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Experience
Ballet on Lights


Presented for the first time in the world by Cirque du Soleil, this act is sure to amaze audiences. Seven young women, on points, perform a ballet on light bulbs.

Intermission allows the audience to catch their breath. Upon return, a stage-covering lantern that houses ghostly floating images treats the eyes. When the shade lifts, a troupe of girls are revealed standing on a platform made of light bulbs. The Ballet of Lights is an act never used before in a Cirque du Soleil production.

The song "Hinkò" accompanies the act and has a Middle Eastern flavor. Surprisingly, the guitar riff showed up in the Mandy Moore song "In My Pocket" and I'm not sure if Cirque du Soleil opposed this, but "Hinkò" had been rearranged to include mainly the bridge from the original studio version. On the soundtrack version, the high energy bridge lasted only 8 bars, but the live version has the bridge as the main theme.

 
Position: Act 2; 7/12
Song: "Lanterne" / Hinkò