Le Grand Chapiteau: Varekai

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Creations

Varekai

At a Glance

Creative Team
Personages

Expérience

Exécution

Opening
Flight of Icarus
Icarian Games
Water Meteors
Triple Trapeze
Georgian Dance
Body Skating
Solo on Crutches
Aerial Straps
Juggling
Handbalancing
Russian Swings

Réserve

Aerial Hoop

Of the Past...

Pas de Deux

Odyssey

Itinéraire

Flight of Icarus

With agility, deftness and sensitivity, a young man performs astounding dives and contortions in the net that holds him captive.

The story of Cirque's Icarus is a rich one, filled with the essence of freedom. His drama takes flight as he descends into a populated forest full of curious creatures "costumed as mutant birds, insects or exotic hybrid species." Icarus is ensnared by a net, stripped of the wings that gave him flight, and is hoisted high above the forest floor. His struggle for freedom within the flexible cage touches on emotions harbored in us all. The right to freedom is an unsupressable human quality and is one played upon well as he triumphs over his imprisonment. In escaping his harsh encapturement, Icarus flies once again across the heavens in celebration.

But, as he touches the ground he finds himself face to face with a beautiful young creature, who is as inquisitive about him as he is about her. Unable to communicate, they begin to mime each other, and then... fall in love.

Position:	Act 1; 2/12
Song:	Rain One / Vocea