Cirque du Soleil: Alegria

Name: Cirque du Soleil: Alegria
Director: Nick Morris
Genre: Documentary, Music, Family
Released: 2001
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Ebon Grayman, Francesca Gagnon, Eve Montpetit, Tamir Erdenesaikan, Elena Lev

"If You Have No Voice, Scream; If You Have No Legs, Run; If You Have No Hope, Invent"

7.8/10

2001

1h 33m

Documentary

Music

Family

Overview

Alegría is a mood, a state of mind. The themes of the show, whose name means "jubilation" in Spanish, are many. Power and the handing down of power over time, the evolution from ancient monarchies to modern democracies, old age, youth - it is against this backdrop that the characters of Alegría play out their lives. Kings' fools, minstrels, beggars, old aristocrats and children make up its universe, along with the clowns, who alone are able to resist the passing of time and the social transformations that accompany it.