Expérience
Aerial Cube

The first act takes place as a chiseled Herculean of a man twirls a huge aluminum cube in the palm of his hand. The song, "Misha" is named after original cube aerialist, Mikhail Matorin who perfected his act while in Russia, and has a modern classical feel. (Actually, the Cube was seen in Alegría in the 1994 tour, but in 1996, he joined Mystère. Later, in 1999, he was replaced by Paul Bowler). He rises out of the machine with cube in hand; arms over his head. The lights flash and he begins to dance with the cube. And what he can do with this cube is amazing - Taking this enormous metal cube in his hands, the man juggles it, flips it and otherwise amazes the audience with the feats he's able to accomplish with only his two hands keeping the cube and the audience separated. And when it glows in the after light of the theater, you can't fight back the chills any longer. After his bouts of strength with the cube, the artist takes to soaring through the theater to amaze us once again.

On the "Mystère Live" CD, the dreamy bridge features one of my favorite musicians, Geneviève Dubé, playing with such passion that the notes roll off her violin like tears. Geneviève left Mystère and joined the Cirque du Soleil show, "Quidam". Marc Solis' clarinet then picks up the tender melody line while a keyboard with subtle choir-like sounds enriches the classical chord progression.

Features text written by Paul Roberts, as published in the "Fascination! Newsletter".