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Cirque du Soleil: Dralion

  • August 2001
  • 1hr

    29mins

  • Music
  • Family
  • Directed by

    Guy Caron,

    David Mallet,

    Peter Wagg,

    Starring

    Erik Karol,

    Agnès Sohier,

    Sheetal Gandhi,

    Henriette Gbou

    ...

    The Chinese consider the lion a symbol of good luck, so it's a half-dragon, half-lion – a dralion – that is the symbol of the East-meets-West fusion of this performance in which 36 Chinese acrobats join the renowned Canadian troupe. Celebrating the four elements as represented in four colours – blue (air), green (water), red (fire) and ochre (earth) – Dralion combines ancient Chinese circus traditions with Cirque du Soleil's usual stunning elements: the techno-oriented single ring; the multicoloured lights and costumes; the music that mixes rock, New Age and various world influences (though not Chinese); and the madcap clowns that pull a victim out of the audience.