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* BellyDancer: Oceane's outfit and style of dance seem to draw on this trope.
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* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Aerial hoop, aerial pas de deux, foot juggling, and crossed wheel (the last arriving for the farewell leg of the arena tour).
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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Besides the standard [=DVD=], which had a documentary short and the option to view some acts from other angles, Sony brought out a "Superbit" version that dropped all the bonus featured to maximize its sound and picture quality.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: According to the book ''20 Years Under the Sun'', this is a partial explanation for why this isn't as character/theme-driven as most Cirque shows. Franco Dragone's style involved workshops with performers that got them in touch with their creative sides and from which characters emerged. Caron and his creative team quickly realized that [[Main/ValuesDissonance the highly-disciplined Chinese performers brought over for this show weren't comfortable with this]], so they focused on the quality of the acrobatic acts instead.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: According to the book ''20 Years Under the Sun'', this is a partial explanation for why this isn't as character/theme-driven as most Cirque shows. Franco Dragone's style involved workshops with performers that got them in touch with their creative sides and from which characters emerged. Caron and his creative team quickly realized that [[Main/ValuesDissonance the highly-disciplined highly disciplined Chinese performers brought over for this show weren't comfortable with this]], this, so they focused on the quality of the acrobatic acts instead.
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* SpectacularSpinning: Aerial hoop, aerial pas de deux, foot juggling, and crossed wheel (the last arriving for the farewell leg of the arena tour).
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* ProngsOfPoseidon: The trident dance.
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* CutSong: "Spiritual Spiral", "Ravendhi", "Ninkou Latora". In addition, the show's primary leitmotif (which appears in the show five times!) is not present on the soundtrack in any form.
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* HolyChild: The Little Buddha, who according to [[Main/AllThereInTheManual the official website]] "possesses special powers that will allow it to eventually become an Ame-Force".
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* HeavenlyBlue: Azala the air goddess and her companions are color-coded blue.
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Asian, and especially Chinese, circuses are famous for their skillful, creative acrobatics and acrobats. Many Asian performers and disciplines have appeared in Cirque shows over the years, and this show is specifically a showcase for them. (The title is a portmentau of "dragon", representing the East, and "lion", representing the West.) It is also simpler thematically than Franco Dragone's work for the company was in TheNineties, with its mostly-new-to-Cirque creative team behind the scenes, but still lavishly staged.
The concept: A Little Buddha turns over an hourglass and the four elemental forces of the world, each with a god/goddess -- fire (Yao), water (Oceane), air (Azala), and earth (Gaya) -- gather. This harmonious gathering to maintain the world's balance, guided by L'Ame-Force (the two singers), makes up the show. A few clowns occasionally disrupt the harmony and even spoof what they see, but all in all, all is well.
The show was filmed in 2000 during its San Francisco engagement. It was retired from tent touring in early 2010, but later that year relaunched as an arena tour in North America and has been constantly touring since.
The concept: A Little Buddha turns over an hourglass and the four elemental forces of the world, each with a god/goddess -- fire (Yao), water (Oceane), air (Azala), and earth (Gaya) -- gather. This harmonious gathering to maintain the world's balance, guided by L'Ame-Force (the two singers), makes up the show. A few clowns occasionally disrupt the harmony and even spoof what they see, but all in all, all is well.
The show was filmed in 2000 during its San Francisco engagement. It was retired from tent touring in early 2010, but later that year relaunched as an arena tour in North America and has been constantly touring since.
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Asian, and especially Chinese, circuses are famous for their skillful, creative acrobatics and acrobats. Many Asian performers and disciplines have appeared in Cirque shows over the years, and this show is specifically a showcase for them. (The title is a portmentau of "dragon", representing the East, and "lion", representing the West.) It is also simpler thematically than Franco Dragone's most of the company's work for the company was in of TheNineties, with its a mostly-new-to-Cirque creative team behind the scenes, but still lavishly staged.
