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    Rusten M.

    We really enjoy Cirque performances; however, "Toruk" was the worst Cirque experience, in my opinion. Toruk included beautiful set design that Cirque is know for. However, it contained none of the amazing human talents. Not the acrobatics or other performance art. Instead they used story-telling to compensate for lack of performance. That would be fine, if this was explained going in (and in that case, we would have avoided the show). But this really isn't the type of show we've come to expect from Cirque. In addition, the story telling was difficult to follow. Partially because there were many concurrent moving pieces, exacerbated by heavy use of the "Toruk" language, leaving the audience (who I assume was filled with people from the planet Earth) having to interpret the dialog through the drama. I get it. If I were a real thespian, I'd be fine without the dialog. Okay, sure. Unfortunately, I'm just an average person that wants to see an exciting, visually-stimulating, moving performance for the $100+ per ticket, once all fees are added. I've attached a couple photos of the beautiful set design, the one redeeming factor of the show (for me, at least).

    Ned S.

    Save your time and money, show is worthless, kids may enjoy the effects but the whole thing is a total joke for an adult

    At the show with family, hated the show and my daughter 11 has seen more then 12 of them
    Yanni V.

    Like many others have stated, this is by far the worst performance from Cirque, the performers were terrible, acrobatics was horrible, the story boring compared to the movie, felt like a African jungle with idiots beating on drums and running around like monkeys during most of the show. I've seen almost every show from cirque, MJ being the worst however this one topped it, people were leaving during intermission which I've never witnessed before. The pavilion was only 65% full which explains why the show has had terrible reviews from every news organization. Stay away save your money , go to vegas and watch O or Love , two of their best

    Maryna H.

    Toruk by Cirque du Soleil. Absolutely magical experience Exotic atmosphere,unique costumes, exquisite music. great emotional journey! Definitely worth it, a lot of work was put into the set design and choreography

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    Terrible disappointment. I was waiting for breathtaking acrobatics but saw only 20 person runninh around the arena.

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