Sunday, April 01, 2007

Ken & Nicole #3

 

Tiger act
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Brings tears to my eyes. Hind leg walks, sit ups, jumps through a fire hoop, and last but not least sit on the animal. Enough is enough. Give us something new. LIONs would be a very nice change. White tigers are getting so boring, they have to put colored lights on them now.

klsdad said...

Oh.. meant to mention- a lot of movement of the animals with leaps and walks.. unlike "Sara".
I felt she should have left
the tigers in their cages.. and driven them around the arena in the cages.
(Are these the tigers Sara used? Seem to be about the
same distribution of varieties - all-white, white, orange-white.. etc.
(Trainers forgive my nomenclature.)
Taba is great with his miked commentary. Very entertaining even though it's in Spanish.. I think! The tigers are in magnificent shape and coat!! And, as I mentioned in my opening - the high-tech cage works very well.. after they got the kink out during the first few shows. Read it got "hung-up" at least once.
klsdad

Anonymous said...

With all due respect to KLSDAD...how could you tell the coats were good, from the distance of your photo shot it looks like you were sitting in ROW 57.
And in regards to Sara Houcke, now back in Europe enjoying trememdous success and raves reviews: she was "controlled" by the creative team at RBBB in regards to her movements and directions of the cats.
Funny, isn't it, someone who never worked cats in telling MISS H. how to hold the whips so they don't look so intimidating. Sara and Karin Houcke come from a long line of excellent trainers and long after the "creative team at RBBB" are forgotten the Houcke Family will still be in the circus business. It is a shame that their father, Sascha, is no longer with the Red Unit. With a respectful tip of the hat to all the fine USA based trainers, Mr. Houcke trained and presented some of the most unique animal presentations ever to reach the American shore (as they would say in the over-priced program book).
Remember, I'm not trying to start anything, we all have the right to express our opinions and I appreciate this blog's open discussion opportunity.

Anonymous said...

Ken and Nicole take a very talented act. "why hire them in the first place" and change everything about them. Lighting, wardrobe, music, ect. Really "screw them up" Now I see where the "Viagra" comes into the picture. Nothing is really up on this show except Bello's hair.