The concept: A Little Buddha turns over an hourglass and the four elemental forces of the world, each with a god/goddess -- fire (Yao), water (Oceane), air (Azala), and earth (Gaya) -- gather. This harmonious gathering to maintain the world's balance, guided by L'Ame-Force (the two singers), makes up the show.A few Three clowns occasionally disrupt the harmony and even spoof what they see, but all in all, all is well.
The show was filmed in 2000 during its San Francisco engagement. It was retired from tent touring in early 2010, but later that year relaunched as an arena tourin North America and has been constantly touring since.in that form ran until early 2015.
The concept: A Little Buddha turns over an hourglass and the four elemental forces of the world, each with a god/goddess -- fire (Yao), water (Oceane), air (Azala), and earth (Gaya) -- gather. This harmonious gathering to maintain the world's balance, guided by L'Ame-Force (the two singers), makes up the show.
The show was filmed in 2000 during its San Francisco engagement. It was retired from tent touring in early 2010, but later that year relaunched as an arena tour
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** Fire = red
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* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Aerial hoop, aerial pas de deux, and foot juggling.juggling, and crossed wheel (the last arriving for the farewell leg of the arena tour).
* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: The Ame-Force singers dress in white for Act One and gold for Act Two, and the Little Buddha is always dressed in gold.
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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Besides the standard [=DVD=], which had such bonus features as a documentary short and the option to view some acts from other angles, Sony brought out a "Superbit" version that dropped all the bonuses in favor of using the disc space to maximize its sound and picture quality.
* LongRunners: The original tent tour made it past the 10-year mark; the arena version will certainly take it further.
* LongRunners: The original tent tour made it past the 10-year mark; the arena version will certainly take it further.
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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Besides the standard [=DVD=], which had such bonus features as a documentary short and the option to view some acts from other angles, Sony brought out a "Superbit" version that dropped all the bonuses in favor of using the disc space bonus featured to maximize its sound and picture quality.
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* NoFourthWall: Though there's little genuine AudienceParticipation; the clowns warm up the crowd by interacting with them, but it's pretty minimal. [[spoiler: And the one they pick on the most is a plant.]]
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* NoFourthWall: Though there's little genuine AudienceParticipation; the clowns warm up the crowd by interacting with them, but it's pretty minimal. [[spoiler: And the The one they pick on the most is a plant.plant, albeit a convincing one.]]
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: As discussed in According to the book ''20 Years Under the Sun'', this is a partial explanation for why this show isn't as character/theme-driven as most.most Cirque shows. Franco Dragone's style involved workshops with performers that got them in touch with their creative sides and from which characters emerged. Caron and his creative team quickly realized that [[Main/ValuesDissonance the highly-disciplined Chinese performers brought over for this show weren't comfortable with this]], so they decided to focus focused on the quality of the acrobatic acts instead.
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* StarCrossedLovers: The aerial pas de deux takes place between Azala and her mortal lover. At the end Azala reluctantly [[ButNowIMustGo goes back to the sky]], leaving the man behind. There's also a certain amount of subtext between Yao and Oceane, however they are kept apart by [[ElementalRockPaperScissors their opposite elements]].
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The show was filmed in 2000 during its San Francisco engagement. It was retired from tent touring in early 2010, but later that year relaunched as an arena tour in North America. In 2013, this incarnation of the show will tour South Africa, Switzerland, and Venezuela.
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The show was filmed in 2000 during its San Francisco engagement. It was retired from tent touring in early 2010, but later that year relaunched as an arena tour in North America. In 2013, this incarnation of the show will tour South Africa, Switzerland, America and Venezuela.has been constantly touring since.
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''Dralion'' is Creator/CirqueDuSoleil's thirteenth production. The original tent tour launched in 1999, and was directed by Guy Caron, who had worked with Cirque in its formative era back in TheEighties.
