Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away 3D (from James Cameron & the director of Shrek)

[bluskies]

Originally Posted by Johnnyecks

Going into it, I was un-aware that it was highlights of only the LV shows. Thanks for that link! I forgot that La Nouba was on DVD!! Thinking about this last night, again I am amazed at that rotating floor scene. Still amazing.

That floor, actually a metal platform that weighs 50 tons and measures 25×50×6 feet, is from "Ka" and it is used for many functions, including the tilting where the sand falls off

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by bluskies

By the way, I liked the Oscars performance, too. It was different in some ways from the show it is pulled from, Iris. On the Oscars, they showed a number of film clips from famous movies. Not so with the stage show of Iris, which takes place in that theater. But there are still good parts to recommend. I have seen it twice and at the end when you see those aerialists twirl away from their trapezes and bounce around way up there on their straps, it is breathtaking. Iris ends in January and I hope I can go to see it again before they leave.

Oh, so the Oscars '12 was just an extended plug for Iris?
At the time, thought they were bringing Cirque back because the theme of the whole show with Billy Crystal back was "Greatest things the Oscars ever did right, unlike, ahem, last year", and they wanted to recreate the '02 moment with a new bit.

From the "movies" theme, was hoping it was something a little more thematically tailored, like their Super Bowl '07 show:

Cirque du Soleil - YouTube

[Johnnyecks]

Originally Posted by bluskies

That floor, actually a metal platform that weighs 50 tons and measures 25×50×6 feet, is from "Ka" and it is used for many functions, including the tilting where the sand falls off

I think that may be, along with the La Nouba trampoline act and the yo-yo girls from the same show, my favorite Cirque act!

[bluskies]

Originally Posted by Johnnyecks

I think that may be, along with the La Nouba trampoline act and the yo-yo girls from the same show, my favorite Cirque act!

The entire "The Beatles' Love" show is my favorite act.