Artist:
La Reve
Genre: Las Vegas
Background: An aquatic
spectacular performed in a domed theater
in the round, Le Reve. A small collection
of imperfect dreams is the first of its
kind in Las Vegas. Uniquely intimate and
spectacularly personal, no seat is more
than 40 feet from the action. An aquatic
spectacular performed in a domed theater
in the round, Le Rêve. A small collection
of imperfect dreams is the first of its
kind in Las Vegas. Uniquely intimate and
spectacularly personal, no seat is more
than 40 feet from the action. The show is
a completely new form of staging and artistic
performance, where the theater and water
are alive with a translucent energy. The
deja vu goes beyond the water we know from
"O," this time in the middle of
a circular theater. You may also recognize
the pre-show antics, the comic relief, costumes
and music. Even the structure progresses
along familiar lines, from a mystical, ceremonial
beginning to an uplifting swell of people
surrounding the central character at the
end. Granted, no evening in the hands of
the visionary Franco Dragone is going to
be a complete waste of time. "Le Reve"
is the most beautiful, sensual work yet
from the Cirque du Soleil director of "O"
and "Mystere," who went freelance
to stage Celine Dion's "A New Day"
two years ago. But it's a dark beauty, and
doesn't contrast well with the physical
comedy meant to leaven it. And while it’s
a show filled with gorgeous imagery and
peripheral details, there's just not that
much happening in the foreground. The subtitle,
"A Small Collection of Imperfect Dreams,"
is more accurate than intended. If you're
in the former camp, you'll relish the pre-show,
Disney-Haunted-Mansion eeriness of those
mannequins on the ceiling that seem to look
at you with real eyes. You may also enjoy
the gnarled tree that rises from a foggy
lagoon, complete with a creepy old guy who
looks like Grandpa from the "Texas
Chainsaw Massacre." Or a moment when
some fishnets dredge up booty that includes
human faces. Is it statuary or ... dead
bodies? The more disturbing elements are
balanced by erotic aerial ballets in this,
the sexiest of Dragone's shows. In one sequence,
female legs with red high-heeled shoes emerge
upside down from the water. In another,
women are lowered in dripping wet dresses
to the frothy surface of the water then
teasingly raised into the air again.
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