Sunday, February 16, 2025
Time: 2:45 PM
Song: Halo
Artist: Gabrielle Shonk
Mode of Consumption: Cirque du Soleil Crystal performance at Vibrant Arena Moline, IL.
Link to song (Note Spotify only has the original by Beyonce):
Link to a performance of a performance of Crystal:
For the last decade or so, Jodi and I have forgone getting physical Christmas presents for our parents, choosing instead to take them on day trips at some point of the year. The fact is our parents are to the point in their lives where they don’t really need much more stuff, and we are looking to make more happy memories while we still can.
This year we took my parents and Jodi’s mom, Kathy, to see Cirque du Soleil’s Crystal in Moline on Sunday.
This is the first production by Cirque du Soleil to take place on ice, so it combines the usual gymnastics and acrobatics of a Cirque production with ice skating, ice dancing, and other daredevil tricks at high speeds on the frozen surface.
It was a stunning performance that I recommend to anyone. Lots of stunts. Music. Charm. Wit. Humor. Heart.
The show culminates with this cover of Beyonce’s “Halo” with the main character of Crystal performing with a male trapeze performer. (Really, I recommend watching the attached video, I admit to not knowing the nomenclature for this stuff). It’s a moving and breathtaking cap to the show.
Jodi and I had never seen a Cirque de Soleil show before, although we regret that we didn’t cough up the 60 bucks in Vegas about ten years ago to watch “Love,” the show inspired by the music of the Beatles. Seeing today’s show only makes us regret that more.
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