Totem

by Cirque du Soleil

We (Tamara, Timur and I) went yesterday to Meloneras to see Cirque du Soleil on their penultimate day in Gran Canaria. Not just an improvement compared to Dralion five years ago (since retired) but simply an amazing show. Of course, it’s so much better to see circus in Grand Chapiteau rather than in a sports arena. One act (Contortion) was missing from the yesterday’s spectacle but I wouldn’t know it without reading the Wikipedia article. The Scientist’s act (“Appearance is based on Charles Darwin”, Wikipedia says), is a slightly annoying stereotype of what a scientific work entails (playing with colourful test tubes, for example). For me, the three best acts — both performance- and costume-wise — were:

1. Unicycles with Bowls
2. Crystal Ladies
3. Russian Bars

The band and the music were outstanding. What was not so great was overpriced merchandise, food and drink (of which we bought none) but, absurdly and disturbingly, no ice cream. Cirque du Soleil! If you are reading my post, I expect this to be fixed next time you are in Canarias.