# Art Circuses **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 1999, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-circuses/11429 "1999-11-23T15:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 1999, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-circuses/11429/1 "1999-11-23T15:11:00Z")
While I was visiting my mom, I drove up to Phoenix to visit my father in law and his partner, and the four of us went to Barnum’s Kaleidoscape. This seems to be Barnum & Bailey’s answer to Cirque de Soleil… [http://www.barnumskaleidoscape.com](http://www.barnumskaleidoscape.com) I enjoyed it very much… but it was very expensive!! $20 for the cheap seats (us) and $50 for the fancy velvet couches ringside. So has anyone been to this one, or CdS? What do you think? Better than the regular circus? Personally I liked it much better than the regular one because I get all worried about the animals in cages and stuff… but this one only had some horses and trained geese. * * * – O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 1999, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-circuses/11429/2 "1999-11-23T15:36:00Z")
I’ve been to 2 live Cirque du Soleil performances (Mystere in Las Vegas and Quidam when it passed through Dallas) and own 3 videotapes and 1 DVD of their performances. I also have 3 CdS posters on my walls. Not to mention the 5 CDs of CdS music. I’m a bit of a fan. The performances are just jaw-droppingly amazing. Anyone who hasn’t seen one yet, go. FInd shows, locations and times at [http://www.cirquedusoleil.com](http://www.cirquedusoleil.com) . The site also has Real Video previews of their shows and the Alegria movie. Check it out, y’all…it’s unreal. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 1999, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-circuses/11429/3 "1999-11-23T16:56:00Z")
Nope… but I wanna go!!! I wanna go!! Please!!! Please!!! I promise I will be good! * * * “Only when he no longer knows what he is doing, does the painter do good things.” --Edgar Degas