Cirque du Soleil: Kooza

Cirque du Soleil has left behind DTLA for the beach with this staging of KOOZA next to the Santa Monica Pier. The high-flying troupe heads under the big top for its first show in the oceanfront city since 2014—and its first tented show in L.A. in about five years. If you’re only used to arena or theater productions, there’s a palpable shift in the vibe at these performances thanks to more preshow interaction with the performers and across-the-board closer seating. As for KOOZA itself, it’s a remarkably enjoyable program of gravity-defying balancing acts that fuses a bit of Parisian flair with a mix of Indian music and ’70s funk.