Fair10 is, without a doubt, the most impressive acrobatic show that the Cirque du Soleil brought to Argentina.
And also, one of the most genuinely exciting.
Some things have changed in this show with respect to the traditional Cirque: to begin with, the track is no longer round, but rectangular, which allows it to resemble a soccer field, with the “players”, the members of the Cirque. coming out from where the arches would be.
Another thing is that there is no orchestra playing live. Not even a handful of musicians, as if there were in the comparatively more stunted Bazaarreleased this same year, but in Costanera Sur.
And for the first time in Argentina there are huge LED screens that will bring back indelible memories of Lionel at the World Cup in Qatar.
The thing is Fair10which premiered before the pandemic in Spain, was going to arrive in Argentina in 2020. And things have happened since then, among others, winning the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
And if the devotion for the number 10 continues to be the center of the show, Messi’s presence in Qatar beats him on the enormous screens that rise and descend on the stage, looking at each “stand”, nor will the Muchachos, the Argentine anthem, be missing. in the World Cup, and we will be surprised by a huge Messi shirt, with the number 10 on the number, which descends from the top of each stand, which covers us and we help it expand, as happened with the enormous flags from end to end in the basketball court…
10 illuminated balls on the floor, and one hanging from the ceiling, with black and white segments, from which… smoke comes out. Is it because of the magic of 10?
The master of ceremonies is a referee, who entertains the audience before the start of the show itself, encouraging each stand to confront the other, until different characters with bow nets on their bodies take the seats one by one. balls, and the young man appears who was playing with a ball, placing it on his back, neck, back and feet.
Until he says “Let the game begin.” And the show starts.
He said that Fair10 It is the most spectacular in terms of acrobatics. The ingenuity of the group created in Canada makes different players fly around the stadium, helped with harnesses, and do – all of them: gymnasts, acrobats, tightrope walkers, contortionists, strongmen, jugglers – truly impressive numbers.
And if we talk about ingenuity: in addition to a number done in a “locker room”, with ball skills and gymnasts, a “player” has been injured on the field, and two stretcher bearers enter. But what the player does is difficult to believe, even though we are seeing it from a few meters away: he contorts his body, is hyper elastic, places his arms where no one else could and even rotates his trunk almost 180 degrees.
There are many numbers in the hour and a half that the show lasts, without interval – so if you want merchandising or food: a show t-shirt, $12,000, a jacket, 25,000; one soda, $1,800, two empanadas, $3,500, do it before the show starts.
There are the two acrobats who dress up as a lion, and they jump and jump and jump. There are those who climb hanging ropes and descend as if nothing had happened. And there are tightrope walkers achieving feats that are difficult to explain on a rope.
Messi’s presence
Messi is not only in the moments of the 2022 World Cup, he has also participated himself, making little games and dribbles that can be seen on the screens. A few days before the qualifiers, will the best player in the world pass by the tent/stadium in Vicente López?
“There is a 10 in each of us” reads one of the posters on the screens – encouraging phrases abound rather than self-help, of overcoming oneself and turning a weakness into a strength. There is only one Messi, but on the Cirque du Soleil dance floor there is more than one who deserves a 10.
Cirque du Soleil show. Writer and Director: Mukhtar Omar Sharif. Executive producers: Sergio Lavie, Matías Loizaga, Roberto Costa, Diego Sáenz, Marcos Costa (PopArt). Features: Tuesday to Sunday (sold out in October, there are still seats left for November. Prices: from $35,000 to $74,400. Place: Al Rio Complex, Vicente López. Until November 15.