Asian, and especially Chinese, circuses are famous for their skillful, creative acrobatics and acrobats. Many Asian performers and disciplines have appeared in Cirque shows over the years, and this show is specifically a showcase for them. (The title is a portmentau of "dragon", representing the East, and "lion", representing the West.) It is also simpler thematically than Franco Dragone's work for the company was in TheNineties, with its mostly-new-to-Cirque creative team behind the scenes, but still lavishly staged.
The concept: A Little Buddha turns over an hourglass and the four elemental forces of the world, each with a god/goddess -- fire (Yao), water (Oceane), air (Azala), and earth (Gaya) -- gather. This harmonious gathering to maintain the world's balance, guided by L'Ame-Force (the two singers), makes up the show. A few clowns occasionally disrupt the harmony and even spoof what they see, but all in all, all is well.
The show was filmed in 2000 during its San Francisco engagement. It was retired from tent touring in early 2010, but later that year relaunched as an arena tour in North America. In 2013, this incarnation of the show will tour South Africa, Switzerland, and Venezuela.
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!!!This show contains examples of:
* BellyDancer: Oceane's outfit and style of dance seem to draw on this trope.
* BilingualBonus: Three songs: "Ballare", "Spirits", and "Ombra".
* BookEnds: The Little Buddha and his hourglass.
* ColorCodedElements
** Air = blue
** Earth = ochre
** Fire = red
** Water = green
* CutSong: "Spiritual Spiral", "Ravendhi", "Ninkou Latora". In addition, the show's primary leitmotif (which appears in the show 5 times) is not present on the soundtrack in any form.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: It's right there in the title and logo!
* ElementalPowers: A classical set of four are represented.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Aerial hoop, aerial pas de deux, and foot juggling.
* EvilIsBurningHot: Yao is described as being the most morally ambiguous of the elemental gods, though this may just be because he's also a WarGod.
* HolyChild: The Little Buddha, who according to [[Main/AllThereInTheManual the official website]] "possesses special powers that will allow it to eventually become an Ame-Force".
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Besides the standard [=DVD=], which had such bonus features as a documentary short and the option to view some acts from other angles, Sony brought out a "Superbit" version that dropped all the bonuses in favor of using the disc space to maximize its sound and picture quality.
* LongRunners: The original tent tour made it past the 10-year mark; the arena version will certainly take it further.
* MixAndMatchCritters: The eponymous dralions, lion-dragon hybrids.
* NoFourthWall: Though there's little genuine AudienceParticipation; the clowns warm up the crowd by interacting with them, but it's pretty minimal. [[spoiler: And the one they pick on the most is a plant.]]
* TheOneGuy: One male god, compared to three goddesses.
* {{Portmantitle}}
* ProngsOfPoseidon: The trident dance.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: As discussed in the book ''20 Years Under the Sun'', this is a partial explanation for why this show isn't as character/theme-driven as most. Franco Dragone's style involved workshops with performers that got them in touch with their creative sides and from which characters emerged. Caron and his creative team quickly realized that [[Main/ValuesDissonance the highly-disciplined Chinese performers brought over for this show weren't comfortable with this]], so they decided to focus on the quality of the acrobatic acts instead.
* SelfParody: The final clown act is a threadbare parody of all the serious acts.
* SetSwitchSong: "Spiritual Spiral".
* SingingSimlish
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Idealist all the way.
* StarCrossedLovers: The aerial pas de deux takes place between Azala and her mortal lover. At the end Azala reluctantly [[ButNowIMustGo goes back to the sky]], leaving the man behind. There's also a certain amount of subtext between Yao and Oceane, however they are kept apart by [[ElementalRockPaperScissors their opposite elements]].
* TechnicianVersusPerformer: The development of this show focused on the former over the latter due to ValuesDissonance with the Chinese performers.
* WaterIsBlue: Averted - since air is blue, water is green instead, though still with some blue tones.
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''Dralion'' is Creator/CirqueDuSoleil's thirteenth production. The original tent tour launched in 1999, and was directed by Guy Caron, who had worked with Cirque in its formative era back in TheEighties.
