ovo – the best cirque de soleil in years
If you or your kids have never experienced Cirque de Soleil, this might be the year that you need to splurge and go visit the big blue and yellow tent residing on Randall’s Island.
Ovo, this year’s show, is called “an immersion into the teeming and energetic world of insects”. It is a mind-blowing experience combining (in no particular order) breathtaking acrobatics, clowns, contortionists, jugglers, tumblers, aerial performers, haunting music, and astounding costumes. My favorite moment was the finale. Dozens of acrobats dressed as crickets bounce off trampolines up thirty feet onto a giant sculpted wall, in an insane, intricately choreographed insect ballet — I really cannot describe it properly, and as you are not allowed to take photos inside the big tent, I can’t show you either.
I’ll just say that for some odd reason (perhaps the state of the economy?), we were able to get great seats this last Friday for Saturday (but FYI there is never a bad seat in the house). So grab the New York Water Taxi, try a family discount package, and go see Ovo on Randall’s Island. We see the Cirque show every year, and this one, (perhaps due to it being directed by a woman?) may be the best one in memory. You cannot compare it to a Broadway show, a circus, or any performance that you have seen before. Run, with or without children, as the show ends on June 6th.