{"id":43486,"date":"2019-09-25T09:25:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T13:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/?p=43486"},"modified":"2019-10-30T09:12:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T13:12:19","slug":"cirque-du-soleil-brings-alegria-back-to-toronto-in-a-new-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/2019\/09\/cirque-du-soleil-brings-alegria-back-to-toronto-in-a-new-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Cirque du Soleil Brings Alegria Back To Toronto In A New Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43487\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/76_Alegria2019_M-ALemire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/76_Alegria2019_M-ALemire.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/76_Alegria2019_M-ALemire-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been 25 years since Cirque du Soleil first brought their show Alegria to the big top, and in celebration of that achievement they&#8217;ve reinterpreted the show and brought it back so a whole new generation of fans can enjoy it as well.<\/p>\n<p>Like all Cirque shows, you have a little bit of an idea of what to expect before going into it. You know you will see incredible acrobatic feats, stunning dance, hilarious clowns, and beautiful music. And that&#8217;s just for starters. Of course even knowing that, you will always be caught off guard and end up surprised by what these performers can do. Each production also has a story behind it. For Alegria the theme is the power struggle between old and new, as a new movement comes in to challenge the established order. It&#8217;s theme is one of hope and renewal, as the world tries to come back into perfect harmony and it&#8217;s characters move towards a brighter and more inspiring tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Some highlights of the performances you will see include a breathtakingly romantic aerial straps dance performance, a double crossed wheel performance, a fire eater that doesn&#8217;t seen to get burnt, a group trampoline skit, a clown duo that get into a fight before realizing how much they care for one another, a hula-hoop girl that can spin so many hoops you can&#8217;t count them all, a contortionist who can bend in ways that don&#8217;t seem possible, and much much more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alegria moves along at a nice pace, and really keeps you entertained from start to finish. Some Cirque shows have a lull spot where you start checking your watch, but Alegria doesn&#8217;t have that at all.&nbsp; In fact, if anything, you wish it would go on for a little longer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alegria runs until December 1st in Toronto at Ontario Place, Under the Big Top.<\/p>\n<p>Picture credit: M-A Lemire \u00a92019 Cirque du Soleil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been 25 years since Cirque du Soleil first brought their show Alegria to the big top, and in celebration of that achievement they&#8217;ve reinterpreted the show and brought it back so a whole new generation of fans can enjoy it as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":43487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[23432,27428,27295,14809],"class_list":["post-43486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cirque-du-soleil","tag-cirque-du-soleil-review","tag-cirque-du-soleil-toronto","tag-review"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43488,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43486\/revisions\/43488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realstylenetwork.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}