Great family fun
by Bb on 6/3/24The Liacouras Center - PhiladelphiaAdults and kids marveled at the talent. Great music! Wish more concession stands would have been open before the performance and during intermission.
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Cirque du Soleil: Corteo on Tour
Like the deceased clown whose festive fantasy funeral it portrays, Corteo has risen again to assume its joyful place in the Cirque du Soleil solar system.
One of some 20 active Cirque du Soleil shows, Corteo closed its "Grand Chapiteau" – or "big tent" – run in Quito, Ecuador, in December 2015 after more than 3,500 performances seen by more than 5 million people since its Montreal premiere a decade earlier. In 2018, Corteo reopened in New Orleans as an even bigger and better arena experience slated for a two-year tour.
If you love clowns, Corteo is the show for you. Taking its title from the Italian word for "cortège," or procession, Corteo offers a parade of brilliant entertainments in a carnivalesque atmosphere. It was inspired originally by "The Grand Parade: Portrait of the Artist as Clown," a 2004 exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada.
That exhibition's vast array of circus life, from 18th-century fairgrounds to Picasso's harlequins, was transformed into an in-the-round big-top experience by director Daniele Finzi Pasca. Pasca founded the Swiss clown troupe Teatro Sunil and directed several other Cirque du Soleil spectacles.
While all of the show's principal characters are clowns – including the Dead Clown, Clowness, Giant Clown, and Little Clown – the 62-member cast, from more than a dozen countries, also features aerialists, acrobats, musicians, jugglers, contortionists, hoopers, and gymnasts in addition to its many jubilant jesters.
Costume designer Dominique Lemieux was inspired by "raw and luxurious" European fabrics from the early 20th century and commedia dell'arte characters from the 16th to the 18th centuries. A labyrinth matching one on the floor of France's famed Chartres Cathedral graces the stage. And French painter Adolphe Willette's fantasy Parisian bohemian scene Parc Domine (1885) inspired the show's elaborate water-colored curtains. Those curtains hide "Patience," an imposing overhead structure holding up the rails traversed by four platform carts.
Its stunning mixture of acrobatics and character-driven acting has been Cirque du Soleil's calling card since 1984, when what is now the world's largest theatrical production was founded in Montreal by street performers Guy Laliberté and Gilles Ste-Croix. With Corteo, Cirque du Soleil has outdone itself with an epic tribute to the circus world's comical essence: the clown.
Adults and kids marveled at the talent. Great music! Wish more concession stands would have been open before the performance and during intermission.
This was a very basic circus performance. I say this because they pride themselves on having spectacular shows.
First, the show was amazing. All the performances were amazing to watch and the transitions from set to set was seamless. It had everything from amazing acrobatics, gymnastics, comedy, costumes and so forth. My only comment was that a little more context in the beginning would helped the audience better understand the story line.
The show was so awesome would go 100 times and never be bored
Corteo may be the most enjoyable Cirque du Soleil that I've seen (I've seen probably 7-8 of them). The performances were all top-notch. The "wow"-factor might not be as high as other shows, but there is a lot more emotion and joy in this performance than any I've seen. I was delighted the whole time.
Corteo was my sixth Cirque show, and it was nowhere near as entertaining as previous shows I have seen. I think the “whistling classical music” bit sort of sums it up.
Fantastic performance! The whole family enjoyed from the kids, to grandma! We enjoyed it so much we saw it twice in different arenas!
The show was different than the other five cirques we have attended. It was one of the most entertaining from the standpoint of skits presented versus acrobatic performances.
I saw Corteo last year in Frisco TX. That was a nicer venue. The acoustics at Eagle Bank stadium were bad. Way too loud. The instruments no longer sounded live. Everything sounded like it was recorded and over mic'ed. My elderly mom had to plug her ears. This stadium is old and the staircases were annoying. The balloon lady almost landed in the staircase and got stuck! Maybe the stage was smaller, but the jumping on the bed scene had fewer beds and was not as exciting. Also, this show was missing the trapeze act with the trampoline safety net? I absolutely loved Corteo in Frisco, but this one was just not as good.
This is my eighth cirque show and probably ranked my least favorite. I wanted to like it but just couldn’t get into it.