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  • You don't have to be in the circus or be Asian to learn this lol it's one handed balance . You can train yourself to do this in your living room. Just as I did. Can you balance on one leg? Same concept just gotta get use to being upside down and pressure on your arm. She is very good at it though!

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  • asians can do anything.

  • incredible!

  • That girl has amazing strength and and extrme concentration

  • I remember seeing this many years ago it was the first time I saw or heard of Cirque Du Soleil hence my personal favorite.

  • i saw this livee! amazing 2nd row seats!

  • Does anybody know how old this girl was? She looks so incredibly young!

  • @liveforlife2494 13 years old :) she's incredible

  • @liveforlife2494 luan leilei

  • holy shit... how does her head not explode

  • i really wished that they zoomed in on erik more. he has great stage presence.......not to mention his voice.... amazingcan't even describe him

  • @perryjoseph19 I totally agree! If you have the DVD, angle 2, it's all him.

  • DAYUMMM! i can barely do a handstand for a minute against the wall!

    this kid is something else...

  • Dralion came here to where i live & i came and saw them, & it was amazing! 2nd row seats! I saw this whole act. It was increddiibllee!

  • Is this a good show for a 10 and 11 year old??

  • @shunshyne77 yes, it is.

  • @shunshyne77 Yes! this show is amazing for all ages! the first time i saw it i was 4 years old! so yes take your kids.

  • She is absolutely amazing! I've tried one arm handstands and they are not easy--and certainly not balancing on a pole on stage in front of an audience. This is the first contortionist I ever saw and she is still my favorite.

  • I watched this live tonight it was amazing

  • amazing act, god i love erik karols voice the cd version of stella errans just cant top this 1 =)

  • wow i am so speechless

  • geez, I've seen a lot of extremely strong people in the gymnastics world, and still such a long one arm routine seemed quite impossible o.o

  • notice that shes asian

  • Saw this in Eugene, not sure if same hand-balancer but amazing act. Also love the song. :)

  • erik kaorl is freakin amazing

  • Increible 3:17

  • lol, the 4 persons who clicked dislike tried this.. u can guess the result

  • i'm hoping the four persons who clicked the unlike button can actually do this, or they just hatas :P

  • Crique always makes me feel like a stiff, fat, out of shape being....I will never compare. I wish I could have trained for this kind of thing all my life. running away with a circus and becoming this kind of thing is SO appealing...

  • damn fool who click the unlike button...!!!

  • i saw this last night! and wow! she is very strong and flexible, and very fit!...I MUST LAY OFF THE TWINKIES! AND EAT CELARY!!!!!!!!!!(even though I hate it!) and PUT DOWN THE PS2 CONTROLLER!!!!!!! SO TO THE GYM!!!!!! (or at least play with my wii fit)

  • I can't help but think of the time when I was learning archery and I tried pulling the string back, and my arm started shaking like crazy and felt like jello afterward.

    Now this... this scares me.

  • xD

  • erik karol es el cantante mas perfecto ya que NADIE podria llegar al agudo tan alto que solamente el pueded hacer asi que...........................­........FUCK YOU el que diga que erik karol apesta

  • what's up with all those people sitting down with the green outfits in the back? what's the point with them in the show.!

  • @Amazing9081

    Dralion revolves around the four natural elements: earth, water, fire and air and each one is governed by a god or goddess.The central woman in the back who is leading the others in the belly dance is Océane, the goddess of water. She manipulates and controls all the performers who are dressed in green in this show.

  • @alladinmoua Thanks.

    Did not know that.

  • @alladinmoua very informative, thank you :)

  • strong flexible muscles. this is the kind of stuff i live for :D

  • 5 hours since coming back from Dralion in Mobile. WHAT AN AMAZING SHOW!! These videos may have all the visuals of the performance but not nearly as much atmosphere!! But WOW I can't get Stella Errans out of my head just keep listening to it over and over.

  • She is probably stronger then the hulk

  • esto es una pasada sinceramente increible

  • Does anybody knows the name of the male singer?

  • @mmondragon05

    The male singer is Erik Karol.

  • @alladinmoua Thank you very much!!

  • i saw this today shes good, does it very creepy precision

  • Well... that's about the most insane display of strength I've ever seen. The video should be called "Handbalancing on a SINGLE Cane" ! An act over 4.5 minutes and at no time did she use both arms. That's amazing. And the one armed press back up into the handstand at over 3.5 minutes into the act, doesn't seem humanly possible !

  • @paldri some people call this "single hand balancing".....but I agree with you about it!!

  • mom: wow she's cu... WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH HER BACK?!?!?!?!

