I have seen Cirque four times now, and I have never been so tense or so much at the edge of my seat for any of them except Kooza. I swear I almost had a heart attack a few times during that show! Acts like the High Wire, and the Wheel of Death were just so intense. Sometimes a performer would slip or almost not make that jump, and the whole audience would gasp or scream. But aside from the death defying acts, there were the more subtle but awesome ones. My favorite, ever since Alegria, is the Hoops Manipulation. It's just so beautiful and fluid, it really mezmorizes you. But they also had a Unicycle Duo, which was very impressive, and three contortionists, which I find very captivating but freaky at the same time. But don't get me wrong, all of the acts were incredible!
The other part of the show was based on traditional clown acts. They did more than the other shows I've seen, but these acts were some of the most hilarious and entertaining. They really interact with the audience, even if you don't do anything, you just feel so involved. They would call up volunteers, they would throw things into the audience, and they even made one of the seats elevate with an unsuspecting audience member stuck up high. I hate clowns, of the usual kind, but these clowns were awesome. They didn't have any big red noses or terrifying laughs so I was ok.
Another thing that was awesome about this show, was the costumes. In any Cirque du Soleil show the costumes have so much attention to detail, and a little bit of quirkiness, that the people look like something out of a storybook. This show, I found, was more rock and roll/Bollywood influenced, and the costumes reflected that. The women acrobats had really awesome hair that I wish I had, and there was even a jazzy skeleton dance! But my favorite character of the whole show was Heimloss, who lives beneath the stage and takes care of the mechanical parts of world of Kooza. His costume was so cool, almost like an old bell diver, but with glowing eyes.
Well, once again I am very satisfied with the performance, it is now my second favorite Cirque show! Maybe next I will save up to go to Vegas and see the Cirque du Soleil shows there. Just maybe...
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