www.cirquefascination.com: A fear of heights is terribly inconvenient when stepping into a harness and getting attached to a bungee cord.
But fear is something you check at the reception desk when entering Cirque du Soleil headquarters here in Canada.
“Push yourself to see what you can achieve,” says Rob Bollinger, acrobatic performance designer at the 30-year-old entertainment troupe. His words of encouragement come right before I am to be lifted nearly 30 feet into the air. I manage to maintain my composure.
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This is Cirque taking the fun and interesting experiences to a whole new level at resorts. I remember going on vacation with my family as a kid and seeing rock walls and those water machines that allow you to wake board in half an inch of water, and that being the highlight of the trip. It is definitely interesting to see Cirque enter the world of, I hate to say, petty entertainment or sidebar entertainment, but at the same time, I would be totally game to be trained by someone who works with Cirque at any level. I remember one time there was a huge trampoline at my campgrounds and they had a harness they strapped into two ropes on either side, and told you how to do flips and things like that. And that’s exactly what this is doing for people, but now it has the Cirque du Soleil name on it and it’s exciting but also disappointing at the same time.
I’m not sure how to initially feel about this venture by Cirque du Soleil. When I first started following Cirque, they had begun to explore entertainment outside of the traditional Cirque show. Ventures included developing humanitarian campaigns and developing shows about famous celebrities. Since then they have a come a long way from the very conventional Cirque show. Whether or not, I think if this venture is a one that I agree with is beside the point. From a business stand point; it makes sense for Cirque to start to diversify. They want to create more recognition with their brand. Additionally, it does make sense that they want to explore things that include connecting with their audience considering the fact that many of their current shows have little to no audience interaction. I’m interested to see where this exploration goes and if it does end up spreading to other resorts.
I would love to go to this Club Med and learn Cirque de Soleil tricks. This seems like a once in a lifetime experience. Cirque de Soleil is an amazing performance company and all of their tricks seem almost impossible to normal people. I think it is very cool that they are teaching normal people their tricks and making them feel like they can be a performer too. Many people are very uptight and may not like to make a fool of themselves trying something new. This will help people get out of their comfort zones and try something totally different with their bodies. It will help many people get over fears they have. Not many people can say that they did the same tricks as a Cirque de Soleil performer, and now that is possible for people who go to Club Med in the Dominican Republic. I think it will be a hit and then move onto other Club Med resorts.
This is awesome. I would love to try some of the things Cirque does, though I would probably be terrified of a lot of it. That makes me wonder how encompassing the activities are. Obviously they can’t do all the really insane things because the Cirque performers train for years to do the shows, but the guy did mention that you can work your way up to higher heights. They also probably have a lot of safety requirements in place that would limit what you can try. Some of the things, like the juggling and movement seem kind of summer camp-like and not nearly as interesting as the actual Cirque stuff. I am kind of at a conundrum. On one hand, I love this because Cirque, but on the other hand I am leery to think this is going to be awesome because anyone who goes is just a normal person. Oh well. I am interested to see how this goes down.
When I saw a Cirque show, I was so intimidated by the level of skill that the performers posses. The abilities and skills they had to have mastered to do what they were doing must have taken years and years of dedicated practice. I really like the idea of Club Med because it makes these skills more accessible to the general population and it also gives the audience for Cirque shows a brand new perspective on what they're seeing. So when it comes to business, it doesn't just increase brand recognition, it also encourages audience members to want to see a show again and again with this new perspective on how the tricks are done. It's like a designer or a technician wanting to see a particularly well designed show multiple times just to see it from a new perspective. When you know how the german wheel works, or how to do a specific juggling move, the experience of seeing the show completely changes and it would encourage people to see it again and again.
If I wasn't terrified of cruise lines I would love to go on Club Med and try my hand at some of the circus tricks! This article reminds me of the trapeze center near Chelsea Piers on the river, though I suppose it would be more out on the open seas than on the Hudson. Cirque has done an incredible job both with bringing people into their world and luring them back to watch their high flying, dare-devil shows. I think it's also pretty amazing that, if given the chance, you could take lessons from the people who trained the trapeze artists of some of your favorite Cirque shows. The experience, while superb for kids, is a great chance for adults to let go of their trained reprehension and live in impulse. There aren't many activities in a grown up's lifetime that give you that release.
If I was not terrified of cruise lines I would love to go on Club Med and try my hand at some of the circus tricks! This article reminds me of the trapeze center near Chelsea Piers on the river, though I suppose it would be more out on the open seas than on the Hudson. Cirque has done an incredible job both with bringing people into their world and luring them back to watch their high flying, dare-devil shows. I think it is also pretty amazing that, if given the chance, you could take lessons from the people who trained the trapeze artists of some of your favorite Cirque shows. The experience, while superb for kids, is a great chance for adults to let go of their trained reprehension and live in impulse. There aren't many activities in a grown up's lifetime that give you that release and thrill. (THIS ONE HAS 150 WORDS.)
It seems as though trying something new is a little easier than previously thought. Of course that is hoping the trial segment in June at Club Med gets a good response. I enjoy a little daring activity every now and then, what can I say I’m a little bit of an adrenaline junky. Rollercoasters, shooting guns, whatever can get the blood rush going. Even though acrobatics is a little different than the other activities I mentioned, much of what I enjoy doing is just having fun. I mean how often do you get to do these kinds of activities? Waiver signed of course. I just don’t see how this idea could go wrong. Obviously Cirque knew what they were doing with this concept and how it could become implemented though vacation time for those wanting to explore. Not only that but be able to talk with people who performed and get their experiences of what it was like to do that kind of stuff night after night.
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