CRASH MOREAU'S CIRCUS VISITS
May all your days be circus days!
CRASH MOREAU'S
2010
CIRCUS VISITS HAS STARTED
2010
CIRCUS VISITS HAS STARTED
CIRQUE DREAMS ILLUMINATION
Collins Center For The Arts
University Of Maine
Orono, ME
Feb 5
My first circus performance for 2010 started Friday evening February 5th at the Collins Center For The Arts at the University of Maine in Orono.This was a great theatrical presentation by 24 talented performers in the Neil Goldberg's presentation of Cirque Dreams Illumination. Running time was 130 minutes with a 20 minute intermission. The show travels on 2 53' Semi trucks, 1 motor coach and a large RV style bus.
This was not a sell out show of the 1500 seat auditorium as I would say there was about 800 in attendance with the price range from $40 to $55. I would say that the low turn out was due to the U of M had a hockey game at the same time plus the past 2 circus style shows were so bad that some would not pay twice as much as those other shows cost as the economy in this area is bad for a $50 per seat production.
A program or rather say a pictorial revue of 24 full color pages of the acts was sold at $10 plus many other novilties and t-shirts. Missing in the program was any credits of the directors and performers who appeared in this production.
The show started off with a quick change routine that was lost with all the dancers and other circus routines going on at the same time. This went into ALL ABOARD a different style of slackwire where the wire raises and lowers during the act is a one of a kind act. One of the filler acts in this part of the show was an unsupported ladder routine. Than came WOMEN AT WORK an aerial cube act with up to 4 performers in the center cube and on either side a single performer cube. Rise and Shine was a chair stacking routine that was incredible as the chairs were not stacked straight up in this act. Another great act was AN URBAN BEAT with a male contosionist who moved his arms and legs in many different ways.A clown act that was a take off of many Circus Clown acts was received with excellant reception. It was the Hollywood Movie Production as the clown went out and picked out 3 men and 1 girl to participate in the gag. Than it was the sweet heart falling in love with guy and the jeaolus sheriff shoots him with the 3rd male holding the take board. A powerfull gag. A German Wheel style act with the male performer on just a single ring. A strongman routine in the TRAFFIC DETOUR. FLIPPING OUT ended the first half of the performance of foot juggling a human in a rizzly routine.
After a 20 minute intermission the rizzle performers started ot with a clown routine based on the musical radio gag but a different varration Than onto a rolla bolla act using up to 5 cylanders on an elevated perch. An head ballancing act of 3 different props where a female is on top of the prop while the male balances it in his head. First it was a spiral device that turns, than a curved devive and than the revolving rings that looked like a ball. A great act. Another strongman act with 3 performers that was dressed in silver colored outfits that looked like they were ice drippings. Ending the performance with a male performer strap act who was lying in a bath tub that had water in it. After each he was dipped in the water and when he came out the water was dripping off him. A female performer styled the act until they both were pulled into the air in his arms.
At different times during the show a female saxaphone player would be playing in different area of the floor. The show had a theme of a TV Reporter filming different things. All thru the show she was singing.
The only thing I felt was wrong that hurt the show was the music was just a little to loud, and I was sitting in the balcony. Overall this was another excellant Neil Goldberg Production.