Human Statue or Circ du Soliel

November 28, 2006 3:03 PM

Jerome MuratA short video of a performance by Jerome Murat that is part Circ du Soliel and one of those human statues you see in Paris, New York and Florence and places like that. Amazing how music and pantomime can be so effective.
posted by melkozek (13 comments total)

Cirque du Soleil. It's French.
posted by jonson at 3:06 PM on November 28, 2006

No, it's Canadian.

Gotta love guys with the name Jerome *cough*

I couldn't stand how the audience kept clapping for every little feature. Seems to me the kind of performance where you wait til the end then unload. So really, spectators should treat this performance like their girlfriend.
posted by Mach3avelli at 3:15 PM on November 28, 2006

Applaud on his face? I don't get it.
posted by basicchannel at 3:16 PM on November 28, 2006 [1 favorite has favorites]

As long as they're giving him the clap.
posted by Mach3avelli at 3:19 PM on November 28, 2006

No, it's Canadian.

The words, I meant the words are French. I don't care where the performers are from.
posted by jonson at 3:43 PM on November 28, 2006

The song -- "On Earth As It Is In Heaven" by Ennio Morricone from the film "The Mission" -- is from one of the best soundtracks ever.
posted by ericb at 3:55 PM on November 28, 2006

Wow, that was dull.
posted by unSane at 4:05 PM on November 28, 2006

The song -- "On Earth As It Is In Heaven" by Ennio Morricone from the film "The Mission" -- is from one of the best soundtracks ever.

I was just thinking it was a horrible choice of music. It didn't match the piece at all and I kept picture De Niro and Irons running around in the jungle.

I'm with unSane, that was dull. (And when the audience decided to clap was baffling).

The whole act makes me think this guy saw Steve Martin and his amazing fly on Carson and thought he should take the idea in a more "artistic" direction.
posted by dobbs at 4:24 PM on November 28, 2006

How to get ahead in advertising redux.

Whimsical light entertainment. With too much clapping.
posted by asok at 4:31 PM on November 28, 2006

The pace dragged and the whole thing could have been shorter plus the audience was really distracting and but I liked the general idea of the piece.
posted by chance at 8:02 PM on November 28, 2006

Thanks for posting melkozek, I found it rather creepily cool. I think you found a fairly interesting thing for your first post, but it is a tough crowd here. Don't let that deter you - just jump into the fray.

one of the best soundtracks ever. - agreed!
posted by madamjujujive at 10:41 PM on November 28, 2006

I, for one, thought that was amazing. Still have no idea how the final trick is done.
posted by gsteff at 12:09 AM on November 29, 2006

french canadians, lol
posted by 3.2.3 at 5:22 PM on November 30, 2006