The first show that Anthony booked for us was on Friday night at Wynn Las Vegas called Le Reve - The Dream. The site for the show best describes the spectacular water performance:
Voted "Best Production Show in Las Vegas" for an unprecedented five consecutive years, Le Reve – The Dream welcomes you into an exciting and mysterious world inside an incredible aqua theater-in-the-round. From a thrilling high dive to an underwater tango, the stunning performers and breathtaking aerial feats of strength and agility will mesmerize you from beginning to end. You'll be sure to notice something you've never seen before in this liquid, and ever-evolving show. Experience Denouement, the newest act in Le Reve – The Dream, which features a daring dance through spectacular water and fire elements that stands as one of the greatest advancements in the show's history.
They allow photographs during the performance as long as you do not use your flash. Although my pictures (taken with my phone) are not the best quality they do give you an idea of how visually stunning the performance is. With the seating in the round the theater has an intimate feeling to it and I doubt there is a bad seat in the house. I have no idea how the performers managed their performance being wet to some degree almost the entire show. The gymnasts, aerialists, and synchronized swimmers appeared from above and below so you never knew where they would appear or disappear to next. It really was amazing and full of surprises. They also incorporated fire elements and the stage and props were constantly changing. I would highly recommend this show for anyone visiting Las Vegas.
Sharing some fun facts and highlights I learned about the show:
The show features 90 athletes and entertainers from 17
countries.
The highest dive is a heart-stopping 80 feet into the
89-degree, 68-foot circular pool 26-feet-6-inches deep.
It takes 12 hours to fill the pool and 8 hours to empty it, and it is filtered 4 times a day.
Synchronized swimmers performing a tango in the water while
wearing red high heels.
There are 75 to 105 white homing pigeons in each show. There
are some 320 birds in the cast rotation, with 30 pairs breeding to provide new
recruits. The off-site pigeon facility is 4,800 square feet, and the birds walk
themselves into the traveling cages to go back and forth to the theater. They
live about 15 years, and 28 of them have never missed a show.
There’s life underwater with 16 divers aiding performers and
changing production elements.
They use 14 air tanks per show with 70 regulators to help
performers move under water.
Twelve infrared cameras monitor divers and performers. They
have 422 in-pool air outlets and 3 miles of tubing to create the bubbles. The
three underwater lighting tunnels have 207 moving lights with 900 dimmers.
There are 20 miles of underwater lighting cable with 9 electricians on duty at
every show.
The cast changes 40 times each show, which means almost
1,000 towels a day and 11 dressers to assist them with the 2,000 costume items,
headpieces, shoes and masks -- all custom made for each performer. A wardrobe
attendant will walk 12 miles on an average night performing cue track changes
around the theater.
With skirts and fabrics lasting only 8 to 10 weeks, there’s
a full-time costume shop with 14 seamstresses for repairs. Every day, they
repaint and re-glue the soles of the 66 pairs of red shoes, which have dozens
of holes drilled in them to drain the water. It takes 105 laundry loads running
4 hours nightly to care for the wardrobe.
In each show, 60 performing harnesses are used with 11
riggers running each show and 4 miles of wire rope used for equipment and
flying effects.
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