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Have you ever dreamt about your own funeral?
Maybe an Irish wake, or scattering your ashes in the high mountains. Maybe a New Orleans-style jazz parade with 10,000 people “standing around the burying ground.”
Whatever you imagined, we’re going to bet that it didn’t look anything like the Cirque du Soleil’s production of Corteo, in which a clown dreams of his passing,
We took in Wednesday’s show and came back with some cool (if somewhat impractical) ideas for our own final goodbyes, but it’s going to take a lot of planning.
If you are looking for inspiration, we highly recommend catching one of the shows this week at the Comerica Center in Frisco. The show runs through Sunday, May 21. Do the responsible thing and start planning. In the meantime, enjoy the pictures.
Angels are booked well in advance. Start planning.
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We got to see some of the training sessions. Incredible.
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You can Google “Cirque du Soleil training routine.”
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Training for the Tournik routine.
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Spend a couple hours inside the mind of a clown. Just remember the way out.
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The training is just as disciplined and spectacular as the show.
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Learning to fly.
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Before learning to fly.
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Gymnastics on the bouncing beds. Take your kids to the show and then check into a hotel and see what happens.
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Bouncing beds: This is what happens.
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Bouncing beds. Please don’t try this at home. Rent a hotel room for the night.
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Bouncing beds. Rent a hotel with high ceilings.
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Teeterboard. Never walk the plank with these guys.
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Cyr Wheel. Some upper body strength is required.
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Suspended pole. Even the angels stop and stare.
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Helium Dance. Speaking of something your kids will want to try …
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Corteo was a juggling act in every way.
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And there is lots of dancing.
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Helium Dance. Just don’t get over a military base.
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Tournik. The guys we watched trained a couple of hours ago.
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Teeterboard amazement.
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Live music, crowd-friendly.
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Paradis: a demonstration of timing, athleticism and trust. A whole lot of trust.
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Paradis: To be honest, I really don’t trust anyone this much.
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Juggling is silly. Until you see someone really good at it. Then it’s pretty amazing.
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Acrobatic Ladder: Sick of climbing the corporate ladder? Try balancing on this and grabbing a flower from an angel.
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Duo-Straps. OMG. If you get sweaty palms you cannot be my partner.
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Duo-Straps give a whole new meaning to the term “power couple.”
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Duo-Straps: a new perspective on getting swept off your feet.
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Tournik. All that practice paid off.
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Tournik: Amazing.
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My new plan: Bike to heaven with a posse of angels.
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