Cirque du Soleil: Dralion

(2001)

★ 7.4 IMDb · 19 votes

Genres: Music, Family

Year: 2001

Runtime: 89 мин

Country: Canada, United States of America

Director: David Mallet, Guy Caron

Cast: Erik Karol, Agnès Sohier, Sheetal Gandhi, Henriette Gbou, Juliana Neves, Luis Pelegrini, Чжао Цзянь, Viktor Kee, Joe De Paul, Luan Leilei

Plot

The Chinese consider the lion a symbol of good luck, so it's a half-dragon, half-lion – a dralion – that is the symbol of the East-meets-West fusion of this performance in which 36 Chinese acrobats join the renowned Canadian troupe. Celebrating the four elements as represented in four colours – blue (air), green (water), red (fire) and ochre (earth) – Dralion combines ancient Chinese circus traditions with Cirque du Soleil's usual stunning elements: the techno-oriented single ring; the multicoloured lights and costumes; the music that mixes rock, New Age and various world influences (though not Chinese); and the madcap clowns that pull a victim out of the audience.