  • The women on the floor are doing a belly dance movie X ) That's a guy singing?!! Woah! <8 D Awesome act!

  • If you think this is amazing you should see the skaters from Totem, the new show.

    I saw it yesterday live in Amsterdam with my dad, it was my christmas present... (: It was SO amazing that we were almost crying. The passion, and structure. You HAVE te see it ^^

  • Erik Karol is the best singer in the whole cirque du soleil shows , luv u erik ¡

  • Amazing. Have never seen something like this. When she lifts from horisontal, that would be impossible half way into the berformance. Go girl!! .-)

  • Can you imagine what her HEAD feels like from being upside down for so long? Gah! Amazing, stunning and damn breath taking...I want to run away and go join Cirque now...>_>

  • shes so young. apparently when she started in cirque du soleil she was 10.

  • @Hedgiehooper she seems was 10, but if I'm not mistaken Dralion premiered in 1999 and the girl (Luan Lei Lei) was born in 1985, so she was 14 when she started in Cirque du Soleil. But really don't seems o_o"

  • Does anyone know which girl this is? Luan Leilei? Or am I mistaken?

  • @MimiPants4 yes, she is Luan Lei Lei ^^

  • I think this girl performed on America's Got talent.

  • I'm not sure who to be more impressed by, the balancing act or a man who can sing falsetto for that long and that well!

  • @Leanan101 Yes Eric Karol is a brilllant singer!!

  • @thelookout782

    And he preforms falsetto for the better of the whole show if I'm not mistaken... I've never met a man who could do it that well and for that long, and I work in the theatre.

  • @Leanan101 The singer is a MAN?! Good lord, I thought she (well, he) was a woman who LOOKED like a man (who looked like a woman). That scares me.

  • @Fairytalevillain

    Amazing, huh? There's a fun little rhyme i use in such situations, goes to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It":

    If she's got an Adam's apple she's a man *clap clap*

    If she's got an Adam's apple she's a man *clap clap*

    If you see in the throat

    You should make a mental note

    If she's got an Adam's apple she's a man *clap clap*

  • @Fairytalevillain Erik Karol is his name. An Amaizing French singer

  • she's like a rock with legs... (that's a good thing!)

  • Olga Pikhienko is better!!! ...Olga is the best!!!!

  • Personally, I prefer her to Olga Pikhipenko because she's basically on her hands for 5 full minutes, whereas Olga did some dancing in between which I found distracting.. Both are accomplished athletes and artists nonetheless, just an opinion.

  • @pinkshrimp The girl here used a single cane. She had a harder tome doing this then olga who used one and two canes

  • @cirquefreak1000

    Which is another reason why I prefer her.. And I mean she's SO young (or she was lol) she must be EPIC now! I think Olga is overrated simply because she's russian and beautiful *goes hide*

  • @Gymnasticseverywhere ...that was not a mistake. that required quite a bit of strength. Her movement there was to keep her balanced so she would fall.

  • thank you for this wonderful vids .. 0_0

  • Poor girl. I feel sorry for them ..

  • @konik123ponik This is NOT bad. To be able to do that, I mean.

  • @konik123ponik Why?

  • Stella Errans, interpretada por el espectacular Érik Karol. Parte del show Dralion del Cirque du Soleil... simplemente maravilloso!!!

  • 中國姑娘的表演。。。讚!

  • I love how she sways. :P

  • wow after that i wouldnt feel my arms anymore.

  • O GOD o god o god

  • omg Erik Karols voice

  • @Jadsia yes Eriks voice is amazing to say the least! Sends chills down my spine! Do you know of anywhere i can find more of that voice?

  • Surprisingly enough there are loads of entertainers that work for even (and much!) less than these people. Having a job at the Cirque is not only a unique experience (where you get paid to do what you are very good at and travel the world!), but also actually quite a well paid job... For many performers it is a once in a lifetime opportunity that stays with you forever.

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  • Actually, they get paid base pay at 30,000 to 100,000 for more established performers.

  • @Ooothoseeyes

    thanks for informing me! : )

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  • @stingrayautomatic Ah... no prob. I actually considered auditioning for them last year! :o)

  • @Ooothoseeyes cool....thanks again

  • whoa! wow

  • Gorgeous performance, the song and the act pretty go together. I'd love to see it in the cirque.

  • (8) Ibæla, iriri yoda. Deré yhoné lofiberé!! (8)

  • thats a very beautiful video

    its a cute girl

    i practice gymnasy but i never wonna do that

    that girl is fantastic

    i love it

    i very cute and beautiful

  • She has to be the single greatest handbalancing-contortionist I have ever seen! And the music is brilliant too!

