{"id":1587,"date":"2010-07-25T08:32:06","date_gmt":"2010-07-25T12:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/?p=1587"},"modified":"2020-04-05T13:39:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T17:39:50","slug":"cirque-du-soleil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/2010\/07\/25\/cirque-du-soleil\/","title":{"rendered":"Cirque du Soleil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Went to see the touring production of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cirquedusoleil.com\/en\/shows\/ovo\/default.aspx\">Ovo<\/a> by Cirque du Soleil last night. It was wonderful \u2013 as usual. CdS shows always give me the impression that I\u2019ve had the opportunity to visit a strange and colorful other world. It\u2019s the classic magical kingdom, just around the corner \u2013 through the looking glass \u2013 or wherever. There is always a celebration in that new world just as we arrive \u2013 but the celebration is not about us. There may be a coming of age, a passing of the torch, perhaps a relationship being born. We are invited to watch from the edges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cirque du Soleil\u2019s spirits, beings, or whatever are powerful and dangerous \u2013 but also playful. The boundary at the edge of the stage is there for our protection as well as theirs. The beings in the Cirque world can see us \u2013 and in the best moments of acting they are as bemused and curious about us as we are about them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the conclusion of a really good day. We ate at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centrestcafe.com\/\">Center Street Cafe<\/a>, picked up our farm share, pruned some deadwood off the trees over the driveway, canned my cherry concoction, made the first gazpacho of the season, and so on. It actually feels like summertime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Went to see the touring production of Ovo by Cirque du Soleil last night. It was wonderful \u2013 as usual. CdS shows always give me the impression that I\u2019ve had the opportunity to visit a strange and colorful other world. It\u2019s the classic magical kingdom,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1588,"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587\/revisions\/1588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwan.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}