Cavalia!

Oh wow! What a spectacle. Perhaps one of the most touching and moving horse and human performances I have ever witnessed, it truly almost brought me to tears. Cavalia, known as the 'Circe de Soleil with horses', is at the Pepsi Center in Denver thru Oct 17th (after that it moves to San Francisco) and I was lucky enough to witness it up really really close and personal. Incredible pure bred stallions, mustangs, quarter horses, Spanish pure breds, so many diffrent breeds infact, all working in synch with human acrobats, trapeze artists and musicians for divine dressage, trick riding and stunning group moves. My absolute favorite was the Grande Liberte set, eight gorgeous white horses all communicating with trainer Sylvia Zerbini, showing their love and affection for her and each other. These horses are trained to a level that is really hard to comprehend, especially those of us who know how a herd naturally behaves turned out in a pasture. It's corny to say, but her set was pure poetry in motion. I could see this show over and over.