  • i like how he sings : D ... <3 and that girl is really good a lot of concentration to not to fall

  • beautiful act love the song the newer version doesnt sound as good as it does here.i've tried hand balancing and still practice its not so much the strength i find

    but the balance is harder i cant stay up for long cause the blood goes 2 my head=D

  • It's good that you try. I practice handbalancing contortion and perform in streets and I know that it takes a LOT of core strength and a LOT of balance. I am no where near as good as Luan Leilei, the girl in this act, she is amazing.

  • She's too young! But she's so talented...

  • Might I remind everyone of the freakin awesome music and singer Erik Carrol?? He IS an angel... I cant ever get this song out of my head! I wish it was available as a download to listen to everywhere!

  • wow

  • I think it's kinda funny the women sitting on the stage just getting an ab work out. This is one of the coolest shows ever.

  • She's such a cute little girl!

  • With enormous muscle power, apparently. I'm most impressed.

  • i love what they do with their hands..

    this act is amazing..

  • queria mto saber a letra, a origem e se existe a versao para Cd, ou para gravar dessa musica!

    obrigada!

  • Can you imagine the amount of strength this little girl has? bloody hell!

  • @deathlyartist Yeah, she could probably snap most of us in two.

  • @deathlyartist: contortion takes a lot of strength n balance, gymnastics u need a lot of core muscles..

  • @deathlyartist Strenght does partake but it's more to do with Stamina, Agility and Balance.. when I say Stamina I mean the breath too keep yourself held up like that :)

  • I think she's just so pretty/adorable. She's one of my favorite hand balancers. : )

  • Essa musica é show, alguem ai sabe a origem dessa lingua que é cantada?

  • esta a presentação e uma maravinha eu adorei

  • Hi!

    ummm can you tell me the name of the girl who makes the single hand-balancing please

  • ooh!! amazing! haha im in PE right now!! we;re doing gymnastics so we have to watch spring flight and landing!!!

  • Un Espectàculo Maravilloso,Unico,la precisiòn y exactitud de esta chiquita para ejecutar su nùmero es increible,impresionante este nùmero escenico y la mùsica Expectacular.

    El Circo del Sol una verdadera obra de Arte...

  • the best in the world

  • Stella Errans Stella, stella, errans Stella, stella, stella, errans Ibœla, irirí yodá Teberé yhoné lofiberé yodá Stella, stella, stella, errans Ibæla, irirí yodá Teberé yhoné lofiberé La ha ha ha ha... la ha ha ha... Aha ha ha ha ha... Stella, stella, stella, errans Ibæla, irirí yodá Deré yhoné lofiberé yo Stella, stella, stella, errans Ibæla, irirí yodá Deré yhoné lofiberé
  • Exellent!!!

    SOLE

  • On 1:00, is that Érik Karol singing?! I think he looks like a woman that...

  • HaHa! Yeah, that's Erik Karol. His character is pretty androgynous in this particular Cirque production.

  • He has a very high voice too, good voice, but high for a guy

  • SHIVA has no end.

  • She is the same girl that does the handbalancing in ballet on lights.

  • According to the official Dralion website, Luan Leilei is not performing for them anymore.

    The performers are now Wang Junru / Lei Jiao.

  • The handbalancer's name is Luan Leilei.

    If you want proof, search for "Dralion credits".

    One of the videos shows the ending of this DVD with names of all the performers.

  • HOW OLD IS SHE!!!!!

  • Really impressive... If you give the singer and the composer's name, I think it would be nice to give the handbalancer's name too :)

  • erick karol is the singiner

  • just incredible.

  • spettacolare Érik Karol

  • this girl is completley amazing.

    she didnt fall when i went to see about a week ago. going again in month!!!!!!!

    this is my second fave song form the show as well.

    my fave is stella errans

  • You wish you did. : P

  • what breasts?she's like 10 years old!

  • When i went i bought the dvd, and cd....If anyone wants the songs, i'll send you them....they are brillliant but not as good as the show....

  • omfg that woman is soooo strong...

  • wow that is seriously unbelievable.. fantastic!!!!!!!!!!

  • q capo q es el chabon este Erik Karol

  • this song is amazing, perfectly suits the balancer.

  • I saw Dralion in Frankfurt (Germany) and she fell

  • At what part did she fell then? Did she injured herself?

  • No, she didn't. She fell only on the feet. Then she stood up. (The show must go on) In Germany she fell about 2:55

  • where do you find the songs?

