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Total Rating: 
****
Opened: 
April 30, 2003
Ended: 
July 6, 2003
Country: 
USA
State: 
New York
City: 
New York
Company/Producers: 
Cirque du Soleil
Theater Type: 
off-Broadway
Theater: 
Cirque du Soleil at Blue & Yellow Grand Chapiteau
Theater Address: 
Randall's Island
Phone: 
(800) 450-1480
Genre: 
Noveau Circus
Director: 
Dominic Champagne w/ Andrew Watson
Choreographer: 
Michael Montanaro & Bill Shannon.
Review: 

Attending a performance of Cirque du Soleil is a transcendent, fantastic adventure as we experience the beauty of the human body going so far beyond what we might imagine possible that we are transported to another world -- a surreal world peopled with fairy creatures, lovers who fly (and we fly with them) music that lifts the audience onto another dimension and costuming that floats colors and shapes newly arrived on this planet. Based on gymnastics, and using the best in the world, with some good clowning to space the acrobatic acts, this show, called Varekai, is a rich, unique, multi-sensual event not to be missed (except for small children -- it's not really for them).

Critic: 
Richmond Shepard
Date Reviewed: 
May 2003