Imagine if Ghost Writer made friends with Cirque de Soleil, and then they went on a Russian tour with hula hoops, tennis racquets and Day-Glo underpants.
Got all that? Good. You’re probably picturing Kazan Celebration, which starts out enigmatic, quietly lovely and culturally reverent. Then there’s this explosion of acrobats and enthralled villagers similar to the Mystere Las Vegas show.
The piece was put together by Adore Creative, which helped Kazan win a bid at the 2013 Summer Universiade (which Adore calls “the second biggest sporting event in the world after the Olympics”). Also see World of Kazan, where an English-speaking narrator depicts Kazan as a fairy-tale locale.
That’s cool and all. But does it have Lotus toilet paper?
