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| - There were a couple of applause-worthy moments, but otherwise, in a word...BLECH.
We ordered VIP seats which are pretty nice in that they're right up in front of the ice, but as soon as we sat down, we detected the very strong stench of mold. So that was our initiation. The venue itself is old, old school vegas lounge which has huge kitsch value.
The show itself just felt very foreign from beginning to end, foreign in that the humor, choreography and dancers' personalities just seemed so bizarre. I feel like this must have been choreographed by some old Russian guy about 3 decades ago. For example, a woman started doing a bunch of hula hoops. At one point, she had about 10 going at the same time from knee to neck, which was pretty cool. But then someone came out and dumped about 30 hula hoops on her. After a huge heave-ho, she hoists them all up to simultaneously swing them around about 2 full rotations. Then she dropped them, looking to the audience for applause, as if that was supposed to impress us. I wanted to jump up and say to her: "sometimes, less is more honey."
The acrobatic scenes had these painfully long pauses before one person would jump on a seesaw to have the other fly up in the air. They kept doing basically the same move over and over again with a 10-second pause before the little flip. 30 years ago this may have captivated audiences, but in today's hyperspeed media world, it doesn't cut it.
The curtain call was also strange. After each soloist came out and took their little individual bows, the curtain went down suddenly and all the lights went out. Everybody was desperate to leave, but after some awkward moments in the dark, the curtain and lights come back up 30 seconds later and they all skate up slowly to take a bow. Strange given that they'd already pretty much taken their bow.
The humor sections were just painful, not funny at all, and the actors doing the humor were so cheesy. The skaters were for the most part joyless, not enjoying their time there and clearly watching the clock. They could have upped the kitsch factor by making this a topless show, but let's face it, that would just make this show a different kind of tragic.
The best thing about this show is that it is only an hour long. We pretty much sprinted out as soon as it ended.
We got these tix for half price, but still overpaid. I would value this show at around $15/person. Can I suggest you pay the premium to go see one of the Cirque shows?
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