# Machine de Cirque at Memorial Auditorium, March 16, 2018

[Stanford University Live](http://live.stanford.edu/calendar/march-2018/machine-de-cirque) presents [Machine de Cirque](http://www.machinedecirque.com/en/)  
[Memorial Auditorium](http://livelyarts.stanford.edu/)  
[551 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-5007 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=551+Serra+Mall,+Stanford,+CA+94305-5007+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Friday, March 16, 2018

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## Set One

* [~7:30 PM lights down, music starts, the performers run onstage from various places (one or two coming through the audience from the back of the hall)]
* Initial scene: playing on/with the big contraption
* Trying to keep the drummer from getting anxious
* Trapeze & pole act
* Rocket-pack drumming
* Bicycle tricks
* Polaroid dance
* Juggling pins
* Pantomime date with a woman from the audience
* Unicycle tricks
* Storm scene
* Towel juggling
* Teeterboard acrobatics from Ugo & Maxim
* [show ends 9:02 PM]

## Performers

[Machine de Cirque](http://www.machinedecirque.com/en/)

* Ugo Dario: acrobat, juggler;
* Raphaël Dubé: acrobat, juggler;
* Vincent Dubé: artistic director;
* Maxim Laurin: acrobat, juggler;
* Frédéric Lebrasseur: percussion;
* Yohann Trépanier: acrobat, juggler.

## Notes

Sorry for the sketchy summary, but rather than taking notes or timing the routines, I simply enjoyed the spectacle tonight. No doubt the list above is somewhat incomplete and out of order, c'est la vie!

Chrissi Angeles posted a nice [promo article](https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2018/03/07/engineering-a-circus) about the group with Palo Alto Online

{{tag>circus Machine_de_Cirque Memorial_Auditorium Ugo_Dario Raphaël_Dubé Vincent_Dubé Maxim_Laurin Frédéric_Lebrasseur Yohann_Trépanier}}

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