VIENNA, VA -- Sure, we’re dodging mountains of gray-tinged snow at the moment, but summer and its traditions will soon return. That includes the circus.
Cirque du Soleil announced Monday it will return to the Tysons area with its newest show, “Kurios -- Cabinet of Curiosities.”
The show will premiere under the iconic blue-and-yellow big top July 21. Access to the best seats and prices are available for existing Cirque Club members starting today (Monday). (You can visit cirquedusoleil.com/cirqueclub to sign up for a complimentary membership.) Tickets will be available for purchase to the general public beginning Feb. 12 by visiting cirquedusoleil.com/kurios or calling 1-877-9 CIRQUE (1-877-924-7783). Tickets range from $39-$170.
About ”Kurios -- Cabinet of Curiosities”
The show had its world premiere in Montréal in April 2014 and is Cirque du Soleil’s 35th production, according to a news release from the production. Since its debut, the critics have been raving across North America: “Cirque du Soleil has come roaring back with KURIOS – a dazzling, hyper-detailed, potent, quixotic and generally fantastic show that reveals this extraordinary artistic company’s singular capacity for exploration and metamorphosis. It is not to be missed on any account,” said Chris Jones in The Chicago Tribune.
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Written and directed by Michel Laprise, “Kurios– Cabinet of Curiosities” is “a tale in which time comes to a complete stop, transporting the audience inside a fantasy world where everything is possible. In this realm set in the latter half of the 19th century, reality is quite relative indeed as our perception of it is utterly transformed. The name of the show refers to the humble and strange characters that inhabit the Seeker’s Cabinet of Curiosities.” 
The producers go on to describe the show as “in an alternate yet familiar past, in a place where wonders abound for those who trust their imagination, a Seeker discovers that in order to glimpse the marvels that lie just below the surface, we must first learn to close our eyes.”
“In his larger-than-life curio cabinet, the Seeker is convinced that there exists a hidden, invisible world – a place where the craziest ideas and the grandest dreams await. A collection of otherworldly characters suddenly steps into his makeshift mechanical world. When the outlandish, benevolent characters turn his world upside down with a touch of poetry and humor in an attempt to ignite the Seeker’s imagination, his curios jump to life one by one before his very eyes.”
PHOTO courtesy of Cirque du Soleil