Summary: The world-renowned Cirque du Soleil does it again with this special performance captured on video, fusing Chinese and African performance styles into a fresh and exciting new form. Enjoy the amazing acrobatics and clowns of the Cirque as they astonish and delight you.

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The unique, enthralling antics and acrobatics of the Cirque Du Soleilare showcased in this surprisingly strong DVD package. And it's surprising because it refuses to cut corners. The production values are excellent, the filming is strong, and where with some live show DVDs there's a feeling that it's been banged out with little thought, there's no evidence of that here at all.

It's important too, because it allows the focus to be on the quite incredible Cirque Du Soleil. If you're new to them, then they're a circus company pretty much without parallel. Some of their feats are simply incredible to watch, and while their live shows are clearly the best way to enjoy their work, this DVD set is surely the next best thing. Four shows are included, and while it feels wrong to cite one over the others, the stunning "Alegria" is nonetheless an excellent starting point.

Topped with a terrific, thoughtful musical background, there's an immense amount of entertainment on offer here from Cirque Du Soleilthat's light years away from the circuses that happily pitched up around the country over the past decades. That it offers much that all the family can appreciate only adds to the appeal. Heck, even the clowns are actually funny… --Jon Foster

Aspect Ratio:	1.78 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Featurette - 1. Making Of, Promo, Multi-Angle Featurette, Scene Access, Interactive Menus
Subtitles:	Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Year:	2000
Release Date:	January 28, 2002
Runtime:	90 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C D R 29404
Keywords:	Music, Wide, Screen, Performance, Plays, Performing, De, Soleil, Cirque, Arts, Du, Dralion
Genre:	Music/Performing Arts