Amaluna show reviews
We are truly disappointed..
I've been to five amazing Cirque Du Soleil shows in the past and I must say that Amuluna was the most boring and had the least production value of any show.
Review: Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Amaluna’ puts women at the center of a super-theatrical show
You could call it Cirque du Soleil: The Theater Geek Edition.
Known as a theatrical circus for its no-animals, acrobatics-forward, story-framing format, the French-Canadian company has been sending shows to Los Angeles since 1987.
In “Amaluna,” playing under a blue-and-yellow-striped big top at the San Pedro waterfront, Cirque borrows still more from theater, wrapping circus acts into a wordless story that mixes Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” and Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” with the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Euridice and other folk tales.
The show’s writer-director, Diane Paulus, won a Tony for directing the circus-y early 2010s revival of “Pippin”; her credits also include “Hair” and “Waitress.” The set design is by her frequent collaborator Scott Pask, and the choreographer is boundary-pushing dance-maker Karole Armitage, also a previous Paulus collaborator.
Theater references make you yawn?
No worries. You can cheer instead for “Amaluna’s” female-majority performers — including gymn