Cavalia: Odysseo carries audience to horse heaven
It’ll behoove you to take your female friends to the equestrian-themed circus show
- Dustin Chambers
- FLYING V: Cavalia: Odysseo
My second favorite parts of Cavalia: Odysseo came right at the starts of act one and act two, when the audience would find some of the star performers lying on the ground. A couple of times one of the horses would roll onto its back, bicycling its legs in the air, like a dog scratching its sweet spot. Odysseo emphasizes some remarkable equestrian skills, acrobatics and globetrotting spectacle, but I could watch those supine equines all night.
Normand Latourelle, one of the founders of Cirque du Soleil, founded the Montreal-based production, which appeals to Cirque fans who miss animal acts at the circus. The U.S. premiere of Cavalia’s new show, Odysseo features 55 human performers and about 70 horses delivering a graceful but undeniably magical spectacle at the Big White Top on Spring Street.