A child is born. We see underwater swimmers representing this. He is young, in a jungle setting, with two fanciful "instincts" guiding him as swooping bird-like acrobats initially menace, then delight. As an adolescent, he enters a desert, where a man spins a large cube of metal tubing. He leaves his instinct-guides behind, and enters a garden where two statues dance in a pond. As he watches their sensual acrobatics of love, he becomes a man. He is offered wealth (represented by a golden hat) by a devil figure. In a richly decorated room, a scruffy troupe of a dozen acrobats and a little girl reawaken the old man's youthful nature and love.
May 5, 2000
Cirque du Soleil Images, Motion International
8 people
Ian McKellen
Narrator (voice)
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Nicky Dewhurst
Young Man
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Brian Dewhurst
Old Man
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Anait Karagyezyan
Vagabond Girl
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Chris Van Wagenen
Youth
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Cully Smoller
Infant / Child
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Kenny Raskin
Man
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Mikhail Matorin
Cube Act
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