MetaFilter posts tagged with CirqueDuSoleil

A fire-eater in space

bru — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:24:09 -0800

We previously lamented the lack of a real writer in space. Well, at least now we will have a poetic and social fire-eater.

Contortionist Olga Pikhienko

grapefruitmoon — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:19:39 -0800

Handbalancing by Russian contortionist Olga Pikhienko. One of Olga's routines played over Bachelorette by Björk Olga in Hephaestus

Cirque du SoLame

adrober — Tue, 22 Jul 2003 00:28:02 -0800

Cirque Du Soleil fires HIV positive gymnast. "It's preposterous for Cirque de Soleil to call Matthew a 'known safety hazard,'" Gorenberg said. "Cirque du Soleil denied Matthew this job not because of sound science or rational concern for other employees but because of unfounded fear. It defies both common sense and science to think that Matthew would exchange bodily fluids with another gymnast while flying through the air."

MrMoonPie — Fri, 15 Dec 2000 20:04:00 -0800

See this movie. Cirque Du Soleil's Journey of Man in 3D IMAX. See this movie. Do whatever it takes. The most beautiful, jaw-dropping thing I've ever seen is the underwater segment. Simply amazing. See this movie.