Enter a shimmering world of watery wonder at “O” by Cirque du Soleil. The wildly popular masterpiece seamlessly unites the finest of performing arts from dance to drama with the best of athletic traditions like acrobatics and aquatics. Housed in a gorgeous, custom-built Bellagio theater, the magical, music-filled show unfurls like a magnificent beautiful dream on, above and below a high-tech stage. One moment it’s solid ground, the next it’s a deep, mysterious pool—sometimes it’s astoundingly both in a mind-boggling display of cutting-edge engineering.
Meet individual characters like Guifà, a boy on a quest, and the lovely, muse-like Aurora. Performer cadres include gymnastic zebras with their eye-catching, undulating stripes and a comedic pair of clowns adrift on a sea. Gymnasts spin dazzlingly in the air on hoops and swing fantastically on trapezes. Graceful divers plunge expertly from dizzying heights. Synchronized swimmers create mesmerizing splashy patterns. For a glowing bonus, martial artists illuminate the aqueous extravaganza with scintillating fire displays along the way. All combined, everything makes for an elemental tour-de-force.
“O” is based on water, so it’s not so much of a linear A-to-Z kind of story. Rather, it twirls and swirls like an ocean current—so sit back, go with the flow and be transported on an unforgettable journey of liquid creativity.
Bellagio, 7 & 9:30 p.m. daily, 7 p.m. show only Feb. 18-19, starting at $99 plus tax and fee. 702.693.8866
