Last night we went to a special night-time show at the Citadelle. We walked all the way there because they cancelled the buses due to the expected traffic; boy howdy was that hard! It started at 9 pm but we went there at around 8 as it was encouraged to arrive early and picnic. We met up with one of Jeremy's coworkers and his wife and ate and played Uno until it was too dark to see. As a side note, Uno is basically played the same as in the US. The only discrepancies are ones that are probably just our way of playing it because as you know, Uno is like tomato sauce; everyone makes it a slightly different way.
It ended up starting closer to 10 pm because, y'know, France. The spectacle nocturne is thrown at the end of tourist season every year. Every year the show is different, ranging from acrobats like Cirque du Soleil to magicians. This year was a musical tale intertwined with something I can only describe as fire art. They danced and played with fire. The tale was about a woman trying to move on after her husband's untimely death, dealing with spiraling loneliness paired with the guilt of desiring intimacy with another person besides the one she thought she would spend the rest of her life with.
I didn't take pictures, but I found their website and used their posted pictures and video so you could get a grasp of the concept. The pictures are below and you can view the video by clicking on the word "video" in the previous sentence, which will take you to vimeo. The show is called Le Bal des Anges (The Dance of the Angels) and the company is BilBobaSSo, who originate from this region. It was very beautifully done and about 1,000 people were in attendance.
It ended up starting closer to 10 pm because, y'know, France. The spectacle nocturne is thrown at the end of tourist season every year. Every year the show is different, ranging from acrobats like Cirque du Soleil to magicians. This year was a musical tale intertwined with something I can only describe as fire art. They danced and played with fire. The tale was about a woman trying to move on after her husband's untimely death, dealing with spiraling loneliness paired with the guilt of desiring intimacy with another person besides the one she thought she would spend the rest of her life with.
I didn't take pictures, but I found their website and used their posted pictures and video so you could get a grasp of the concept. The pictures are below and you can view the video by clicking on the word "video" in the previous sentence, which will take you to vimeo. The show is called Le Bal des Anges (The Dance of the Angels) and the company is BilBobaSSo, who originate from this region. It was very beautifully done and about 1,000 people were in attendance.
Afterwards we headed on home. If you've ever seen the stairs leading down from the citadelle, you can certainly feel for me and my rubber legs right now. My next post will be featuring the awesome food festival that happened this weekend as well as a very interesting fad I witnessed called a "silent party".