Jul 20 2010
The Cirque du Soleil is returning its native Québec City
The amazing Cirque du Soleil returns again to QuĂ©bec City. This time, the Cirque presents “Totem”, the story of the genesis of the human race and its evolution. Artists and acrobats glide about the stage in the form of a giant turtle. The turtle is the symbol of the primordial origins of life for many of world’s primitive peoples. Starting out from a swampy and marshy environment, Cirque du Soleil tells the beginnings of mankind through and up to the conquest of space. Gradually, the marsh is transformed into a lake, an ocean, a volcanic island and finally into the vault of heaven during the course of the narrative.
A young Native American dancer leads you with his magic rings through the tale of human evolution. The stars of this dazzling event are man himself – at times a brilliant and conscientious scientist, at other a thoughtless polluting fool, and yet at others, an avid and ferocious defender of the animals in our midst – and, we must not forget, the animals themselves, as we transport you from the amphibian world of earth’s early years to the terrestrial world of the present. Robert Lepage, a QuĂ©bec City native, was the creator and the architect for the design and staging of this glorious event.
The world’s largest circus returns to its native QuĂ©bec
This recently created two-and-a-half hour event debuts in Québec City on July 22 and will run through August 29 before moving on to its next tour stop in Amsterdam. Cirque du Soleil hosts 20 shows simultaneously worldwide across five continents, including shows that continually tour the world as well as permanent shows in New York, Tokyo, Orlando, Macau and Las Vegas. This Canadian company has literally taken over Las Vegas with permanent performances in seven of the city’s major venues. No other theatrical organization to date has been able to make such a claim.
…and what luck! The Hotel Le Clos Saint-Louis is located just a few minutes walk from the staging area of this magical and unique event that will undoubtedly be the highlight of Québec City this summer.
