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Las Vegas Shows and Entertainment:
La Reve Show Tickets and Reviews |
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Le Reve
Reviewed July 15, 2007
by Nancy Dickinson
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Sandman himself, Franco Dragone, former creative influence for Cirque du Soleil, has
created a portal into the world of dreams. This unparalleled, stand alone show has been
nestled quietly in both the spectacular Wynn Resort and the unbridled subconscious of all.
Constantly reinventing itself, Le Reve- A Small Collection of Imperfect Dreams, is a show
that celebrates to no end the love, hate, joy, and pain that comes with the magical and
essential tool all humans share- The Dream.
Two instructions before viewing the show: #1 Get there early. Cirque du Soleil spirit
has trickled down into Le Reve fueling the "show before the show." Clowns in the
form of a group of men in white suits and red swim caps make the audience their personal
playground for humility. Anything from targeting bald men to stealing dates can happen as
long as it involves making light of the human condition in all it's imperfection. #2 Leave
imagination boundaries at the door. It's time to open up to all the possibilities a dream
may propose.
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doesn't take long to realize he Le Reve stage is one of the most technically advanced
pieces of entertainment equipment that may exist. It's multidimensional levels that
constantly change shape, rise from and fall into the depths of an element that has given
the show it's glorious identity...Water. Water immersing, complimenting, seizing
everything. Yet take care not to let the senses get lazy and focus solely on the sparkling
abyss in the center of the showroom, for anything can turn up in a dream. The walls can
come to life and fantasy's creatures can dribble in from every...look
around...corner...and crevice.
Time to sleeeeeeeep. A lovely girl in a red dress, the dreamer, lies in a daze upon her
bed which floats atop crystal blue water. Her guide through the subconscious, a dream
master of sorts of whom resembles a dark wizard, cues the magic and madness to begin.
Angels, devils, and characters from the deepest corners of a wild mind flood the stage by
air, water, and land. Heart pounding acrobatics, divine balancing acts, and red heeled
(along with one pair of sea monster legs) synchronized swimmers take no time to dance to
the dreamer's fancy, all of which are under the mercy of the some very unconventional
circumstances...they're all soaking wet. Sounds impossible yes, but there are no limits in
this journey through dreams.
 Franco
Dragone stays true to the unpredictable nature of the subconscious world (and real world
for that matter) with performances that begin in a very light-hearted state yet end in
utter turmoil. For instance, the thougtful dreamer may be at one point flying through the
air with angelic white figures in a dynamic partner aerial act and the next moment be
tossed amongst the horrors of fear and despair. Nets full of lifeless bodies raise from
the water as storms, chaos, terror, and 80 foot falls into the cold eternal water replace
the once tranquil sleep sancturary. Just as there is the beautiful dream, exists the dark
nightmare.
But fear not, the mood will be lightened in true Dragone/Cirque fashion with a little
more clowning and swim caps between acts. From a strip tease gone wrong to reviving a fake
dove with CPR, these fellows play a detrimental role of reminding everyone during the
happiest or grimmest of times that the world's too mysterious; don't take it serious.
Just as the trip through Never Never Land is unpredictable, it may also hold
representative secrets. Love, Lust, and Angst in relationships are brought forth by
several couples in bold primitive dress, going from suspended acrobatics so fluid and sexy
it's hard to tell where one ends and the other begins, to violent bouts throwing
themselves across the stage in outrageous fits of gymnastics. Other gifts in this world
such as Strength and Balance are held by two statuesque men in a hand balancing routine
that proves gravity is of no consequence. Their slow, deliberate movement into each
ridiculously difficult pose makes them a veritable soaking wet yin yang. There's even
Control and Trust displayed by three gorgeous females manipulating and weaving themselves
in and out of a hanging giant metal sphere. Each of their moves determines the others'
fate under the most daring and dangerous conditions.
Still there's always the wild card that dreams can throw in, nonsensical and
representative of nothing but the truth that there aren't always answers for everything;
things may be imperfect and incompl...Such as tables and chairs spinning in the air with
ambitious diners upon them (try eating in that breakfast nook). And it's almost as though
this peculiar vision provoked the breech of the borders back to reality. With her, the
dreamer took no definitive answers to anything, no perfect truths except one: All is
possible. The red dressed beauty said farewell to her creatures of the cerebral beyond and
lied once again upon her floating bed.
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