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I knew
I was in for an entirely new Cirque du Soleil experience as I took
my seat to watch KA at
MGM
Resort, post absorbing rave reviews from a few of my
theatre-addictive friends with phenomenal tastes in drama. For the
umpteenth time, not surprisingly, the audience was treated to a
flawless narrative, replete with a dazzling display of acrobatics
and some exceptional music. You can’t help getting teleported to a
realm never seen before.
The central theme of KA is woven around twins, one male and the
other female. An achievement of sorts, it was the |
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first
time that Cirque du Soleil traversed the path of cinema (rising beyond
theatre!). With a story line reminiscent of the glorious movies that talk about
twins who are estranged and seek to reunite with each other, KA is based
on an ancient Egyptian concept – KA (spiritual replication). Sure as
eggs, fantasy doesn’t seem to hold any boundaries in Egyptian folklore.
Retaining all the signature elements of Cirque du Soleil, the story
unfolds in a world of adventure and magic, something that has always
captivated me. And with a hybrid design of both Mad Max and Miyazaki, KA
will enthrall and excite you like never before.
In a journey of a lifetime, the twins set out to explore the duality of
life and the frissons that come as an integral element. With an eclectic
travel companionship in the form of a court jester and a nanny, the
twins weather every storm, surpass every hurdle and overcome every
challenge for a date with destiny. Dramatization is at its best, with
archers, spearmen and every other potent foe existent in the age of
kings playing their part to destroy the twins and their purpose.
Reality takes wings with perfectly accentuated landscapes and stunning
lights that add to the austere feel of the drama. KA couldn’t have got a
better start with platforms rising from an abyss and transforming into a
virtual stage for the ‘journey of the twins’. Weird creatures and sea
animals sashay on the screen, some playful and others confused about
their existence.
The twins, unimaginably acrobatic, are on death’s edge, symbolized
appropriately by the ‘wheel of death’. They battle their foes, come to
terms with the reality of life, experience love and play the ‘good’, on
higher planes – dancing perilously on tree stumps and evading the
devil’s deathly arrows with dexterity. And the martyrs meet their end,
gracefully descending into the abyss. The final battle of the ‘good’ and
the ‘evil’, as always, is the triumph of the human spirit over the
forces that work to defeat it. The dream lasts till the drapes come
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