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Acro on Ice: Cirque du Soleil’s Robert Tannion talks about Crystal

Debra Danese June 23, 2022 No Comments

Cirque du Soleil is known for pushing creative and physical limits. In the company’s first ice show, Cirque expands those boundaries with both acrobats and skaters.

Dance Features

Full Cirque: Alix Croop returns to her hometown with AMALUNA

Debra Danese July 19, 2019 No Comments

Allentown native, Alix Croop, couldn’t imagine how her talents would translate to what she had seen in Cirque du Soleil’s Alegria when the show played…

Dance

Cool as Ice: Cirque du Soleil hits the ice with CRYSTAL

Smalley Bogg June 12, 2019 No Comments

With its new show, Cirque du Soleil pushes the boundaries of performance, redefining the artistic possibilities of ice.

Dance Features Interviews Theater

Cirque on Ice: Director Fabrice Lemire talks Cirque du Soleil’s CRYSTAL

Debra Danese June 2, 2019 No Comments

Lemire talks to Debra Danese about the unique challenges of bringing acrobatics and skating together.

Dance Reviews Visual

VOLTA (Cirque du Soleil): A review in word and images

Yumna Tolaimate August 27, 2018 No Comments

VOLTA is a performance with both visual play and psychological depth.

Features Interviews Previews

An Aerialist Brazilian: Danila Bim discusses her work with Cirque du Soleil’s VOLTA

Debra Danese June 21, 2018 1 Comment

Danila Bim’s job is literally hair-raising!

Dance Features Interviews

Singing VAREKAI: Jamieson Lindenberg on the Cirque du Soleil show

Debra Danese November 20, 2017 No Comments

Jamieson Lindenberg is just one of 50 artists from 19 different countries who will be performing in Cirque du Soleil’s VAREKAI at the Liacouras Center…

Dance Reviews

TORUK-THE FIRST FLIGHT (Cirque du Soleil): Awe-inspiring show by the best of the world

Eri Yoneda March 15, 2017 No Comments

Every aspect of TORUK is simply breathtaking and astonishing.

Dance Features Previews

Taking Flight with Cirque du Soliel

Eri Yoneda February 10, 2017 No Comments

Cirque du Soleil, the Montreal-based, internationally renowned, always-beyond-imaginable performance company brings TORUK-The First Flight to the Wells Fargo Center March 8-12, 2017

Fringe Festival Fringe reviews Reviews Theater

BILLOSOPHY: LIFE, CIRCUS, DEATH (Bill Forchion): 2016 Fringe review 58

Debra Miller September 18, 2016 No Comments

A one-hour existentialist monologue filled with expressive movement, colorful costumes, funny props, apropos music, and audience participation

Dance Reviews

OVO (Cirque du Soleil): Acrobatic insects and a life-affirming egg

Debra Miller May 13, 2016 2 Comments

Cirque du Soleil’s current touring show considers the world of insects in its signature combination of breathtaking acrobatics, original live music, and colorful design.