Cirque du Soleil: Saltimbanco (1997)

땅, 물, 불, 그리고 공기... 만물의 영혼 [드라리온]! 태양의 서커스 공연단의 경탄할만한 중국 전통 곡예 도전과 최초 융합! 독창적이고 절충주의적인, 원초적임과 포스트모던함의 발견과 전례없는 절정을 기대할 수 있는, 그리고 자연의 법칙들에 도전하는 환상의 여행, 바로 드라리온(Dralion)의 세계다. 드라리온의 의상은 곡예사들의 몸을 활용하는 것을 목표로 하여 질감, 형태, 색상들을 이용한 조각을 만드는 것과 흡사하다. 또한 인달루지아, 아랍, 아프리카, 인도의 음악 등 지구상의 모든 전통 음악들이 한데 모였다.

On July 11 2004, over 200,000 spectators filled the downtown streets of Montreal to take part in a unique celebration, an incredible one-night-only special event! With more than 250 artists, Midnight Sun is a brilliant combination of music and circus - the perfect chemistry of sight and sound. An unforgettable viewing experience filmed in high definition!

A child is born. We see underwater swimmers representing this. He is young, in a jungle setting, with two fanciful "instincts" guiding him as swooping bird-like acrobats initially menace, then delight. As an adolescent, he enters a desert, where a man spins a large cube of metal tubing. He leaves his instinct-guides behind, and enters a garden where two statues dance in a pond. As he watches their sensual acrobatics of love, he becomes a man. He is offered wealth (represented by a golden hat) by a devil figure. In a richly decorated room, a scruffy troupe of a dozen acrobats and a little girl reawaken the old man's youthful nature and love.

A young girl has already seen everything there is to see and her world has lost all meaning. Her anger shatters her world and she finds herself in the universe of QUIDAM, where she is joined by a playful companion, as well as another mysterious character who attempts to seduce her with the marvelous, the unsettling and the terrifying.

A far cry from the dialogue-free circus performances Cirque du Soleil is known for, Alegria chronicles the fate of a small boy who has been forced into slavery. Eventually, he learns that in order to free himself and the other children, he must defeat a fire-breathing or an equally tough but decidedly more philosophical inner dragon.

A live Cirque du Soleil performance featuring remixed music, visuals, musicians, singers, and dancers. Delirium is the quest for balance in a world increasingly out of sync with reality. Delirium is an urban tale, a mix of music, dance, theater, and multimedia.