09:43 PM EST on Friday, November 11, 2005

Watch the show

WCNC Blogger: On the road again

Cirque du Soleil Varekai - Playing at Lowe's Motor Speedway

The Good Body - Playing at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center through November 6

Velveteen Rabbit - Playing at Imaginon through November 13

Cirque du Soleil Varekai is coming to Lowe's Motor Speedway Oct. 27 through Nov. 20, 2005 and the Road Trip will give you a sneak peak of the show Nov. 1. You won't have access to the Road Trip because we'll be giving you an exclusive look behind the scenes complete with music, costumes, training, ropes, wires and magic.

What is Cirque du Soleil Varekai?

Deep within a forest, at the summit of a volcano, exists an extraordinary world—a world where something else is possible. A world called Varekai.

From the sky falls a solitary young man, and the story of Varekai begins. Parachuted into the shadows of a magical forest, a kaleidoscopic world populated by fantastical creatures, this young man sets off on an adventure both absurd and extraordinary. On this day at the edge of time, in this place of all possibilities, begins an inspired incantation to life rediscovered.

The word varekai means "wherever" in the Romany language of the gypsies the universal wanderers. This production pays tribute to the nomadic soul, to the spirit and art of the circus tradition, and to the infinite passion of those whose quest takes them along the path that leads to Varekai.