Kurios (Cirque du Soleil) and could tick on forever." "The Globe and Mail" described the show as a "Kinetic, whimsical and astounding new production from Montreal’s Cirque du Soleil." Upon the show's debut in San Francisco the "San Francisco Chronicle" called "Kurios" "the best Cirque du Soleil show in a long time." The "San Jose Mercury News" wrote "For its 30th anniversary, Cirque du Soleil has concocted a dark and mysterious world that eschews the brightly colored eye candy for which the French Canadian juggernaut has become famous." Chris Jones of the "Chicago Tribune" wrote "Well, the Cirque has come roaring back with a
Portes du Soleil Midi and the Dents Blanches, at the end of the Vallée d’Illiez. It is a 150 years old village which was among the initiating towns when the Portes du Soleil skiarea was established in the late Sixties. There are no pistes leading all the way down to Champery due in part to the fact that the mountainside above the town is heavily exposed to snow. The Champéry – Planachaux cable-car (125 passengers) and the 6-seater chairlift in Grand-Paradis are fast connections into the Portes du Soleil system. Portes du Soleil Les Portes du Soleil (literally "The Doors of the Sun")