Last night was the long awaited night. The night that I had tickets for Cirque du Soleil Saltimbanco. I figured that the crowd would be a lot bigger than it was so we arrived an hour before the show was to start. With the help of an usher we found our seats and waited. Even though the cheap seat section was five times as full as the other areas, we were lucky in that there were empty seats next to our family. Once the show was starting we spread out a bit. The show was amazing ! The costumes were outstanding ! The performers had such impressive strength ! I found myself watching and whispering Wow ! And there wasn't even a word of English spoken by the cast. Since Saltimbanco, in Italian, literally means to jump on a bench, I assume that the few words spoken were Italian, though someone in the crowd said they thought it was in French. Either way I didn't understand. It didn't matter though as the language was sparse as to not detract from the acts and it surely didn't. The whole show was one wowing act after another. This show puts the circus to shame ! I was worried that since I had wanted to see one of these shows for twenty years, that I may possibly have too high of expectations and be let down, but that was simply not possible. I could go on and on but here is a link where you can see samples of the acts for yourself (http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/CirqueDuSoleil/en/showstickets/saltimbanco/acts/adagio.htm )Prepare to be wowed. You can also check the tour list and see if it is coming near you. If so I suggest that you go.
I apologise that there are no pictures to share but this performance is very adamant about the no camera thing :-(
