Cirque Dreams illumination opens in New Orleans!

If you don’t do anything else you HAVE to see Cirque Dreams illumination. This has to be one of the most fascinating shows I have seen in a long time. I definitely thank Broadway across America and Mahalia Jackson Theater of Performing Arts for bringing this performance to New Orleans. 

Cirque Dreams illumination was created by Neil Goldberg with an original score by Jill Winters and David Scott. The show was based around phenomenal performances constructed in a dream world. The illusion and stunts of this performance was amazing. The show came to life with wirewalkers, aerialist, balancers, dancers and more. The unique cast came together to build a sensational and unique show.

Igor Berstov and Elena Berestova debut in America their perch balancing, which is rarely performed in the world. Perch balancing consists of one performer balancing atop a pole that is being balanced by another performer.  Seeing that right before my eyes was amazing. Evegeny Vasilenko, wire walker performed for the first time in America on the newly invented motorized aerial slack wire. I was terrified yet intrigued all at the same time at the high level of balance this person had.  Andrey Moraru, chair climber, premiered his chair climbing dance and at 6’2, is the tallest hand balancer. There are definitely more great performances and contortion to stare in amazement at Cirque Dreams illumination.

I sat in admiration at the first quadruple “spinning cube” act in the world. Uranmandakh Amarsanaa, Buyankhishig Ganbaatar, Erdenesuvd Ganbaatar, and Odgerel Oyunbaatar are absolutely some of the best contortionist I ever seen.  Another favorite performance was by Vladimir Kurzyamov and Olga Kurzyamova, a clothing magician and fashion illusionist. Watching Olga change clothing had me sitting there in shock. This among all of the performances was mind-blowing.


You definitely need to see this show for yourself. Tickets start at $25 and the show runs September 28th through October 3rd. You can purchase tickets at the Mahalia Jackson Box office or Ticketmaster. For more information, check here.