Cirque du Soleil CRYSTAL Review

I had the opportunity to take my family to Cirque du Soleil CRYSTAL at the Maverick Center. My Cirque du Soleil CRYSTAL Review:

I knew a little about it, but was absolutely blown away. It’s such a fantastic show. CRYSTAL brings to life ice skating, acrobatics, stunts, and music, and combines them into a stunning, never-before-seen show! The pre-show is funny and really gets you excited for what is to come. If you are in the first couple of rows, you will be involved in a lot of snowball fights – yes, it’s real snow, haha. This show will captivate audiences of every age, but it might be hard for younger viewers to sit still for so long. My teens loved every minute of it.

Even though the show is over in Utah, you can still get tickets for several locations across the US. So be sure to check out https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/crystal and see if there is a show coming near you.

ABOUT CRYSTAL:

CRYSTAL is Cirque du Soleil’s 42nd creation and explores the artistic possibilities of ice for the first time. This unique production pushes boundaries of performance by combining stunning skating and acrobatic feats that defy the imagination. Watch as world-class ice skaters and acrobats take their new frozen playground with speed and fluidity as they challenge the laws of gravity with never-before-seen acrobatics.

Follow our lead character, Crystal, on an exhilarating tale of self-discovery as she dives into a world of her own imagination.

CRYSTAL invites you to suspend reality and glide into a world that springs to a colorful life with astounding visual projections and an original score that seamlessly blends popular music with the signature sound of Cirque du Soleil. CRYSTAL features an international cast composed of figure, extreme and freestyle ice skaters, acrobats, musicians and a comic character. Eighteen different nationalities are represented in the cast.

The show is suitable for all ages.

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Crystal is a creative young woman who feels misunderstood and out of sync with herself. To escape her reality, she ventures out on a frozen pond and falls through the ice into an upside world. In this underwater world of her imagination, she sees a reflection of herself. Her reflection guides her through this new world and wakes her up to her own creativity. As Crystal continues her journey she turns her quirks into creativity with the stroke of her pen. With this newfound power, she is able to find her true self and journey back up to reality.

The show CRYSTAL is about looking at things from fresh angles, peeking through the veneer of everyday life, and reframing one’s daily reality to see what one might have missed. Sometimes the only way to appreciate things is to look at them sideways. Discovering one’s individuality and uniqueness requires venturing out on thin ice.

MELDING CIRCUS ARTS AND ICE SKATING

BLURRING THE BOUNDARIES – With this new creation Cirque du Soleil explored the essence of skating, bringing its signature style of acrobatics into unchartered territory – a sheet of ice – and blurring the boundaries between gliding sports and circus arts. In CRYSTAL, acrobats and skaters perform acrobatics on the ice and in the air, seamlessly combining multiple disciplines together. Synchronized skating, freestyle figures, and extreme skating are featured alongside circus disciplines such as swinging trapeze, aerial straps, and hand-to-hand. Figure skaters learned how to be pushers on Chinese poles, while circus artists learned how to skate, and extreme skaters learned figure skating moves.