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Corteo
Corteo, or "cortege" in Italian, literally means funeral procession. However, this Cirque du Soleil show is a cheerful procession dreamed up by a clown. Next to kind angels, between sky and earth, the clown pictures his own funeral, but as though it was happening within a carnival. He leads the audience to a world where opposites attract: strength and fragility, big and small – his universe...and ours too. The show parallels the humanity that exists among us all by bringing to light the contrasts of the clown’s inner self. Corteo mixes the element of the clown with the power of the acrobat to help the audience dive into the comedy, astonishment, and joy of this theatrical world which tends to bring illusion and reality closer together.