现实生活中的Kaleido Stage。。。

无疑就是Cirque du Soleil。自从3年前我第一次到Las Vegas，看到Bellagio 的O时，我就执著的这样认为。

那之前我已经看了Kaleido Star的动画，对梦幻大技和天使的超绝技非常向往，曾经说过："如果真有这样的舞台，这样的表演，花多少钱我也要去！" 现实生活中真有蕾拉.汉密尔顿和苗木野空吗？那鹤立鸡群，无比耀眼的卡莱多之星？我的答案是，大概没有； 但是在O的舞台上，每个人都是蕾拉，尤利，每个人都是完美的，令人震惊的表演者，声、光、背景、人物和表现力，全都超出我的想象力。原来在这个世界上，真的有这样的演出！真的会留下这样刻骨铭心的感动！！


纽约时报曾经有过这样的评论："O is forever." 真正有一个表演可以永远吗？ 未必。但是这种力与美的结合，雅与俗的交汇，这种无比感动的感觉，或许真的就是永远。 3年零5个月了，我仍然清楚记得O的许许多多的细节，哪怕没有留下任何纪录。我情不自禁的觉得，这世界上最好的跳水、吊环、体操家们，不在奥林匹克的赛场上，而在这里； 就如这世界上最会用枪的人，不会是站着不动拿到金牌的气枪选手一样。说不定，只是说不定啊，Kaleido Star的灵感是从Cirque du Soleil来的呢。从那时起我就成了Cirque du Soleil的大fan，希望着有一天可以看遍他们所有的表演。


话虽如此，搬到西海岸之后却还一直没能去造访， 反而是Corteo(wiki)在06年世界巡回演出时，在波士顿看过。 这场演出我拿到的是VIP第1排的票，360度的圆形剧场，给予观众不同的享受。同样是高质量、高享受的show， Corteo感觉比O还是差着一筹，难怪O的价钱在所有的Cirque du Soleil的表演中是最贵的，而且不止从来没有降价的票，想要好位置还得提前2-3个月来订。 这里提醒一下，想要看O的秀请直接去Bellagio的官网购买，其他的网上卖的都是2-3倍价的黄牛票^ ^a

上周末去Las Vegas的时候，觉得比起3年多前又多了好多Cirque du Soleil show，大赌场里简直人手一个orz。Alegría · Corteo · Dralion · KÀ · KOOZÅ · La Nouba · Love · Mystère · O · Quidam · Saltimbanco · Varekai · Wintuk · Zumanity， 我还很有得看，不是吗？





ps: 这次我去Vegas看的是Mama Mia!， 将要在09年1月结束的著名音乐剧，Meryl Streep刚刚拍成电影的那个。相当不错的剧本和歌曲，（更难得的是真主角是中年妇女=她自己。。。）难怪她会动将其搬上大银幕的心思。 Mandala Bay剧场里的演出本身相当一流，娱乐性强，人物印象深刻，让人好奇电影比起来会怎样。改天去找来看看吧。

Saiyuri 2008 at Yamibo (updated on Sep 8th)

I was planning to write about this after yamibo has recovered from its periodical closing-due-to-forbidden-thread hickups, but then I found the brief activity Onz moderator had done in Saimoe board got some of English yuri fans' attention already. So I shall explain this year's Saiyuri contest a little bit below. On the other hand, don't worry if you can't register at yamibo right now, just come back after the weekend and it'll most likely come back by then.



Rules of Saiyuri 2008

1. Who's in for the Saiyuri Queen 2008?

A. Ranging from who appeared/will appear in between 2007.10-2008.9 anime (TV, OVA, movie) and have yuri indication to them, yamibo members can organize them by series and build a main supporting thread for each anime, with details about the anime, characters and resources etc. Please refer to the 2006 Saiyuri for most of the details.

(Onz mod has made a reference list including most of the qualifying anime of this Saiyuri, including Aria the Origination, Blue Drop, Candy Boy, Mnemosyne, Shoujo Sect, My Otome Zwei 0.Sfir, Koihime Muso, Ikkitousen, Bleach etc. I've added the list at the end of this entry.)

Or.
B. Any previous series that has yuri/shoujoai characters but has not participated in any Saiyuri contest, for example Battle Athletes, Devilman Lady, Oniisama E etc.

C. All characters submitted will be evaluated by the mods before they are admitted for competition.

2. Who can vote?

Anyone who registered at Yamibo before Aug 4th, 2008. Don't use your multiple ID to vote more than once, as you will be punished badly if found out. For people who can not vote this time, I suggest you still register, as the limit would be Aug 4th, 2009 for the next Saiyuri contest, most likely.

3. How to vote?

The individual voting is the same as in Saiyuri 2007, that you have to both vote and reply with the character's name and belonging series in the format of the beginning of the thread. The complicated restrictions of the voters are all for the fairness of the competition, as a 50,000 ID forum can easily give enough trouble to the Saiyuri organizing committee. Competitions begin and end at 10am GMT+8 every day, 24 hours per match and will have breaks between rounds. The first match starts on Oct 20th, 2008. (needs confirmation when yamibo restarts)

4. How to follow the results?

Saiyuri board would have sticky threads in words and graphics to describe the daily result.

5. How to enjoy this competition without understanding Chinese?

Saiyuri competition has a history of inviting international yuri fans to come participate, there would be a dedicated thread in English just for English users. Estimated >50% yamibo users can read English as well. So feel free to ask questions, and most likely people will gladly help you. Clicking on random thread may bring you surprises, too, as people create plenty of fan arts and AMVs for this event.

6. Other things I should know?

This year there will be no additional votes for original fan work, but one new fan work will be demonstrated for each character in every single match. Prepare to right-click a lot :)))

After the main matches for the Saiyuri Queen title this year, there will be an other tournament with a different rule and different candidates, briefly selecting highly popular characters from manga, game etc (not anime) for considerations to compete in the main tournament next year. The details will be announced then.


7. One thing you may not want to know...

is that if everything goes well, I will retire this time. I may still rant about it in shoujoai and help answer some questions, but I will no longer be the mod of Saiyuri board. Onz mod is quite reliable and she'll certainly do a good job in carrying on this tradition.



If there's something else I am not clear about, ask me and I'll be glad to answer you. All the best to you, my friend.


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Attached:

Current list of anime with yuri elements
2007.10-2008.9

* Blue Drop: Tenshitachi no Gikyoku
* Werubēru no Monogatari ~Sisters of Wellber~ 2nd
* Dennō Coil(Coil A Circle of Children)
* Shigofumi
* Minami-ke: Okawari
* Aria The Origination
* Penguin Musume
* Mnemosyne -Mnemosyne no Musumetachi-
* Candy☆Boy
* Ikki Tousen Great Guardian
* Hidamari Sketch×365
* Bamboo Blade
* You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle
* My-Otome 0~S.ifr~
* Shōjo Sect
* Koihime Musō
* Strike Witches
* Naisho no Tsubomi
* Mokke
* Bleach
* Silver Soul

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