| |
Cirque du Soleil: Kooza Apr 16–May 24
Posted April 9, 2009
UPDATE: 04/20/09 Cirque du Soleil has added 18 performances to the calendar. Kooza will now be on Randall's Island through June 7. Tickets are available here.
Note: Jugglers especially will want to see this show, which features Anthony Gatto. Details posted as gleaned.
About the Show
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.
Watch a video from Kooza here.
Where:
Kooza opens under the Grand Chapiteau in Randall's Island.
Details and directions here.
When:
April 16–May 24, 2009
Ticket, price, and schedule information here.
See also JuggleNYC.com
|
