It’s a complicated, fussy work, visually powerful and conceptually cumbersome. While it does not fully hold together, Rite of Spring’s design and spectacle make for a unique experience if viewers are happy to just let it all wash over them and not worry about connecting all the dots.
Diaspora offers the audience a vision of a distant imagined future and wow, what a vision it is!
There’s a great deal happening in Anthem, a cross section of humanity meets and the differing opinions and cultures make for great people watching.
Given what an immense and perpetual global franchise Cirque du Soleil has become, it must be quite a challenge to keep coming up with new themes while still attempting to conform to a vague unifying style that maintains the brand.