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If you traverse the Tilikum Crossing at all during the week, you've seen it—the world's largest big top tent. That's where Cavalia performs their spectacle of a horse circus. Under the tent, you'll find aerial acrobats, african rhythm players and over 60 ultra-trained horses and their trainers (who, as you'd expect, are some of the most gorgeous people the world has ever seen) dressed in flowing silks and bejeweled headdresses.
Odysseo's massive stage plays home to performers crawling all the way under and around their galloping horses, tumblers who create human pyramids four to five humans tall and riderless geldings and stallions running freely. The whole performance is soundtracked by a mixture of belly dancing, tribal and Arabic music played from two raised glass, recording-studio-quality booths that you can observe during the show.
The level of control these riders have over their mounts, and the on-land and aerial acrobats' authority over their own bodies demonstrates a company of entertainers with a lifelong pursuit and dedication to their craft.
UPDATE: The show has been extended through July 31 from its previous final date of July 24.
See it: Odysseo is at Zidell Yards, 3121 SW Moody Ave, 8 pm Tuesday-Friday, 2 and 8 pm Saturday, 2 pm Sunday, July 7-July 31. Extra shows at7:30 pm Wednesday, July 20 and 7 pm Friday, July 22. $50-$120.
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