"Sugoi" Circus

Lucinda, Arno and I went to the Cirque du Soleil tent tonight near Yoyogi Park to see its "Corteo" production. I managed to snap one photo of the stage before being instructed to put my camera away.


I thought the Corteo storyline - something about a dead guy, a funeral, angels, reliving his life, lots of singing, whatever - was lame. But the acrobatics were seriously impressive, especially the trapeze-less trapeze, the high bars, the chandeliers, the enormous metal rings, and the woman who swung a man in the air by her very long ponytail!

Lots of "wow!" or, as the Japanese say, with great enthusiasm, "sugoi!"

Arno and his friend Max, in almost-matching striped shirts, loved their caramel corn and the flashing CdS logo lights in the lobby.