Oli Lemieux Cirque du Soleil Practice

By Johnny Cat in Sports, Video Clips on Nov 13, 2009 at 4:31 pm

Montreal acrobat and Cirque du Soleil performer Oli Lemieux amazes in this practice video. This makes me want to see another show of theirs, and soon! From Asylum~

While most of us are content to bounce up and down (and occasionally fall off and break a leg), when you put Oli on a trampoline he leaves physics behind him. The man runs up walls and bends gravity in whichever direction is appropriate to make backflipping off ledges look effortless.

YouTube Link (Note: some NSFW lyrics in the song)

The routines practiced are for the current show, Dralion.

Tags: cirque du soleil, machine, oli lemieux, trampoline

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Alex
Nov 13th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
I would so bust my skull open if I tried that. Neat find, Johnny Cat!
heather
Nov 13th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Holy s### that’s awesomely insane!
pwscott
Nov 13th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Cool video. I can’t imagine the man hours involved learning that trick. :p
Tim Giachetti
Nov 14th, 2009 at 12:13 am
I was lucky 3 times to see the Cirque’ at Downtown Disney. They have a wall act that was/is amazing.
The power of the entire show amazed me. Stirred me to the bone.
Chris Johnston
Nov 14th, 2009 at 6:33 am
Okay, Earth people can’t do that!
I’m wondering how Cirque du Soleil manages to recruit off-planet, what with the sorry state of manned spaceflight currently. ;o)
ted
Nov 14th, 2009 at 8:55 am
Too bad the music was so vulgar. I stopped watching after the “bitch put a squeeze on his dick”.

Very hard to do, I imagine, but the guy seemed a little full of himself.
Tim Giachetti
Nov 14th, 2009 at 9:43 am
ted, one word.

“French”

understand now? lol
Merilee
Nov 14th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
I’ve seen this live and even then, it looks like CGI trickery. But it’s real and heart-stopping!!
smconno
Nov 14th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
sick
Ali S.
Nov 15th, 2009 at 6:41 am
Boing…boing…boing…never have I seen such an awesome bit of boinging…tee hee.
ted
Nov 15th, 2009 at 11:31 am
lol, Tim.

I understand completely now. Thanks!

In that case, he was kinda understated.
Noelegy
Nov 16th, 2009 at 12:58 am
More enjoyable after I muted the music, but still spellbinding. Did anyone else notice that beneath the trampolines was just a cement floor with occasional mats scattered around? If he’d missed just once…!

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