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Vegas - Cirque Du Soleil - Ka
I'm not entirely sure what to write. Half because I'm still reeling, and half because I'm still asleep.
I'm now in the International Airport in Las Vegas, heading back home after a trip which put my 5-year anniversary trip to absolute shame. I'm just shaking my head in disbelief.
During the trip, we went and saw the show Ka by Cirque Du Soleil and quite honestly... From half-way through the show, I was honestly wondering how in the world I could verbalize what I saw, how I was feeling, the experience I was having, etc...
And I couldn't come up with anything. I still can't. I guess I'll put it this way.
I fell in love yesterday.
I fell in love with art.
Quite honestly, there is no way I am going to be able to convey, through words, the whole experience of Ka. Heck... Even if they made a full-feature film of this show, it wouldn't hold a candle against the live performance. Unless you experience it yourself, there really is no comparison.
To begin, the MGM Grand is crawling with the fully-dressed performers mingling out midst the people awaiting the performance. While waiting in line, I talked to a Japanese-looking character and asked him if he thought the show was going to be good. He just looked at me for about 5 seconds as if he was confused.
He then said, "Show? There is no show... We're going to have a celebration."
Then, when we actually went into the lobby, or waiting area, there were characters guarding the large wooden doors which led to the arena inside.
After the production of opening the doors, complete with tribal shouting and fanfare, we were led down a darkened hall to what would be an amazingly large room specifically designed for this show.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing! The place was every bit as impressive as the LDS Conference Hall back in Utah. I'm not sure if it was as big, although I wouldn't be surprised if it was as big, or bigger. The design of the arena was dumbfounding. I felt as though I was in the Matrix, of sorts....
Because I wasn't allowed to record anything in the hall, I don't have any pictures or video, but even if I did, the only truly authentic experience you would be getting would be my reaction to what I was seeing.
Like I said, you've got to be there in order to have any hint of what I'm talking about...
...and I hadn't even found my seat yet.
When I did find my seat, I was in disbelief in that we were pretty much as front-and-center as we could possibly be. We were pretty much dead-center and 5 rows back. For many scenes of the show, the actors were directly above us. Yeah... It was awesome...
To be honest, I really have no idea how I'm going to possibly describe the Ka experience in this journal entry.
To me, the show was the perfect marriage of mechanical wizardry (the stage itself was beyond description - far beyond any stage I have ever seen), profound artistic prowess, acrobatics, stage presence, .... the list goes on and on....
And the music! My goodness! Multiple times throughout the 1.5 hour show, the beauty of the stunning visuals perfectly coordinated with amazing music made me tear up.
To be quite honest, the comparison between the likes of Phantom of The Opera and Les Miserable, would be like comparing a remote-controlled airplane to a Boeing 747. No joke.
They used every aspect of art at their disposal.
The stage was ...... beyond description. It was a fully 360 degree rotating, mult-platform marvel, which moved hundreds of feet vertically and horizontally. I simply don't know how to describe it.
The control and precision with which the actors performed made feats which surely could have caused serious injury, if not death, with one single mis-calculation, seem normal, natural, and such that anybody in the audience could do the same.
I was dumbfounded.
I was dumbfounded time and time and time and time again.
With each new scene, I thought to myself, "This cannot possibly get any better.", and then the next scene would start, and it was as if they were taking these amazing scenes and crushing the limits of theatrics each time.
They used color, timing, gravity, creativity, mechanics, humor, drama, humanity, and physics to generate a level of awe, the likes of which I have quite simply never experienced in my entire life, in a theatrical presentation.
Yup. From the moment I walked into the MGM Grand, to the moment I left, the awe of the experience was unparalleled to anything I have previously experienced.
I'm not even going to try to explain the show, but in my opinion, it is on a completely different level than any other theatrical production I've ever seen.
It was amazingly beautiful.
I'm now in the International Airport in Las Vegas, heading back home after a trip which put my 5-year anniversary trip to absolute shame. I'm just shaking my head in disbelief.During the trip, we went and saw the show Ka by Cirque Du Soleil and quite honestly... From half-way through the show, I was honestly wondering how in the world I could verbalize what I saw, how I was feeling, the experience I was having, etc...
And I couldn't come up with anything. I still can't. I guess I'll put it this way.
I fell in love yesterday.
I fell in love with art.
