The show was amazing! The thrills and the acrobatics were amazing. My wife and I wanted to enjoy all the Cirque du Soleil in Vegas and this was a very good one. I definitely recommend this show when you are in town. read more

I have seen 9 Cirque shows. One of which I have seen 4 times (love) and I have seen O twice. We saw this show last night in Sacramento. It was my least favorite Cirque show. I loved the costumes and I loved the music. But the rest of the show was lacking. They were trying to bring together old and new. What they got was a jumble of a few decent acts some clowns and no true flow. The "story" IMO was not there and there was no connection with anyone in the show. We left feeling very meh about the experience. We could see the gaffers just sitting there which was odd, and the set up was just a little weak in my opinion. As well. The bleachers rocked whenever someone walked down the stairs and it was slightly annoying. I think it came to around $255 for the 4 tickets we bought. While I know we're not in Vegas so we didn't pay Vegas prices, we expected better. This does not represent Cirque very well. read more

Show cancelled for Houston in December 29, 2021. Requested a refund which was never granted after being on the phone with my bank. Cirque du Soleil got to keep the money. My bank had to take the hit. I will not do business with this company in the future. read more

Went for the Brazilian steakhouse experience. Due to Covid and it wasn't posted online, they were not doing the skewered cuts of meat. The food was ok, but I went for the Brazilian steakhouse experience and we didn't have that. Food was ok at best. read more

First of all, The show is great! However, what really upset me and lead me to leave 3 stars is due to 2 annoyances: 1. The $30 parking they don't tell you about ahead of time. I refused to pay it and said this was not stated anywhere in the details, and they said fine then you don't get in. 2. The seating is too close together and is not high enough behind the row in front. There was a large man next to my wife and let's just say we were all too cozy constantly trying to adjust and fine space for our arms. Also my wife and I are about average height (5,5" and 5,11") and we had some trouble seeing over and around the people in front of us. Pretty annoying. Again the show is great in all regards. Excellent. Above are just the things that would make this perfect. read more

I will never, ever turn down a chance to see Cirque du Soleil. I don't care if it's a bunch of retired Cirque performers offering a street show, I'll probably go. Hence, when I heard about Alegria coming to town, I was delighted that the show was Uptown! So much closer than Concord :) Alegria is typical Cirque fashion - amazing acrobatic and gymnastic feats, humorous and entertaining clowns and some interesting but beautiful vocal abilities. This particular show started off quite slow for me, there is a man on an incredible high swing who opens the show - nice to watch, but I expected more twists, flips, daring tricks, etc. with an opening act. However, once the show got started, it didn't disappoint. Here are a few of my favorite acts, stop reading if you're going to Alegria and you want to be surprised! Man on the freestanding poles/spikes: This guy must have been a world class gymnast and yogi his entire life. Absolutely incredible. The balance, strength and flexible this guy exhibits is astounding. Pair of incredibly flexible ladies: I'm certain no one is supposed to bend that way, but this pair blew my mind - almost in a frightening, stomach turning kind of way. Seeing backs fold in half with their feet on their heads and balance on top of one another makes me want to go to yoga more often. And they make it look so, so easy. Trampoline gymnasts: Since I love to watch gymnastics, this act was a really fun one to watch. The stage opens up a cross style trampoline where performers showcased some fantastic talents. There's so much going on during this act, it's really hard to focus on just one performer! Normally the clowns bore me, but these were quite funny, save one particular snowy scene with a homeless clown. Intermission is 20 minutes and just about every seat in Time Warner Cable is a good one for this show. If you get the chance, Alegria is a solid traveling Cirque show. read more

Cirque du Soleil Alegría - via Cirque website - Performing Arts Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

ALEEEEGRIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! This is not my first Cirque Show, but as others have suggested and the elder lady to the right of me "The first half of the show is pretty slow." This has all of the elements one could want to see. For the women, hot buff guys showing off the manly strength and agility while harnessing the energy of fire, and having one guy somehow have the strength to lift himself up by one hand in some sort of position that just does not look comfortable, which makes all of us men wonder how that is possible. (This is coming from a guy who can barely reach his toes to tie his shoes). For the Guys, you have very flexible, and attractive women flipping and jumping and then , well there's the contortionists. I will keep these comments to myself, as I know you all have the same ideas. It's just not right to be able to bend and move that way.....I truly believe that she did not have a spine. She was awesome. The show overall was very good, but the clown scenes seemed to be a little long, especially the snow scene......but the clowns were funny, and involved a few guests which were very entertaining as well. The seats were only half full for our show, but was worth the price of admission, as this is truly a remarkable group of entertainers. I would recommend all to attend this show, even though it ends tomorrow, as it is a great way to spend the weekend. Show is approx 2 hrs with a 20 min intermission. NCFoodGuy read more

Cirque du Soleil Alegría - Stage. - Performing Arts Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

This was my first Cirque du Soleil show and despite some negative reviews on Alegria I had read on other sites, I went with an open mind. I was not in the least bit disappointed. Sure, parts of the show were a little slower than others, but overall, I really enjoyed it. The live band and singers did an excellent job providing the perfect audio backdrop for the mezmerizing visuals of the tumblers/gymnasts, trapeze artists, and contortionists. I was completely in awe of the physical feats that these people are capable of. These folks are ultimate professionals and executed all of their tasks efficiently. I am not a big fan of clowns, but I thought that these were not too obnoxious. A couple of their skits ran a little long in my opinion, but I am sure the little ones in the audience enjoyed these bits. Overall, I found the show to be well balanced and very well done. I look forward to my next Cirque du Soleil show! read more

Reinvented the show to just ruin it, outside of improving the music. I used to love this show and Cirque and now I can't support them anymore. I am so sad to say Cirque du Soleil is now greedy and has lost integrity, ruining their original shows and artistic elements to get as much money, in a shallow way. I was horrified that the show is actually only 45 minutes long!! They start 25 minutes late, and then give a 25 minute intermission, and have gotten rid of some of their acts, and shortened all the others. They got rid of the story aspect and much of the set/costume designs. They also added elements that you should be warned about if you are bringing younger children, as some of the show is now not family friendly, and not appreciated by the adult audience either. If you go, please know they charge 25.00 for parking!! Ridiculous. Nobody should let them get away with that. Limited food and drink options, also overpriced. Small seats, sit on the end of the last rows ,which are usually not sold. That way, you get two seats which is the size of one normal seat. read more

I used to live in Orlando and saw Cirque du Soleil's "La Nouba" numerous times. I enjoy it so much that I measure all other Cirque shows against it. After moving to Charlotte several years ago, one of the touring Cirque shows paid a visit (I can't even recall its name right now). I happily bought tickets and was sadly disappointed. Everything about it was just awful. It wasn't the quality of entertainment that I expected from the Cirque brand, based on my knowledge of "La Nouba." Next came Cirque's "Totem." I was already soured by the last touring Cirque show that I had no interest in this one, especially since it was being housed at the racetrack/speedway. How tacky is that? "Alegria" came along recently and, after reading positive reviews and seeing that it was a revived show (and playing Uptown in the arena instead of a dirty racetrack), I decided to give it a chance. I wasn't disappointed. "Alegria" was fantastic. The stunts were amazing, the music was beautiful, the clowns were extremely humorous, and we had awesome seats (not too close because then you can't see everything that's going on!). My only disappointment might be that a lot of the same stunts in "Alegria" were/are being used in "La Nouba." Still, since I love "La Nouba," that's hardly a disappointment. read more

