{"id":51709,"date":"2017-11-08T15:38:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T20:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=51709"},"modified":"2017-11-08T15:56:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T20:56:19","slug":"behind-curtain-cirque-du-soleils-varekai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=51709","title":{"rendered":"BEHIND THE CURTAIN:\u00a0 CIRQUE DU SOLEIL\u2019S VAREKAI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.df-foto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Story &amp; Photographs by Diane Fleischman<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">Trucks and buses started rolling into the PPL Center on Sunday.\u00a0 By Monday, the full production crew along with the artists, and caterers took over the arena. The cast and crew of over 100 people represent 19 different countries.\u00a0 \u00a0It\u2019s round the clock rehearsals for this traveling production of <a href=\"http:\/\/ev7.evenue.net\/cgi-bin\/ncommerce3\/SEGetGroupList?prc=LAST&amp;caller=PR&amp;linkID=global-allentown&amp;RSRC=WEB_PR&amp;RSRC=CIRQUE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Varekai, which opens this Thursday night<\/a>.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Cambria;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With over 2000 costume pieces, which fill a full truck on their own,\u00a0 were unpacked from trunks, some in need of repair, or others required a little sprucing up. No small details can be overlooked.\u00a0 Cirque Du Soleil also travels with a full set of washers, and all costumes are dried by the gentle breeze of fans surrounding the racks of clothes.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"su_carousel_69f3edf3aec45\" class=\"su-carousel su-carousel-centered su-carousel-pages-yes su-carousel-responsive-yes su-lightbox-gallery\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\" data-items=\"2\" data-scroll=\"1\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slides\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/9370F194-AC28-4D3B-B7E9-502FC1C63A06.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/9370F194-AC28-4D3B-B7E9-502FC1C63A06-182x200.jpeg\" alt=\"9370F194-AC28-4D3B-B7E9-502FC1C63A06\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/7FF9E09E-5801-4045-BD23-F5ED404845A7.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/7FF9E09E-5801-4045-BD23-F5ED404845A7-182x200.jpeg\" alt=\"7FF9E09E-5801-4045-BD23-F5ED404845A7\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/9578AA84-F2E4-4C74-9A32-7F6158E88A95.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/9578AA84-F2E4-4C74-9A32-7F6158E88A95-182x200.jpeg\" alt=\"9578AA84-F2E4-4C74-9A32-7F6158E88A95\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/AB9BD90D-99AA-4D71-81D9-C02C4497A78F.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/AB9BD90D-99AA-4D71-81D9-C02C4497A78F-182x200.jpeg\" alt=\"AB9BD90D-99AA-4D71-81D9-C02C4497A78F\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/714C13C5-6DF6-4FDD-930B-571A3854E92F.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/714C13C5-6DF6-4FDD-930B-571A3854E92F-182x200.jpeg\" alt=\"714C13C5-6DF6-4FDD-930B-571A3854E92F\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/D0FB4013-2FC3-491A-87DC-8F37D28D9DC9.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/D0FB4013-2FC3-491A-87DC-8F37D28D9DC9-182x200.jpeg\" alt=\"D0FB4013-2FC3-491A-87DC-8F37D28D9DC9\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/A3353FAB-C7C5-4904-BBD9-1AAA51D64332.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/A3353FAB-C7C5-4904-BBD9-1AAA51D64332-182x200.jpeg\" alt=\"A3353FAB-C7C5-4904-BBD9-1AAA51D64332\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/F9B9FC81-A1E2-4332-AD2B-DA5AA2B95001.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/F9B9FC81-A1E2-4332-AD2B-DA5AA2B95001-182x200.jpeg\" alt=\"F9B9FC81-A1E2-4332-AD2B-DA5AA2B95001\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/E83B3FA1-B33F-4797-B057-4D696FCEB540.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/E83B3FA1-B33F-4797-B057-4D696FCEB540-182x200.jpeg\" alt=\"E83B3FA1-B33F-4797-B057-4D696FCEB540\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-nav\"><div class=\"su-carousel-direction\"><span class=\"su-carousel-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"su-carousel-next\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">For a few of the artists portraying characters that require masks, no two are the exact same size.\u00a0 Each full head mask are digitally molded to fit the artist.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">The Cirque Du Soleil shows amaze audiences with elaborate\u00a0 set designs, costumes, and acrobatics. They use a live band as opposed to pre-recorded soundtracks, and it\u2019s an interesting twist that artist doesn\u2019t need to focus on trying to keep up to the music.\u00a0 The band paces the music to the artist, so if an artist is taking a little longer with an acrobatic move, the music allows this artist to do so.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">Varekai is a critically acclaimed production that has performed to almost 10 million people worldwide since it\u2019s start in Montreal in 2002.\u00a0 Come catch the excitement, the beautiful scenery and costumes, the acrobatics, and immerse yourself in the story of Varekai.\u00a0 Varekai opens this Thursday night and then offers two shows daily Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, brings the close of the show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Varekai from Cirque du Soleil will be in Allentown from November 9 to 12, 2017 at the PPL Center.\u00a0Enjoy this last chance offer and save up to 25%. Escape into enchantment with Varekai, an extraordinary world of wonders and surprises where the impossible becomes possible. 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