Asian, and especially Chinese, circuses are famous for their skillful, creative acrobatics and acrobats. Many Asian performers and disciplines have appeared in Cirque shows over the years, and this show is specifically a showcase for them. (The title is a portmentau of "dragon", representing the East, and "lion", representing the West.) It is also simpler thematically than Franco Dragone's work for the company was in TheNineties, with its mostly-new-to-Cirque creative team behind the scenes, but still lavishly staged.
The concept: A Little Buddha turns over an hourglass and the four elemental forces of the world, each with a god/goddess -- fire (Yao), water (Oceane), air (Azala), and earth (Gaya) -- gather. This harmonious gathering to maintain the world's balance, guided by L'Ame-Force (the two singers), makes up the show. A few clowns occasionally disrupt the harmony and even spoof what they see, but all in all, all is well.
The show was filmed in 2000 during its San Francisco engagement. It was retired from tent touring in early 2010, but later that year relaunched as an arena tour in North America. In 2013, this incarnation of the show will tour South Africa, Switzerland, and Venezuela.
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!!!This show contains examples of:
* BellyDancer: Oceane's outfit and style of dance seem to draw on this trope.
* BilingualBonus: Three songs: "Ballare", "Spirits", and "Ombra".
* BookEnds: The Little Buddha and his hourglass.
* ColorCodedElements
** Air = blue
** Earth = ochre
** Fire = red
** Water = green
* CutSong: "Spiritual Spiral", "Ravendhi", "Ninkou Latora". In addition, the show's primary leitmotif (which appears in the show 5 times) is not present on the soundtrack in any form.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: It's right there in the title and logo!
* ElementalPowers: A classical set of four are represented.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Aerial hoop, aerial pas de deux, and foot juggling.
* EvilIsBurningHot: Yao is described as being the most morally ambiguous of the elemental gods, though this may just be because he's also a WarGod.
* HolyChild: The Little Buddha, who according to [[Main/AllThereInTheManual the official website]] "possesses special powers that will allow it to eventually become an Ame-Force".
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Besides the standard [=DVD=], which had such bonus features as a documentary short and the option to view some acts from other angles, Sony brought out a "Superbit" version that dropped all the bonuses in favor of using the disc space to maximize its sound and picture quality.
* LongRunners: The original tent tour made it past the 10-year mark; the arena version will certainly take it further.
* MixAndMatchCritters: The eponymous dralions, lion-dragon hybrids.
* NoFourthWall: Though there's little genuine AudienceParticipation; the clowns warm up the crowd by interacting with them, but it's pretty minimal. [[spoiler: And the one they pick on the most is a plant.]]
* TheOneGuy: One male god, compared to three goddesses.
* {{Portmantitle}}
* ProngsOfPoseidon: The trident dance.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: As discussed in the book ''20 Years Under the Sun'', this is a partial explanation for why this show isn't as character/theme-driven as most. Franco Dragone's style involved workshops with performers that got them in touch with their creative sides and from which characters emerged. Caron and his creative team quickly realized that [[Main/ValuesDissonance the highly-disciplined Chinese performers brought over for this show weren't comfortable with this]], so they decided to focus on the quality of the acrobatic acts instead.
* SelfParody: The final clown act is a threadbare parody of all the serious acts.
* SetSwitchSong: "Spiritual Spiral".
* SingingSimlish
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Idealist all the way.
* StarCrossedLovers: The aerial pas de deux takes place between Azala and her mortal lover. At the end Azala reluctantly [[ButNowIMustGo goes back to the sky]], leaving the man behind. There's also a certain amount of subtext between Yao and Oceane, however they are kept apart by [[ElementalRockPaperScissors their opposite elements]].
* TechnicianVersusPerformer: The development of this show focused on the former over the latter due to ValuesDissonance with the Chinese performers.
* WaterIsBlue: Averted - since air is blue, water is green instead, though still with some blue tones.
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