  • I could send you this songs. It's called Stella errans

  • ...wow...YAY ERIK KARROL!!! ^_^

  • I think she'd be a bit bigger if she were on steroids. Ever seen female body-builders? ^_^

  • a joke people, a joke.

  • fucking awesome music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • in the DVD when you change the abgle of the camera, you can see when she almost falls...

  • I have the DVD, when did she almost fall then?

  • when you look at the multi angles, this version is edited at the parts where she almost falls.

    Personally I prefer seeing them almost make mistakes, it makes the stunt so much more real and you remember that they're just normal people up there.

  • i completely agree

  • thats so amazing that she can stay up there for nearly five minuets O_O wow

  • esa niña es de goma!

  • I saw Dralion in Sydney last night and it was really awesome, my first Cirque du Soleil show. However, being near the end of the season I felt that some parts were not as good as they could be, such as this act not being in the show :-(

    Also the ring jumping which I was really looking forward to was very short and they knocked the rings over twice, OK I can forgive them for that since it is very difficult, but it wasn't as long as it should have been.

    The trampolining however was amazing!!

  • I saw it in melbourne on the 9th of june, amazing show, i didnt realise they were in Australia when they had the Sydney showing as I live in Dubbo. Went all the way to Melbourne so i could see this!! In my showing she was handbalancing for atleast 8 minutes, and does alot more then in the video. They knocked the rings over on the very last jump, and stuffed up twice during the jump rope, 1 being the pyramid, they really struggled with it.

    Was the trapese at yours? I didnt get to see it.

  • i think i was at the same show as you. that was the first time i went to see it.

    in this act, the girl in melbourne was fantastic, she had her feet bent right over onto her head while balancing.

  • 9th of june at 8pm. I was 5 seats back and 6 seats right from the center. Tapis rouge tickets, while i didnt use the reserved parking, the extra 100 dollars was worth the pre show lounge area. The seats were awesome, during the part where her feet were in front of her face and she was looking through the audience we made eye contact, such and amazing feeling, ive never been to a live show like this before.

  • thanks.....are Calvin's or Chad's performances posted anywhere on here

  • Calvin can be heard on Solstrom, just search for aerial pas de deux solstrom, that's him singing "Ballare". Chad joined the show a month ago, so as far as I know no footage of him yet

  • so hey you guys is erik karol still performing stella errans for the girl balancing or do they have a new person singing....his voice is awesome

  • Erik left the show a while ago, right now the singers are (in rotation) Calvin Braxton and Chad Oliver, though Calvin is expected to leave soon

  • Just saw this in Sydney recently.....was one of the best displays of strength and flex i've ever seen..great performer!!!

  • this act is one of my favs in this show...just after Aerial pas de Deux.

    I went and saw Dralion a few days ago, and the girl who performed this act was magnificant!

    Also...this act is actually called Single Handbalancing, not Handbalancing on Canes as it is in Varekai.

  • You are right about that.

    The act is called either Handbalancing, Handbalancing on Cane, or Single Handbalancing. Whatever works for you.

    I decided to call it Handbalancing on Cane, simply because more people search that phrase on youtube, and is also a way to describe this act ;)

  • Uit het oog maar niet uit mijn hart!

  • i went to see varikei it was like this bit but she was like a lo more flexialbe

  • Yeh, Varekai is the best :D

    But unless you saw it before 2003 you would have seen Irina someone... no where near as good as Olga Pikhienko. the original handbalancer in Varekai :P

  • Erm, you're confused

    Irina Naumenko joined AFTER 2003. Olga Pikhienko was there before her.

    So if you think Handbalancing in Varekai was great after 2003, You love Irina Naumenko and not Olga

  • how am i confused!? read wat i wrote.. it says exactly wat u jst told me lol.

    "unless u saw it BEFORE 2003 you would've seen Irina.."

  • Woops, sorry, I misunderstood you.

    I thought you meant "It's great, unless you saw it before 2003 because then you would have seen Irina". That's how I got it.

    Btw, I prefer Irina over Olga any day

  • :L ur silly then!

    Olga is the best lol. but opinions are opinions (:

  • @babyjinx25 it is different sort of hand balancing she lasts for a longer time and the girl in varakai does short bursts but both great

  • i love this live version! its just that the percussion is way louder than his singing.

  • An outstanding balance act! wow..

    and..

    I soooo LOVE this live version of the song :) it is so much more intense with the live band and the emotion Erik puts into this song.

  • Her name is Luan Leilei. Born in China, 18 June 1985. In Dralion she is alsow an acrobate with the Ballet on Lights, the Skipping Ropes and the Teeterboard.