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Cirque du Soleil hits the ice in Albuquerque By Nichole Harwood @Nolidoli1 Editor’s Note: This article is part of a multimedia package, which includes a video by Christian Marquez and a photo gallery by Diana Cervantes and Colton Newman, all accessible on our website. The video can also be found on the Daily Lobo YouTube channel, username: dailylobo. Two men juggled, and a young woman twirled through the air with their colleagues inches away, performing acrobatics — and all on ice. Cirque du Soleil has returned to New Mexico for the fifth time with the show, “Crystal : A Breakthrough Ice Experience,” which premiered Wednesday evening at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho. Julie Desmarais, a touring publicist for Cirque du Soleil, said the group trained for 15 weeks prior to their first performance. “There was a lot of exploration to determine what we could do” in terms of bringing their work to the ice, she said. The performers rehearsed their routines Wednesday before the grand premiere. Among them was University of New Mexico alum Jason Davenport.
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A Cirque Du Soleil performer swings on the trapeze during “Crystal: A Breakthrough Ice Experience” at the Santa Ana Star Center on Feb. 7, 2018.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
Lobos fall off late in game By Robert Maler @Robert_Maler It’s not how you start — it’s how you finish. The University of New Mexico men’s basketball team led nearly wire-to-wire against Boise State on Tuesday evening, but failed to execute down the stretch — making critical errors and surrendering the final eight points at the end of the game on the way to a 73-71 loss. It was the first loss at home in Mountain West Conference place for New Mexico (12-13, 7-5 MW), which tumbled all the way to fifth in the conference standings after it entered the game sitting in third place. And if blowing a late-game lead wasn’t bad enough, the team also lost senior Joe Furstinger for his actions toward the end of the game. Boise State’s Marcus Dickinson rebounded a missed layup as time expired — but took a shot from Furstinger, who extended his arms up around Dickinson’s head and neck area. Furstinger was presumably trying to commit a foul to extend the game, but the Broncos took
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MUSIC REVIEW
Walk the Moon provides immersive concert By Colton Newman @cnewman101
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New Mexico head basketball coach Paul Weir reacts to a call during the second half of Tuesday night’s game at Dreamstyle Arena. The Lobos gave up a late lead and lost 73-71 to Boise State.
There is no other word that comes to mind other than electric when looking back on Walk the Moon’s latest show in Albuquerque. The unforgivingly joyous band made a stop through the Sunshine Theater to perform for a sold-out crowd of over a thousand fans Monday during their Press Restart Tour. Their name might not sound familiar, but their music is unavoidable. With pop hits such as “Shut Up and Dance” and “One Foot” constantly playing on the radio, it is hard not to enjoy the quartet’s infectious vibe. Walk the Moon put on what was — in many ways — a by-thenumbers concert, yet the show felt fresh and young from start to finish. Bands that are similar in style to Walk the Moon often blow their best songs right at the start of their concert, giving the audience nothing to look forward to as the show progresses. Walk the Moon held on to their bangers until about twothirds of the way through their show, when they played “Shut Up
and Dance,” one of their largest singles to date. From there, Walk the Moon breezed through a few more songs until they played their most recent hit, “One Foot.” For their second and last encore song, Walk the Moon visited their most vibrant song that put them on the map back in 2012, “Anna Sun.” At that point, the walls of the Sunshine Theater rattled and struggled to contain the overwhelming amount of energy Walk the Moon gave the audience. For most of the show, I felt somewhere in between being in a music video and living out a coming-of-age music montage. It was hard to place the exact feeling, but with every guitar solo and shining synth line, I felt detached from my everyday stresses. About halfway through their performance, band members took some time to acknowledge their growth. Walk the Moon played at Sunshine back around 2014 with the release of their sophomore album, “Talking Is Hard.” Here, they admitted that during that performance they did not have a sold-out show but were happy to see how they have grown.
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