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| Mom and I outside the Cavalia tent in St. Louis Park, Minnesota |
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| Bar in Cooper |
Surprise for me!!! So,
my mom wouldn’t tell me what we were doing, but we got off of work at
4:30 p.m., and headed down to the Cities for a birthday present for me. We ate at Cooper, an Irish Pub, which I found
out as we were walking from the parking garage to the pub was in St. Louis Park, and
it was awesome! The outside of the
building was new looking, and really interesting, architecturally, but once we
got inside I was stunned! The inside
looked like a building from the 1800s, with a carved wood bar (created in
Ireland and shipped over for the restaurant) and frescoes painted above the bar
and merging into the trey ceiling, which had very unique chandeliers,
surrounded by some awesome design work. I
had Two Gingers Chicken (grilled chicken sandwich with 2 Gingers Whiskey sauce,
cheese, bacon, and a grilled pineapple ring) and fries, and it was great!
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| Ceiling and chandelier at Cooper |
We left Cooper about 7:20 p.m., and in the distance,
there was a huge white tent. I still had
no clue what it was or what we were doing, but figured we were going there. I was right.
As we got closer, I saw signs for Cavalia. I had seen billboards for it all over I-94,
but I didn’t know what it was, so mom had to explain it to me; however, once
she had done that, I was totally excited!
We entered the tent just at sunset, and got a couple of bookmarks and
the “program” booklet, before heading to our seats.
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| Me just inside the enterence of the first tent before going into the main tent |
The first thing I would say about the show/performance is
that it was absolutely BEAUTIFUL! As my
mom said, it was like a ballet for horses.
I would say it was an interwoven, intricate combination of Cirque du Soleil,
a horse show, and a ballet. As we sat in
our seats, waiting for the performance to begin, the image on the center screen
on stage rippled like water, while the side screens had the name of the
show.
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| View of the stage before the performance began with spotlights on the toys |
On the stage itself were various toys that were in the
form of horses: stuffed horses, rocking
horses, and even a wooden box with horses carved into it. The lights went out, and two of the newest
members of the Cavalia cast came on stage…two colts! They were so adorable! Soon, the performers all came onstage and the
screens rose revealing an oval, dirt stage with a background full of cave
paintings. There seemed to me to be an
unstated theme of time over the whole production. There were pictures on the screens during the
various acts that went from cave drawings, to the Roman Coliseum, to ancient
arches and Asian stone statutes, and then a spring, summer, fall, and winter
series.
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| Carousel |
My favorite portion of the program was called Carousel. Carousel is pretty much just like it sounds;
there were between four and eight white horses that “marched’ around the
stage/ring and they were so beautiful!
They were perfectly straight, and then they would fan out from one end to
the other at an angle in time with each other so it looked like they flowed
back and forth. When they rounded around
corners they did it so that the horse closest to the inside corner pretty much
stayed still and the others fanned out around him at an angle. It is so hard to describe, but was so
majestic.
The whole performance was so beautiful and enjoyable, I’d
encourage anyone who can go to do so.
Although we couldn’t take pictures during the performance,
I found a few online that I’m including here because they were just so beautiful!
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| Bungee |
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| Mirror |
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| La Vida |
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| Poste |
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| Voltige en Rond |
