Cirque Du Soleil Rhetorical Analysis

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Zumanity by Cirque Du Soleil and Edtaonisl

Zumanity by Cirque Du Soleil was a comical, acrobatic performance I was able to see in Los Vegas. The painting “Edtaonisl” is an abstract painting by Francis Picabia held at the Art Institute in Chicago. I felt that this painting did a very good job on symbolizing the performance done by Cirque Du Soleil. The “Zumanity” performance was assigned seating. You had to order your tickets online and the website told you what seat and section you were assigned to sit in. The seating wrapped around the stage for the audience to be able to see the play from where ever they were seated. I sat in the upper orchestra and loved the seating. In these seats you were up looking slightly down to the stage and I was …show more content…

One of the games included dancing with two audience members copping two flirtatious cast members trying to get the two strangers to flirt with each other. The painting “Edtaonisl” is a colorful abstract painting at the Art Institute of Chicago. This painting is made up of swirls and paint without a pattern. It was a very lovely painting to see in person. It was not much bigger then the works surrounding it. The Art Institute of Chicago was a very quiet and professional place. You had to maintain a whisper when you were talking to the people around you also having to wear any bags you had on your front side. The painting and the performance differ from each other for some very obvious reasons. One is a painting and the other is a performance. During the performance you were encouraged to laugh and engage in the play that is a huge difference from having to be quiet at the art institute. Another is the performance was the art of using human bodies to do tricks and the painting was oil on canvas making no set