Customer Reviews

Cirque Du Soleil Anniversary Collection (1984-2005)

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This anniversary collection celebrates the achievements of the world renowned Cirque du Soleil. The collection includes 11 Cirque du Soleil productions plus a bonus DVD of Midnight Sun, a once-in-a-lifetime special event captured on DVD. The title within this colorful collection are: A Baroque Odyssey, Allegria, Cirque Reinvente, Dralion, Journey of Man, La Magie Continue, Nouvelle Experience, Quidam, Saltimbanco, Varekai, La Nouba.

$100+ bucks for these 12 dvds is definitely a bargain.

I purchased this collection for Christmas for my husband. The entire family enjoys it. It is awesome to see where they started and where they are now. When we popped in the first DVD we thought we would be bored by the original "traditional" circus acts they started out with, BUT we were laughing and loving every second of it. To see how they grew is just a couple years the next and every DVD only get better and better.

I will be purchasing these sets for several family members over the years I am sure. It is an amazing collection.

I love this DVD set, and the fact that it contains the nearly complete set is fantastic. The first two DVD's ("La Magie Continue" and "Cirque Reinvente")are much more like your average circus, but the "Nouvelle Experience", and all the rest (Except for "A Baroque Odyssey" and "Midnoght Sun") are the trademark Cirque shows. The only thing that could make this set better is "Corteo." Most definitly worth the $100+.

The early shows are almost unwatchable because the video quality is so poor. The content is really dated too. The music, costumes and acts are nothing like the modern shows. Starting with Drallion (1999) things got much better. In this time period, they didn't start using too many harnesses and safety devices. Moving forward in time, there is a noticable increase in safety gear which protects the performers but detracts from the overall experience.

I'd say 5 of the 12 DVDs are pretty good. The others are really poor quality even when up-converted to 1080i.

$100+ for 12 DVDS is an shockingly good bargain. Just wish it was Corteo than Midnight sun. Now I'm Waiting for Mystere, O,KA and LOVE to be released

This is an incredible collection of Cirque performances at a super price. The dvds include the same extras as the ones sold separately. Now I'm waiting for Cirque to release dvd versions of their Las Vegas shows.

We saw Cirque Du Soleil at Disney this year during Thanksgiving. We LOVED it. I had no idea they had this anniversary collection until I searched for the show on here on DVD. I was so thrilled! My husband immediatly opened it and watched the La Noubia (sp?) again and loved it as much on DVD as he did live. I would recommend this set to anyone who appreciates this type of show!! Definatley a 5 star (and considering we paid $398 for 4 tickets to see ONE show live, definately a great deal!!)

This is a big collection of Cirque du Soleil shows. It is not complete though and is missing some shows from the years listed.

There are a number of shows that were done very early on and are not full of the pomp and circumstance of their newer shows but it is interesting to see the progression nonetheless. Some of the shows are not as interesting and we ended up not watching the whole thing.

My kids love watching them but after one or two viewings of a particular show they have had enough.

We had tickets to see Alegria so we specifically did not watch that DVD. After the show (which was great) we watched and even though the recording of Alegria was over 14 years ago, the performances were almost identical. It was like having a souvenir of the show to remember our experience.

I purchased mine during a Gold Box deal and it was a little easier on the wallet. It is a great set for Cirque fans but maybe purchasing an individual show might be better if you have a favorite.

I am so pleased with the collection. Out of 12 discs, there may be 2 that didn't have me totally mesmorized. I am a big fan of cirque and I didn't get disappointed with the set. I will share with friends and family. I recommend this purchase to anyone who is a cirque fan or anyone interested in viewing amazing, very talented people.

since last year my first time bought the cirque du soleil from amazon.com I like the show very much . I live in taiwan and ever flyed to Hong Kong see the show "Quidam" in 11 19 2005. It inspire me a lot of ideas every time I see the show in dvd.
anyway thanks god bring the cirque du soliel to the world inrich so many people life. vincent kuan live in taipei taiwan