{"id":2234,"date":"2011-04-18T15:33:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T19:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=2234"},"modified":"2011-04-18T15:33:12","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T19:33:12","slug":"cirque-du-soleil-an-inside-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/04\/18\/cirque-du-soleil-an-inside-look\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Cirque Du Soleil – An Inside Look"},"content":{"rendered":"

via TechCrunch<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The arrow scene, where the sandcliff stage becomes a vertical climbing wall, is a variation of the old carvinal knife throwing trick. When each archer fires his dummy arrow, a matching \u201carrow\u201d is propelled out of the walls\u2019s surface, giving the illusion that it has hit its target. A little puff of \u201cdust\u201d completes the illusion. After that, though, things get more complicated as performers climb up and down the arrows while more arrows land and others disappear. To ensure the performers\u2019 safety, each arrow (or \u201cpeg\u201d as they\u2019re called) contains a sensor which prevents it from shooting outwards if someone is standing or laying on top of it (\u201cotherwise they\u2019d be impaled, which would be bad\u201d). Likewise, the pegs can only contract with less than 20lbs of pressure, so if a performer is still hanging off one, it stays put. And if all that wasn\u2019t enough, the wall also contains a bank of \u201cemergency pegs\u201d which can be shot out to form an escape ladder\/bridge if anything goes wrong.<\/p>\n

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