#CIrque du Soleil

[aquilacalvitium]

Okay so the fact is I'm REALLY loving this story, I haven't loved writing a story this much in a very long time

The story appears to be approaching the end (not super soon, I plan to spread the finale over about three chapters) so when it does....

Maybe a sequel???

About a different Cirque show????

Who knows??? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I want to talk about my fanfiction so badly but no-one wants to listen because I don't think anyone who follows me is also mentally ill about Cirque Du Soleil :(

[ophelialoveshandsomemen]

Say what you will about Van Helsing 2004; hate it, love it, be indifferent, But the All-Hallow's masquerade ball went sooooo hard and it had zero right to do so! It's a fun, campy, monster mash movie with wonderfully dated ( and expensive) cgi and non-stop action meant to be a popcorn flick one takes out to watch around spooky season. And it has this* chef's kiss* GORGEOUS 6 minute sequence plopped arbitrarily in the second act, which unexpectedly surpasses nearly every other ball in the last 30+ years of film( notable exception being the Cinderella 2015 ball) for literally no reason other than to be dramatic af.

Like feast your eyes on this Gothic masterpiece!!! Who doesn't want to immediately live in this picture?!??

They used those candles with oil in them so that they would have real candles, real string orchestra( I believe), probably around 100 real life extras( something which is tragically absent in modern film), said extras are all in beautiful fully decked-out costumes( which are in luxuriously dark colours, but nearly no fully black, another thing you cannot say for much modern cinema), REAL CIRQUE DU SOLEIL PERFORMERS for all the acrobatics!!!! Hell, instead of filming in a sound stage, where they could control the reverb and the acoustics and the size of the set and the bloody lighting ( they apparently had a heck of a time emulating the firelight for this sequence) and the temperature( it's very cold in stone churches!) better, they filmed in a Baroque church in Prague! As I said, peak dramatic splendour, jfc...

Think about that a second...They filmed a vampire masquerade in a Baroque Catholic Church( St. Nicholas' in Lesser Town, if you were curious) with amazing over-the-top acoustics and marble statues and real, tiled floors and marble pillars and a choir loft which they very much utilized, covered the pipe organ and the altar with a grand brocade curtain so it wouldn't be so obviously a, you know, a church! And there's a gold gilt elevated and canopied pulpit into which they put two vampire kiddies for, again, the sake of being dramatic.

And the costumes! They remind me of the 25th anniversary Phantom of the Opera Masquerade costumes. Same quality, like they're old, well-cared-for costumes pulled out of a warehouse, instead of fast industry churn-outs. With lots of trim and colour and masks and lace and feathers and..just...ugh.. they are all perfect! Just look at all the head pieces on the ladies and the hats on all the gentleman ( save Dracula of course) and the powdered wigs on the musicians. ANNNNDD! The dresses are historically correct!!!!!! It's the 80's bustle era! Nobody does the 80's bustle era in film anymore and it's a bummer. Oh and one other thing! Anna's ( and other women's) hair, at least here in the ball, is also historically accurate because it's all pinned up! None of those fucken modern beachwaves at a ball! Everybody's got updo's!

Gah, I swear, Dracula in his gold cloak really does things to me in this scene!

By the way, the acrobatics are bonkers in here for just background stuff!! Especially the random guys on unicycles and the dude playing the violin whilst standing on a ball...Like....WHAT?

Anyways, all this to say, that this masquerade ball feels sooo real and tangible and because of that it blows every other film out of the water, and no, I will not change my mind!!!!!

Here's a few more gifs, bcuz, why the hell not, this scene is sexy as fuu*ck?

Alright I need to go to bed now.

[milksockets]

[emaadsidiki]

Viva Las Vegas ☄️🚘

[jennydolfen]

First art of 2023! Orym's Cirque du soleil bit in the Yios casino. This has been on the workbench for a bit. :) Happy New Year!

[rachielynne728]

Hi Guys 👋☺️💖

[chopshajen]

Back on my bs!!! It’s been a hot second since I’ve painted anything but apparently jet lag is deeply inspiring cuz I’m out here painting on planes and having a great time. My tablet pen nib is so worn out there’s a hole in it but I was still like ‘oooough gotta draw’

[sunshineandlyrics]

🐐 Cirque du Soleil Ireland

[hipstafootprint]

Fading memories · Neue Marx, Vienna 2024

[daily-plush]

Mystere Cirque Du Soleil Escargot Alice the Snail Plush

[nicki0kaye]

one of these days I will have the spoons to make a giant post about cirque du soleil's show O, and then it'll be over for y'all

I'll give you a teaser, tho, by sharing the guide, theatre manager, and certified tumblr bait Le Vieux

I usually just call him 'Threatre Dad'

[sweepseven]

i don’t know if you’ve seen this picture but it’s delightful

YES it's one of my faves. Defies description.

[aquilacalvitium]

Autistic infodump time

(Inhale)

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK I LOVE QUIDAM I LOVE QUIDAM SO FUCKING MUCH YOU HAVE NO IDEA YOU HAVE NO IDEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAA

LOOK!

AT!

HIMB!!!!!!!!

FAVOURITE #1 GUY OF ALL TIME LOOK AT HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

QUIDAM (the show) IS SO FUCKING COOL IT HAS ALTERED MY BRAIN CHEMISTRY I SWEAR TO YOUUUUUUUUUUU

It's got such an awesome sinister atmosphere like "there is something fundamentally Wrong about this world" and the music shows that, the music is slow and sinister and orchestral and has so many drums and that alone would make you think "this is a dangerous world" but at the same time there's just something that makes you feel at ease

Like yeah all the conscious signals are saying this is really disturbing and wrong but all the unconscious signals are saying this is a good and safe place and everyone in it is ctually really nice

BUT I MEAN LOOK. THE TITULAR CHARACTER IS A HEADLESS MAN. IN WHAT WORLD IS THAT NOT OBJECTIVELY CREEPY.

And there are so many openly weird and sinister things about the world and the people in it so WHYYYYYYY does the character wiki specifically call out JOHN as being the creepy one???? If anything he's the biggest and most open sweetheart of everyone there!!! SO WHY is he the only character who's explicitly described as "eerie"?????

Also Fritz!!! That guy!!! Fucking love him!!! Is he supposed to be similar to the Chiennes Blanches??? I mean??? Base white colour??? Animalistic behaviour??? Frankly that's all I've got but EVEN SO. Is that just me???????

AND QUIDAM (the character). ONLY APPEARS ON STAGE THREE TIMES. ALREADY LOVE HIM TO ABSOLUTE BITS AND PIECES. EVEN THOUGH HE IS OBJECTIVELY THE CREEPIEST THING IN THE SHOW. BUT HE DOES NOT SCARE ME. SOMEHOW.

I CANNOT GET OUT IN WORDS JUST HOW MUCH I LOVE QUIDAM I MEAN GGHWLFBAKFKWFKQGDOQVDLWVSKDHIR

[milksockets]

[reelygoodtimes]

Under the big top on film by me 2024

[belovedbluv]

Alex Castro in a Jeweled Gstring designed by Manfred Thierry Mugler for Zumanity.