Cirque du Soleil: Dralion

Columbia Tri-Star Home Video/ Special Features DVD, $24.95

Dralion is a wonderful blend of ancient Chinese circus tradition with Cirque du Soleil's unique performance artistry. In addition to the pulsating music, vibrant costumes and hilarious comedy routines, the show features single-hand balancing, juggling, teeterboard, double trapeze, ballet, hoop diving, and rope skipping acts. This is a definite ‘must-own' DVD for everyone's collection!

Special features include a 23-minute ‘making-of' featurette; multi angle performances of 4 different segments; scene selections; interactive menus; and 3 trailers. The production is presented in a widescreen version (1.78:1) that is enhanced for 16x9 televisions. Cirque du Soleil: Dralion is encoded in Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 channel audio, with a feature running time of 89 minutes.

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