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Cirque du Soleil's Kooza in Philadelphia May 8 - June 15
Posted March 30, 2008
The latest touring show from the behemoth Canadian circus company
won't come to NYC until spring 2009, and we know some impatient fans
would rather make the 2-hour trek to Philadelphia then wait till
then.
Show description: (from cirquedusoleil.com)
KOOZA tells the story of The Innocent, a melancholy loner in search of
his place in the world.
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.
More importantly (to many of us at least), the show features the world
record-holding and almost inarguably greatest living juggler Anthony
Gatto.
When:
May 8th to June 15th
Where:
Grand Chapiteau
S. 13th Street & Charpentier
Philadelphia, PA
More info and online ticket sales:
cirquedusoleil.com
See also CircusNYC.com
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