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Cirque du Soleil 3-Pack (Quidam / Dralion / Journey of Man)

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Three years ago, I was lucky enough to see, within a three-week period, Riverdance in Tokyo and Cirque du Soleil in Melbourne. Watching Cirque du Soleil live is, of course, a heart-stopping and heart-racing experience, so joyful, so amazing. My reaction again and again to the dozens of performances on these DVD's is not "unbelievable", but "impossible". The laws of physics do not permit what these performers are able to pull off. The performers are so far above and beyond anything you will see anywhere else, combining original styles you never see in a traditional circus. Nothing is predictable. On top of that you get a production worthy of an Olympic opening ceremony, just on a smaller scale to fit into CdS's live tent. In addition, there are no live animals used for the amusement of us humans. All the entertainment (including the lions in Dralion) is provided by people for people. The show is wild, uplifting, inspiring, hysterically funny. Two of the shows were filmed before live audiences, and just as in the live performance I attended the audience is screaming, clapping, whistling, guffawing and gasping almost constantly throughout the show. Totally involved. Most circus acts start slow and build to an amazing climax. Cirque du Soleil acts start amazing, move through unbelievable and climax at impossible. My only slight disappointment in this set is "Journey of Man", which was not filmed before an audience but at a variety of famous natural and man-made sites around the world. The "journey" narrated by Ian McKellen is so fast, the baby in the first scene grows to late middle age about as fast as Alice changes size in Wonderland, only to discover that the secret to happiness as an adult is to keep the child within you alive. Somehow, the writers try to connect this to some of the Cirque acts which are truncated to fit into the short show. Nonetheless, the acts are still impressive and the photography is lush, the scenes varied. On the whole, you will not find a more entertaining DVD set for the whole family to enjoy together. Be forewarned: after viewing the DVD's you are going to want to see Cirque live if they come to your neck of the woods.

If you have loved Cirque Du Soleil, but have not yet bought any of the performances, get this set of three and watch them on DVD on a HDTV widescreen. FANTASTIC! These are the best of all the DVD's they have released to date.

The sound quality is greatly enhanced over any VHS you could have ever seen. I makes all the diference.

Being a big fan of Cirque du Soleil, I am very happy with this 3-pack. Cirque du Soleil is one of those performing groups that captivates and holds a persons attention from the start to the end of the program. And having well over 3 hours of entertainment with this 3-pack, is awsome!

We recently bought a suround system to accompany our big screen TV. I dusted off this old set to see what it would be like... Wow!

Quidam and Dralion are shot live in large auditoriums, so you have to cut the production people a little slack. But the stunts are astounding, the colors and imagery are brilliant, and the music really moves you if played on a proper system.

If you're a fan of Cirque du Soleil, why not have it at home?

This is a great set of DVD's everything I expected to see & more!

With Cirque Du Soleil's exacting performances caught on DVD what a great troupe! even better seen live!