Quite honestly, there is no way I am going to be able to convey, through words, the whole experience of Ka. Heck... Even if they made a full-feature film of this show, it wouldn't hold a candle against the live performance. Unless you experience it yourself, there really is no comparison.
To begin, the MGM Grand is crawling with the fully-dressed performers mingling out midst the people awaiting the performance. While waiting in line, I talked to a Japanese-looking character and asked him if he thought the show was going to be good. He just looked at me for about 5 seconds as if he was confused.
He then said, "Show? There is no show... We're going to have a celebration."
Then, when we actually went into the lobby, or waiting area, there were characters guarding the large wooden doors which led to the arena inside.
After the production of opening the doors, complete with tribal shouting and fanfare, we were led down a darkened hall to what would be an amazingly large room specifically designed for this show.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing! The place was every bit as impressive as the LDS Conference Hall back in Utah. I'm not sure if it was as big, although I wouldn't be surprised if it was as big, or bigger. The design of the arena was dumbfounding. I felt as though I was in the Matrix, of sorts....
Because I wasn't allowed to record anything in the hall, I don't have any pictures or video, but even if I did, the only truly authentic experience you would be getting would be my reaction to what I was seeing.
Like I said, you've got to be there in order to have any hint of what I'm talking about...
...and I hadn't even found my seat yet.
When I did find my seat, I was in disbelief in that we were pretty much as front-and-center as we could possibly be. We were pretty much dead-center and 5 rows back. For many scenes of the show, the actors were directly above us. Yeah... It was awesome...
To be honest, I really have no idea how I'm going to possibly describe the Ka experience in this journal entry.
To me, the show was the perfect marriage of mechanical wizardry (the stage itself was beyond description - far beyond any stage I have ever seen), profound artistic prowess, acrobatics, stage presence, .... the list goes on and on....
And the music! My goodness! Multiple times throughout the 1.5 hour show, the beauty of the stunning visuals perfectly coordinated with amazing music made me tear up.
To be quite honest, the comparison between the likes of Phantom of The Opera and Les Miserable, would be like comparing a remote-controlled airplane to a Boeing 747. No joke.
They used every aspect of art at their disposal.
The stage was ...... beyond description. It was a fully 360 degree rotating, mult-platform marvel, which moved hundreds of feet vertically and horizontally. I simply don't know how to describe it.
The control and precision with which the actors performed made feats which surely could have caused serious injury, if not death, with one single mis-calculation, seem normal, natural, and such that anybody in the audience could do the same.
I was dumbfounded.
I was dumbfounded time and time and time and time again.
With each new scene, I thought to myself, "This cannot possibly get any better.", and then the next scene would start, and it was as if they were taking these amazing scenes and crushing the limits of theatrics each time.They used color, timing, gravity, creativity, mechanics, humor, drama, humanity, and physics to generate a level of awe, the likes of which I have quite simply never experienced in my entire life, in a theatrical presentation.
Yup. From the moment I walked into the MGM Grand, to the moment I left, the awe of the experience was unparalleled to anything I have previously experienced.
I'm not even going to try to explain the show, but in my opinion, it is on a completely different level than any other theatrical production I've ever seen.
It was amazingly beautiful.
Comment by Shaun Roos on Apr. 28, 2008 @ 11:20 am
Jason,
That just about sums it up.. I get a little emotional again as I read this and remember how awe inspiring this show was.. you're right. It cannot be titled a "show". It was true celebration of art, talent, performing arts, color, creativity, theatrics.. One scene sticks out in my mind where the good guys were fighting the bad guys on a stag that was completely VERTICAL and they were running up and down the wall like in the matrix or something.. TOO TOO COOL!
Thanks again for posting this Jason. You are the MAN
Shaun
That just about sums it up.. I get a little emotional again as I read this and remember how awe inspiring this show was.. you're right. It cannot be titled a "show". It was true celebration of art, talent, performing arts, color, creativity, theatrics.. One scene sticks out in my mind where the good guys were fighting the bad guys on a stag that was completely VERTICAL and they were running up and down the wall like in the matrix or something.. TOO TOO COOL!
Thanks again for posting this Jason. You are the MAN
Shaun
Comment by Shaun Roos on Apr. 28, 2008 @ 01:48 pm
Hey, here's a good youtube video that shows more about this! CLICK HERE