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[[Cirque Du Soleil]]'s fifth production, which opened in the spring of 1992, is the oldest of the company's shows that is still up and running. The plot is a celebration of urbanity; the title is Italian for the phrase "to jump on a bench" and can also refer to a street performer. The characters, who live in "the city", are divided into three
This show was designed to sit on the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|far end of idealism]], and as such is still the sunniest of Cirque's
Because this show and ''[[Mystere]]'' (which opened at the end of 1993) significantly overlapped in their development stages and creative teams, and the company was much smaller then, several acrobatic disciplines appear in both
The show was filmed in 1994 and released on video. After years of touring under the big top, often as Cirque's first show to visit a particular country as the company's reach grew, in 2007 it was adapted for arenas in smaller cities. The tour is spending 2012 in Europe and Asia.
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* [[Acting for Two]]: Among the major characters, Eddie and the Baron are played by the same actor.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: The evolution of the characters is easy enough to understand, but some individual character details and the "city" theme are largely material for the souvenir program and website. Still, this is one of Cirque's most accessible shows.
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* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: The second-to-last song, "Il Sogno di Volare", is in Italian.
* [[Blithe Spirit]]: The Baroques.
* [[City
* [[Cool Chair]]: A colorfully upholstered one that the Child is seated in; it's turned around and Eddie is revealed sitting in the Child's place (suggesting that Eddie is the Child grown up).
* [[Dramatic Curtain Toss]]: A big white sheet covers much of the stage as the audience arrives; it's lifted during the second part of the opening sequence to the strains of "Kumbalawe".
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Expy]]: The Masked Worms are a more stylized version of the Ordinary People from ''Le Cirque Reinvente''.
* [[The Faceless]]: The Masked Worms.
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* [[The Grim Reaper]]: Simply referred to as "Death", he shows up to spook the other characters now and again. ( {{spoiler|It's actually Eddie playing pranks.}})
* [[Long Runners]]: The show originally closed in 1997, but was revived the following year; thus it will have enjoyed 20+ years of running off-and-on (mostly on) by the time 2012 is out.
* [[Man Child]]: The clown
* [[Mascot]]: For the first two years of the official Cirque du Soleil website (
* [[Man in White]]: The Child in the adiago act wears a white bodysuit, as do the bungee performers.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Stylish hats and headpieces for just about everybody in this show! But the Baron's black top hat is particularly natty.
* [[Or Was It a Dream?]]: Quirky
* [[Portmantitle]]: The title of the music for the Russian swings act, "Barock", is a portmanteau of ''baroque'' and ''rock''.
* [[Rewritten Pop Version]] and [[Rearrange the Song]]: In ''[[Delirium]]'', "Pokinoi" became "One Love" and "Kumbalawe" became "Kumba" (the latter, unlike most of the songs in that show, was still in Simlish).
* [[Running Gag]]:
* [[Scatting]]: Most of the songs, as with most Cirque shows.
* [[Set
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: The hand to hand duo.
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