The countdown to this was over today, when Rob and I set out from Mt. Vernon to Columbus for our first big show together.. and Rob's first Cirque du Soleil experience. A few weeks back, I indulged a bit on some tickets for the Totem show, which is in Columbus for a couple of weeks. It worked perfectly into the existing schedule of us being up there for the weekend, so I figured it would be the perfect end to a north-central Ohio run.
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| hello from the grand chapiteau! | ohio expo center | columbus, oh |
And I mean totally. worth. it.
Bad news: I didn't take any of the following pictures.
Good news: We were in the 4th row, so had I been allowed to, I could've captured the exact same angles from our seats. Needless to say, we did have these views, and they were.. incredible.
This is what we saw but weren't allowed to photograph for ourselves...
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| opening sequence! |
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| comedic relief: the "clowns" pippo & bubba |
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| the "tracker" & his devil sticks act [ante ursic] the "scientist" & his LED tunnel juggling act [greg kennedy] |
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| ring trio act: yann arnaud, olli torkel & alya titarenko fixed trapeze act "lovebirds": sarah tessier & guilhem cauchois |
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| the "amerindian" hoop dancers shandien larance & eric hernandez [who replaced shandien's brother nakotah!] |
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| pavel saprykin : the hand balancer |
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| the "wedding ceremony" [roller skates] [real life married couple!]: massimiliano medini & denise garcia-sorta |
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| unicycles & bowls ... probably my 2nd favorite act.. be sure to youtube this! |
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| the "crystal ladies," aka girls who can spin rugs on their hands & feet twin sisters marina & svetlana tsodikova |
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| my forever favorite cirque act.. the russian bars |
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| some of the totem cast .. look at the costumes!! |
Rob & I agreed that we would absolutely see another one of these together if the chance comes along. I was so happy I could be a part of his first Cirque show, and really, I had no complaints, either! We even met a great couple from New Albany who sat next to us.
After the show, we made the quick hop over to Easton to do lunch with my parents and Sydni at the ever-trusty CPK [California Pizza Kitchen], tour the new American Doll Store [.... whoa.] and even cross random paths with the Feasels [so great to see you, Megan!] before Rob, Syd and I loaded up for the trip back to Cincinnati.
.. And that's where we are now. I just got dinner ready and we're in for a night watching Brave [thanks to Maricor & co. for the gift!] with Sydni and relaxing for the rest of the evening.
I feel a cold coming on, too, but I'm telling myself it'll pass... we'll see.
G'Nite!
xo | cmd
