The Araneta Center’s Christmas offering this month gives the audience a taste of breathtaking spectacles involving the best gymnasts, acrobats and performers from all over the world. Le Grand Cirque, a show straight out of Vegas first debuted to record-breaking audience attendance at the Sydney Opera House in Australia years ago, will make its debut at the Smart Araneta Coliseum this holiday season.
Coming to the country for the first time, the troupe is scheduled performe from Dec. 25 till Jan. 3, 2017, and is just the kind of entertainment families can enjoy this Christmas. Producer Jay Lodge, who is putting together the Manila show, notes that its audience is “everyone from two to 92.”
When asked for the highlight of Le Grand Cirque, Lodge points out, “For me it’s everything from start to finish! Our focus is there (should be) something for everybody. There’s aerial stuff, risky stuff; there’s a fire dancer, there are the Strongman guys – (people who do) crazy lifts and balances I couldn’t even dream of doing.”
One of the acts of the show is called the Aerial Cube, which will be performed by amazing gymnasts from Los Angeles, Maya Kramer and Elizabeth Fraley. On a suspended cube structure, these artists would execute an amazing synchronized aerial tango that showcases their incredible flexibility and strength. The display of these performers’ near-superhuman abilities is why cirque shows are some of the last enduring live forms of entertainment. Always evolving, artists continue to find ways to keep the audiences thrilled and awed.
“It is great fun, filled with excitement and is adrenaline-filled,” Lodge promises of Le Grand Cirque.
Enjoyed by thousands through performances in the US, UK and even Canada, Filipino audiences will now experience these breathtaking shows and have the best memories of getting together with friends and loved ones. Reasonably priced compared to most Christmas offerings, this is the perfect show for the whole family or the whole barkada.
For more information on Le Grand Cirque, visit www.aranetecoliseum.com/LeGrandCirque or Facebook.com/LeGrandCirqueAraneta. Tickets are available at www.ticketnet.com.ph or call 911-5555.