The Chinese consider the lion a symbol of good luck, so it's a half-dragon, half-lion – a dralion – that is the symbol of the East-meets-West fusion of this performance in which 36 Chinese acrobats join the renowned Canadian troupe. Celebrating the four elements as represented in four colours – blue (air),green (water),red (fire) and ochre (earth) – Dralion combines ancient Chinese circus traditions with Cirque du Soleil's usual stunning elements: the techno-oriented single ring; the multicoloured lights and costumes; the music that mixes rock, New Age and various world influences (though not Chinese); and the madcap clowns that pull a victim out of the audience.

• Cirque du Soleil Images
• Serpent Films
• Erik Karol
• Agnès Sohier
• Sheetal Gandhi
• Henriette Gbou
• Juliana Neves
• Luis Pelegrini
• Zhao Jian
• Viktor Kee