Cirque du Soleil: Dralion (2001)
Cirque du Soleil: Dralion
7.4
Music, Family
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.
Starring
Erik Karol, Agnès Sohier, Sheetal Gandhi, Henriette Gbou, Juliana Neves, Luis Pelegrini, Zhao Jian, Viktor Kee, Joe De Paul, Luan Leilei
Directed By
Guy Caron, David Mallet
