In Cirque du Soleil's newest show, a bald, hunchbacked muscle man spends most of his time slithering across the stage.
Clowns wear face-distorting metallic makeup.
Women dressed like Soviet-era peasants in brown dresses and babushkas march on stage at regular intervals. It's haunting and sometimes ghoulish. It's also playing permanently at Walt Disney World. The 1,671-seat theater is the first freestanding, permanent theater built for the troupe. Disney had pursued Cirque du Soleil for several years before the performers agreed to open a permanent show here.