Crystal puts Cirque du Soleil on ice

Ice ice baby.
In discussions a few weeks back with the cast and crew of Crystal at the Sears Centre in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates, every single person connected with the new Cirque du Soleil show very quickly got to the topic of ice. Crystal, which is set to be performed at the Bell Centre from Dec. 20 to 31, has many familiar elements from the Cirque catalogue, including juggling, swinging trapeze, pole numbers and eye-catching aerial numbers. But there’s no escaping the main d