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Leave cloaks at home when attending Corteo

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Contributed by: Anthonette Klinkerman on 7/5/2007

The e-ticket stated under "miscellaneous", "There is no cloakroom."

Good to know, as I don't have one. It's been a little warm for a cloak anyway, for those of you used to skulking around town in yours.

Cirque Du Soleil is back in Denver. Held under the "Grand Chapiteau" in the Pepsi Center parking lot, it is an impressive show. The ticket prices are impressive, too, at $80 apiece.

Not that watching the acrobats isn't worth it, but when your view is partially blocked by support poles in the round theater, you do start to wonder.

Corteo is the latest installment from the creative minds at Cirque Du Soleil. The premise is a clown dreaming of his own funeral. This in itself is strange enough, but with some of the performers it get close to "disturbing" in a hurry. Then again, it is a circus.

I guess I was expecting more as having seen "O" in Vegas years ago, I had my Cirque-bar set pretty high. Corteo had too many up and down moments to render some type of storyline, which I think was the intent.

A strong opening act was left unsupported by the subsequent routines, though the second half of the show was more satisfying. The comedy-sketch inserts often fell flat after the death-defying feats of the artists.

Don't get me wrong - I do appreciate all the gymnasts are able to do, and the creative staging inspires awe. However, it is appearing that the imaginations behind the "Circus of the Sun" are becoming jaded in their attempts to produce another cash cow.

Being forced to walk through the "gift tent" is pitiful, considering the $19.00 foam masks, and the $140.00 "recycled from the banner" bags. (The gigantic banner that hung from somewhere to advertise Corteo.)

I'm not sure why, but in Corteo the constant chatter in English from the main character took away from the once-intriguing and mysterious nature of Cirque Du Soleil.

In the past, most of the sketches were spoken in French and pantomimed in such a way that the non-French speaker could still comprehend.

If I were writing teacher comments on the performer's papers, it would be the classic "Show, don't tell" remark.

American audiences aren't that obtuse, especially audience members who would attend a Cirque show in the first place. Sans cloak, of course.

Grade: B

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