Serious Health and Safety Issue - Awful Experience I am seriously concerned and upset about a health and safety failure at the Portland Alegria Cirque Du Soleil show. I attended with my 76-year-old mother and sister and the women behind us vomited on my mother, myself and our seats. Obviously concerning to have someone else's bodily fluids on you and your seats, but not anyone's fault. However, what was really disturbing was the response. We had to approach several workers who kept pointing us to other people for assistance, finally directed to the concierge desk, where they gave us Lysol wipes and paper towels and were told that they would work on having the seats cleaned during the intermission which had just started. After cleaning ourselves off we went back to the concierge for an update on what to do. They said they hadn't received any communication; they asked another individual who said the seats were cleaned. We returned to the seats to see vomit still visible, a gentleman sitting nearby said they put down sand and swept. We could still see and smell the vomit; it clearly had not been sanitized or put through any safety protocols for bodily fluids. In this age of COVID to see this kind of health and safety lapse is very disturbing. Neither myself nor my 76-year-old mother could safely sit in those seats. We spoke with an usher who said it was too late to do anything further, the show was restarting. Returning to the concierge, JoJo seemed apathetic and treated us as though we should not be concerned and said we needed to call a 1-877 number for any additional help despite the fact we were standing in front of him. The options we were given were to sit in a section much further away, at one of the back rows, which means after their lack of safety response in cleaning bodily fluids and sanitizing, now meant we would have to move from Section 101 Row E to Section 200 Row P and my mother who has poor vision struggled to see the show. We paid a great deal for the tickets as my elderly mother and sister were in town for the show. It saddens me to write this, we think the performers and athletes are amazing and had long been Cirque Du Soleil fans, we even saw Alegria in Portland almost a two decades ago, among many other Cirque shows. It was a stressful and upsetting experience, we are still concerned about the health issue and disappointed at the lack of response. read more

If there was ever to be a Cirque du Soleil song stuck in your head, it would be from Alegria. I woke up singing, "Alegria, Alegria, Alegriaaaaa!" (That is the extend of my memory of the lyrics.) I love entertaining shows and Alegria did not disappoint! I loved the Parisian take on the circus...from the songs, to the costumes, and to the creative clowns. I found myself completely fascinated by some of the acts: yoga-pretzel females, to the guy rolling around in a giant hoop, to the acrobats. The main clown characters made me really laugh...they were just so funny! I had a great time! It had been a long week at work and Alegria transported me from reality into an imaginative space of pure fun! It was in a great location...but they are really strict about not bringing in cameras. Phones with cameras are fine (not sure how they differentiate the two), but if you have just a camera the supervisor is adamant about taking it back to your car...even if you parked on the very opposite end of Uptown. (He was not friendly.) Go have fun, but leave your camera behind! "Alegriiiaaaaa!" read more

I'm a huge fan of Cirque du Soleil, so jumped at the chance to see it when I heard the show was coming to Time Warner Arena. I've been to a few other shows, with LOVE in Vegas being my favorite; if you get a chance to see that one, definitely go. It's my opinion that the traveling shows aren't quite as elaborate as the shows put on in Vegas, but Alegria definitely did not disappoint. Now, I'm not a fan of clowns. Just overall not a fan (goes back to the days of the Stephen King book/movie "IT"), but the clowns in this show were quite entertaining. Although I will say the only slow part of the show for me was a homeless clown scene with a train that didn't seem to fit in with the rest of the show about "happiness." But I digress. On to the high points of the show... Balancing Guy: this guy was unbelievable. I was completely awed by watching him balance on his hands on the tiny circles placed on the poles while showing amazing strength and flexibility. Tough to describe; fantastic to witness. Yogi ladies: best description for these ladies who were bending in ways that was just unnatural yet amazing at the same time. To give you an idea, they can bend over backward and basically place their bum on their heads while simultaneously balancing on each other and resting their heads on their own feet. I can hear you thinking "impossible" from here, but I saw it with my own eyes. Gymnastics: I used to do gymnastics, and even more importantly, love watching the crazy forms of twists, spins, and flips that the Cirque performers effortlessly did throughout the show. Whether it be on a trampoline or in the air swinging on bars, they did some pretty shocking tricks. Great show, and it seems like all available seats have a good view of the stage. You should definitely check it out. read more

