Showing posts with label Cirque de Soleil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cirque de Soleil. Show all posts

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Double Birthday Party and Circus

One of the researchers I work with had his birthday last Tuesday, and another guy in my office has his this Tuesday, so we threw a double birthday party on Saturday--bowling first followed by dinner. It was a cheese / cold-cut / wine thing, which was pretty good.



For the cake last Tuesday, we used one candle for every year...so we basically had a bonfire going!


*Original picture courtesy of my counterpart

Sunday I went with a friend to a traveling circus, put up in front of one of the many local malls. This one, though, has a lot of history--it was the Circo Atayde Hermanos, founded in Mexico in 1888! It was pretty cool, in the style of Cirque de Soleil (clowns, acrobatics, etc.), though I don't think it was as technical or complicated. One of my favorite acts:

Friday, October 2, 2009

Influenza and Cirque de Soleil

In case anyone is wondering about the resurgence of swine flu, or now called A/H1N1, don't worry! Our office (like many around México) has provided us with a stash of hand gel near every door. Except in our case, the brand is actually called Influnza. Influnza to combat the spread of influenza!!



One of the advantages to being in a large site is that I get all the conveniences and activities of any large city around the world. Last Sunday a couple of friends from Saltillo came over to Monterrey to watch Cirque de Soleil. Cirque was putting on a production of Dralion, its Asian-fusion style traveling show. Prices were very reasonable (590 pesos, or about $45, compared to over $100 in Las Vegas for comparable seats). The show was very acrobatic, and I loved two of the acts a LOT! For the first one, they had two giant trampolines set up right next to a vertical metal structure. People were jumping off of the structure from different heights onto the trampolines, then ¨walking¨ up the wall and doing stunts!! It was very, very mind-blowing to watch. Also, the acrobats had the standard diving-through-the-rings tricks, but they added a second set of rings. So, there were two sets of vertical rings set about 3-4 feet apart, and each set had rings at different heights. Guys were actually jumping through one ring on the closer set, then without landing (or barely touching the ground), going through a second ring at a different height on the far set! It looked very gravity defying!

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