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Nage
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Experience
Parade / Clown House / Africa
(1998+)


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Parade — At the crack of a whip, the 3,500 pound movable Barge retracts, while a parade of characters circles the lip of the pool. There's Le Vieux, dancing merrily along; the four contortionists dressed to the nines, following in close step; the crazed ballerina, jumping haphazardly about; Aurora, on a unicycle; the Burning Man, twirling his bowler hat; the Veiled Woman, covered in a white sheet; the Transvestite, feathering his fan; the Organ Grinder, pulling a rather large skeleton puppet behind him; Guifa, running after Aurora; and a Comet, swinging a thurible (a metal censer suspended from chains, in which incense is burned during worship services - usually Catholic).

Clowns — While the Parade keeps our attention, a house floats into view. Atop is clown Leonid who, at first seems concerned about water surrounding his dwelling ("Ay, ay, ay!"), is later more concerned where he may fall asleep... as he's having trouble. He asks clown Valery for help, but as the more accident prone of the two, he just can't seem to get the most simplest requests right.

Africa — Walk on water... and take refuge in the land of our forebearers. Here, drumbeats keep pace with our dancing souls... Following the clown's chaos, the setting turns serene and Le Vieux and Aurora appear as silhouettes in a soothing African setting with Toumany Kouyaté serenading us with his Kora, a 21-string bridge-harp used extensively in West Africa.

 

"Squelette" (Simcha)
("Unknown")
Africa


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