This should sum up the show pretty well: Oompa Lumpas on acid (at least, how they'd look had I been on acid). A court jester who looks like the love child of Bette Midler and Phyllis Diller. Contortionists (seemed they'd been Chinese Acrobats at some point??) who can do obscene, insane and unreal twists and bends with their bodies. I am convinced they are invertibrate. For their entire performace we were completely entranced and everyone around us kept leaning further forward in their seat, mouthes agape. The hoop guy...holy crap I woulda puked. Imagine a spinning coin. Imagine being IN that coin. Yep, that's him. The trapeze - those seven men have nerves (and abs) of steel. Amazing how they fly over and under obstacles. The various gymnasts throughout are clearly world class. The clowns are amusing and serve their purpose - to occupy the audience during scene changes. I highly recommend Alegria for an awe inspiring form of entertainment. If that doesn't tempt you, go for the eye candy. Mama mia. I needed a cigarette after that (and I don't smoke!!!!!!) read more

The ticket prices quoted are dishonest. If you purchase 4 tickets for $87.50 each, they tack on a "service fee" (with a very vague description) of $57.00 to complete the purchase. This feels like a kicking right at the end of your intended purchase. Why not be more honest, and quote the full price you intend to charge for tickets? The answer of "everyone else does it" when you buy other performance live tickets is hardly an excuse! read more

I was lucky enough to score some tickets thanks to my roomie who brought me along! We had a fantastic time watching the show and I HIGHLY recommend it! Overall it is visually and musically stunning! The acrobatics are incredible and it is clear that these artists of precision are beyond dedicated. My only complaint is the clown portion. I suppose this is what always kept me from enjoying traditional circus shows...perhaps I saw Stephen King's "IT" too many times as a child. While some of the clowns acts were funny - the look (and in particular one of their laughs) was downright creepy. Some of these portions went on entirely too long for my taste and I just felt that overall they seemed disjointed from the rest of the performances - which were much more beautiful and unique. That being said, I cannot wait to see another Cirque show as it truly was a magical experience! read more

In all my visits to the grand ole Vegas, I've never been able to muster up the courage to pry myself away from the dance floor, drop the dice and roll up into Cirque show. 10 million trips later and I'm still mumbling to myself on the long rides home, "dangit we should have saw O". Lucky for me, Yelp is my friend and takes care of me like that same old rich uncle I never had. With some really good seats, I got to finally see what I've been missing all along. It's like a bad acid trip, err or maybe a good one. Or maybe a 'shroom trip. I dunno, but Cirque is so crazy, it's probably one of the three. As Nicole put it, emotional is right. I dunno how else to describe it. A kaleidoscope of visual, acoustic and even a 4D-ish element. The undertones are kinda dark; not quite Pan's Labyrynth, but a little more Amelie. The costumes and clowns are kinda creepy, but the cute foreign voice made them cute again. The contortionist were kinda like a train wreck. Twisted, ahem, pardon the pun, but yet I couldn't look away. The acts were immaculately orchestrated, the band played an amazing soundtrack, and the entire show came together like Hemingway novel. Well worth the money and I'm going to make sure I never pass it up again. read more

Cirque du Soleil is jaw-dropping. I'm a big picture kinda person SO, I know how many hours of coordination, gymnast practice, costume design/fabrication/making, set design, memorization, creativity and synchronicity are needed for such a performance. The live band and vocals were beautiful, the clowns fantastically witty and funny, and the gymnasts oh me oh my, the envy I have for them and their flawless physique/skill. I took my sister with me and she loved it as much as I did. Cirque du Soleil is mentally stimulating entertainment. You don't see too much of that nowadays. read more

The newest Alegria can be described with one word: disappointing. It's a show where the vast majority is made by clowns plus it lasts roughly 45-50 min. I regret spending 120 CAD on it. Pathetic and overpriced. read more

I thought Alegria was very disappointing. I have seen the Cirque shows in Las Vegas and the Volta Cirque a few years ago, and this show just doesn't compare. The clown scenes were TOO long and TOO many, and there definitely wasn't enough of the trapeze acts. The first half was very slow. read more