tad into February (1/2 to 2/8, to be exact), Cirque du Soleil's show Kooza is coming to Atlanta. I've had reports that it is definitely worth seeing.
It will be held in Le Grand Chapiteau (The Big Top) at Atlantic Station in southeast Atlanta. Tickets on the Cirque site are $90/adult, $63 for kids 2-12, and $81 for kids 13 and up with valid student ID and senior citizens > 65. Tickets are considerably more expensive if you buy them from one of the "helpful" ticket sites, so I'll be eschewing those.
I know this is a lot of notice, but I'm definitely interested in going, and I know there are a few others who might be, and I wanted to get some idea how many and who might be interested.
Cirque, for those who have not experienced it, is...hard to describe. Yes, it's acrobatics and other circus stuff (trapeze, trampolines, that kind of thing), but it's also music, comedy, surrealist performance art...and it all combines to tell a story.
Well, here's how they describe it:
I've seen two Cirque shows in person, and they were amazing. Both completely and utterly different, while at the same time being both essentially "Cirque."
Comment if you're interested and we'll work out the details of when later.
There are video clips from Kooza that are reachable from one of the pages I linked above, so if you think you might be interested but aren't sure, watch a clip and maybe that will push you over the edge one way or the other. :)
It will be held in Le Grand Chapiteau (The Big Top) at Atlantic Station in southeast Atlanta. Tickets on the Cirque site are $90/adult, $63 for kids 2-12, and $81 for kids 13 and up with valid student ID and senior citizens > 65. Tickets are considerably more expensive if you buy them from one of the "helpful" ticket sites, so I'll be eschewing those.
I know this is a lot of notice, but I'm definitely interested in going, and I know there are a few others who might be, and I wanted to get some idea how many and who might be interested.
Cirque, for those who have not experienced it, is...hard to describe. Yes, it's acrobatics and other circus stuff (trapeze, trampolines, that kind of thing), but it's also music, comedy, surrealist performance art...and it all combines to tell a story.
Well, here's how they describe it:
KOOZA tells the story of The Innocent, a melancholy loner in search of his place in the world.In a word, it's "Pageantry." That's the only single word that does it justice.
KOOZA is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil: It combines two circus traditions: acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful mélange that emphasizes bold slapstick humor.
The Innocent's journey brings him into contact with a panoply of comic characters such as the King, the Trickster, the Pickpocket, and the Obnoxious Tourist and his Bad Dog.
Between strength and fragility, laughter and smiles, turmoil and harmony, KOOZA explores themes of fear, identity, recognition and power. The show is set in an electrifying and exotic visual world full of surprises, thrills, chills, audacity and total involvement.
I've seen two Cirque shows in person, and they were amazing. Both completely and utterly different, while at the same time being both essentially "Cirque."
Comment if you're interested and we'll work out the details of when later.
There are video clips from Kooza that are reachable from one of the pages I linked above, so if you think you might be interested but aren't sure, watch a clip and maybe that will push you over the edge one way or the other. :)
