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Cirque du Soleil - Saltimbanco | 
 enlarge | Director: Jacques Payette
Actors: Dimitri A. Arnaoutov, Rene Bazinet, Ann Bernard, Pawel Biegaj, Witold Biegaj
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.94
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 16543
Format: Color, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 78
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D07070D
ISBN: 0767873904
UPC: 043396070707
EAN: 9780767873901
ASIN: B00005OOQ3
Theatrical Release Date: 1994
Release Date: October 30, 2001
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Description
Saltimbanco is a celebration of life in which an international troupe of more than fifty performers ranging from 8 to 45 years of age defy gravity and dazzle with their artistry. A panoply of acts in which top-notch acrobatics are executed with masterly beauty, hand-balancing, double trapeze, double tightrope, Chinese poles, the Russian swing, bangees, jugglers, and clowns. Created in 1994 as an antidote to the violence and despair typical of the 20th century, this phantasmagorical show proposes a new vision of urbanity, overflowing with optimism and happiness. Saltimbanco is not linear; rather, it is a kaleidoscope, an adventure in which anything can happen. Saltimbanco has its own language, a soul expressed through the voice, the body and music. 1994, 78 minutes.
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 The TRUE start of Cirque Du Soleil July 12, 2008
Cirque Du Soleil doesn't respond to the everyday concept that everyday people have of circus. First off, there are no animals in any show of them, a fact that allready sets a difference. Like Cirque's founder Guy Laliberte once said: "every show we do, we take it like if it would be a Broadway show" Now, this fact hasn't been there since the beginning. The first shows of Cirque, like "We reinvent the Circus" or "New Experience" had nothing to do with the way the Cirque is now. It wasn't until this one, Saltimbanco, that things got in motion.
Saltimbanco is, like all the others after it (Dralion, Alegria, Quidam, La Nouba and many more) some kind of living dream. Like any normality, you have a stage, and several people come and do their numbers, that go from classic to very innovative. But then, there is more. Aside from just doing acrobatics the way it has been done all those years, this guys take their points up to a literally level. To a tale that reflects an actuality and a critic of the world. Some just pass, others smash (Quidam)
And then, all of this is wrapped up in a painting like style in both music and lights, costumes and voices, and a superb theater acting. Saltimbanco isn't the tuffest or deepest thing of the Cirque, is just the start of what Cirque Du Soleil always represents in every show, with unique aspects one from another: Life.
It's Cirque, how could you not love it! April 11, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The First time I saw this was in High School and in my Theater Arts class. The Teacher played this to inspire our creative juices and it worked. And every time I see the video and any Cirque Du Soleil video I dedicate it to the late Drama Teacher of my High School. The Boy in this DVD when he grows up stars in the Cirque Performance of Varekai. These DVDs transport you back to your youth and keeps the kid in you alive.
Great DVD January 11, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
We received it quickly---as we needed it for a Party that had a circus theme. Thanks for the service!
 Fantastic Cirque show marred by terrible editing December 24, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Anyone familiar with Cirque du Soleil knows that a spectacular performance is in the offing under any one of their tents. I saw Saltimbanco in person years ago, but this recording simply failed to capture the awe and excitement I felt while seeing the live show.
My disappointment with this DVD's visual aspects stems from the choice of the editors to continually cut from the real-time performance and superimpose either slow-motion or close-up sequences, causing a disruption in what one sees of a given act's flow of movement. As one example, there are far too many very close-in face shots of the two women (Boleadoras) who are performing a routine where balls whirling on the end of strings smack the floor in rhythm to the music. The precision and spectacle of such a routine is lost when one can't see the arms and hands of the performer, let alone the props crucial to the act. In other instances, slow-motion cuts right into the middle of the action sequence, thus jarring the continuity of what is supposed to be a spectacular trick. Also, throughout the show, the camera cuts away frequently to costumed peripheral characters who are emoting some sort of amazement. There's little relevance in this, and it does nothing but take the view away from the activity (where it should be). Even the sound editing seems goofy at times, with the audience roaring a bit too early at points during the "Russian Swing" routine.
The run-time is under 80 minutes, but take away the introduction, credits, and the silly gun duel routine ("Draw!"), and you're left with only around an hour of the true Cirque spectacle. Still, there's some value in what "wow factor" remains of this show. My favorite routine by far is "Juggling," where the performer progresses from three to seven balls, many times bouncing them off the floor in a choreographed flow (the guy just doesn't slip up!). Also noteworthy are the "Double Tightrope," "Russian Swing" and "Hand Balancing" acts.
I'd recommend this to Cirque du Soleil fans who are not picky about videography, or to those who want to get something of interest for their children.
Worth owning for only the most diehard CdS fan.... November 29, 2004
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Nothing can be taken away from the acts in this show. As usual they are superb, though a bit dated when one compares them to a present day "Mystere" or "O".
My one fear is that this show will go out of production and there will not be a new DVD to replace this one. This DVD has poor lighting and bad camera angles, so much so, that I am quite surprised that CdS still stamps their name on it in 2004! It simply is not up to their high standards. 5 stars for the acts, but 1 for the quality of the recording presented here.
To anyone who is listening in Montreal, please film another show!
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