Thursday through Sunday, the BMO Harris Bradley Center will be taken over by the magic of Montreal's Cirque du Soleil. A number of Cirque shows have been here before, but this is the first time the troupe is bringing Corteo to Milwaukee.
Credit Cirque du Soleil
Like all of Cirque's shows, Corteo is both a story and a spectacle of precision acrobatics, beautiful music, and dramatic lighting and costumes.
Before the company arrived in Milwaukee, Lake Effect's Bonnie North had a chance to talk with Mark Shaub about the show and about Cirque du Soleil itself. He's been with the company since 2005 after a long career in Canada as a modern dancer and dance teacher. Shaub helped create Corteo and also serves as the show's artistic director:
