Anastasia

This song has been the song in our heads thru Macau and Hong Kong since we watched Zaia at The Venatia in Macau. It was one of the many mysterious but magical songs in the broadway and circus show, a pleasent surprise from Siong and the highlight of my 6 days vacation! It's a resident show by Cirque de Soleil and although its rather pricey, it is really worth a catch if you are going to The Venetian! Before the show, some of the main characters were already interacting with the audiences, like showing off some amazing muscles and throwing popcorn everywhere! We sat at the thrid seat from the stage and could see the actors' amazing and countless emotions and expressions, they are truly masters of the stage! Flying acrobats, clowns on trampolines, fire dance and rola bola... makes you feel like a captivated and amazed silly child all over again =) The company matters alot too ^.^

From the official website, http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/zaia/home.aspx

ZAIA is the most dazzling show ever staged in Asia. This brand new 90-minute mega-production brings together 75 high-calibre artists from all four corners of the globe. ZAIA is the dream of a young girl who journeys into space on a strange, yet familiar voyage of self-discovery. As she travels, she encounters the beauty of humanity and eventually brings it back with her to share with the inhabitants of earth.
ZAIA presents a young girl’s perception of the stars and planets, space and infinity, all populated by a panoply of fantastic, literally out-of-this-world creatures. The title, ZAIA, comes from a Greek name meaning “life” and is also reminiscent of “Gaia,” the living, self-aware, spirit of earth.ZAIA is a show that highlights dance, movement and aerial acrobatics, soaring to the farthest reaches of space and human beauty.

I had once dreamt of being an Astronaut as a primary 1 kid and had a favourite book about the universe which I can memorise sentences from!

Now more about the movie Anastasia - I found out just awhile ago that the main character Anastasia was built upon the character of a real girl, the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia. The Grand Duchess was a lively, gifted and mischievous. She was also described as nasty, sometimes to the point of being evil.

"The only surviving child of the Russian Royal Family hooks up with two con men while the undead Rasputin seeks her death." I have never watched the movie before, but for while when I was looking at video, I was wondering why did this particular disney princess adopted a rather smart and not so sweet look, even to the point of having a tint of the evil disney witches look (look at the eyes). But after I realised that Anastasia was built upon the character of the Grand Duchess, I am amazed at how Disney had once again brought characters to life, giving them a whole new satisfying plot for a story of its own. It will be great if I can get my hands on the movie, for I would like to see for myself how Disney had recreated this real and interesting Duchess. For your information, Rasputin was a good friend of the Grand Duchess and her three other elder sisters, so there was a twist here.

Wikipedia, as usual, provides a good summary of Anastasia's life. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchess_Anastasia_Nikolaevna_of_Russia

The most queer things of all, today's the 92nd year anniversary of the royal family's death. Realised it as I was reading through.