Cancun (Mexico), Nov 13 (EFE) .- Cirque du Soleil has completed three years of its permanent theater in the Riviera Maya with a show linked to the culture and historical tradition of Mexico, in an environment in which the most showy acrobatics are mixed with a select gastronomy.

The Cirque du Soleil Theater, the first permanently built in Latin America, It is located on top of a large lagoon, owned by the hotel group Vidanta in the Riviera Maya, in the middle of the Mayan jungle.

"It is an oasis inside an oasis," according to a Cirque spokesperson. du Soleil on the occasion of the third anniversary of the theater in Mexico that is being commemorated this November.

When the theater was designed, three rules were followed: to respect the medium as much as possible environment of the jungle, hide the theater inside the mangroves and play with the sinuous lines and organic forms.

The theater and the extensive facilities made of wood are built around a large cenote, very abundant in the Yucatan Peninsula. Underground.

The Mayans believed that these freshwater ponds were sacred doors to life after death and their openings represented sacred portals to an underworld mythical.

The architecture and aesthetics of the theater reflects and celebrates the Mayan reverence for nature and is inspired by the natural beauty of the surrounding jungle. above an underground labyrinth of rivers and cenotes.

The whole concept of the place where the show comes to life Joyà wants to give the impression that visitors feel the experience of skirting a large cenote with its mangroves and ponds, coral stones and a waterfall.

From the beginning of the show, Joyà displays a series of subtle allusions to the history and culture of Mexico, such as the migration of monarch butterflies or references to the asteroid that is said to have impacted the Yucatan peninsula 66 million years ago and that caused the massive extinction of the dinosaurs.

It is the echo of this asteroid that caused the beginning of the spectacle of chaos in the Naturalium by the hand of Zelig, the granddaughter of the old naturalist who tells the story as a character similar to a combination of Don Quixote, Charles Darwin, Faust or Leonardo da Vinci.

Old Zelig directs the Naturalium clinging to the mission of his life to collect all the knowledge of the world while the spectacular acrobatics of the Cirque du Soleil artists take place in a perfect mixture of light, sound and surprises with the spirit of unity and identity of the Mayan greeting "In Lak'ech Ala K'in", which means "I am you and you are me".

The show in the small theater of 600 seats also offers a sophisticated gastronomic menu that begins to be served one hour before the start, while a musical group delights with a wide variety of jazz, blues or Latin pieces.