What it’s like at Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Bazzar’ show in St. Petersburg
S T. PETERSBURG — At its opening night on Thursday, a crowd filed into the soaring blue and white striped Cirque du Soleil tent set up in the Tropicana Field parking lot . They found a fairly small stage and an intimate setting that puts even the last row of seats only 20 rows back.
The show, which runs through March 24, has a capacity of 2,600, and there aren’t many bad seats. “Bazzar” harkens back to the street performer roots of Cirque du Soleil’s beginning in the early 1980s — with electric-colored neon costumes and even break dancing.
The show, which launched in Mumbai, India, in 2018, is inspired by the famous Indian street markets known as “bazaars” and offers an eclectic mix of physical and artistic talents performed by a cast from 21 different countries.
It starts off with a parade of the many characters you are about to see — and sometimes wince at. Men will defy the rules of physiology as their legs stretch far behind them and over their heads. A roller skating duo will draw little yelps from the audience as the woman’s head wizzes perilously close to the floor as she is whipped around in a dizzying circle.
Before it’s over, the audience will see a woman hoisted up by a wire attached to her bun as she spins overhead literally hanging from her hair, a rare discipline that originated in China in the early 1900s.
Compared to the more trippy Cirque shows, like “O” or “Ka” in Las Vegas, this one is old-school. There are no pools to dive in or tilting sand walls to fall from. It has trapeze artists and fire twirlers, trick cyclists and a teeterboard, which is like a seesaw on steroids.
Without all those fancy set pieces and trap doors, this Cirque show moves along at a much faster pace. Minutes of clown acts are replaced by simple twirling umbrellas as a bicycle rolls in for hands-free bike tricks and a fire act so intense the audience can feel — and smell — the heat.
“Bazzar” also features live tunes, a kind of jazzy, folky world music. Instrumentalists, including a guitarist and saxophone player, are featured in acts throughout the show. Unlike most other Cirque shows, songs are largely sung in English.
The show’s roots to India are reflected in an act featuring the mallakhamb, which translates to “wrestling on a pole.” It’s a kind of gymnastics on a tall wooden obelisk-like pillar where acrobats perform using the pole as the prop.
A dance troupe opens the act with traditional Indian-style dance, then two men take over to perform jaw-dropping moves like catapulting into a forward flip and landing halfway up a wooden pole by catching it between their thighs. They hang sideways with one arm, seemingly floating perpendicular above the floor, in a show of strength and beauty that is being proposed as a potential demonstration sport for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Like other Cirque shows, this one has a somewhat confusing storyline, following the theft of a silly hat by a lovely trickster who later performs acrobatics on a vertically hanging rope. The emcee dons the shiny hat, only to get it stolen again and again.
Behind the scenes
Before the show debuted Thursday, we got a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to bring 36 incredibly fit performers on the road.
Cirque du Soleil was rocked by the pandemic, laying off 95% of its staff at one point while dozens of road shows went quiet. With grants from the Canadian government and investors from Las Vegas, the world-famous performance company is thriving again.
Not unlike the circus trains from a century ago, the Cirque troupe arrived at Tropicana Field in 71 tractor trailers to set up the circus tents as well as its own laundry area, kitchen, costume shop and daycare for the children of its workers. The 97 members of the cast and crew are staying in local hotels, but the operation set up in the Trop parking lot has the comforts of a working theater company.
Unlike other typical workplaces, these were actual overheard snippets of conversation on our backstage tour Tuesday:
“Are you done? Because the hair hanger is ready to rehearse.”
“I’m besties with the Mongolian contortionist.”
“I worked in Utah with the fire twirler, so when he heard they needed another seamstress in wardrobe, he let me know.”
Christine Karr, 32, of Utah was set up behind her sewing machine in the wardrobe department. Having worked on a previous show with fire manipulator Garrett Cheney, she was called up just for the St. Petersburg show.
She was busy mending a leotard made of green crushed velvet with aqua plumes fluttering from the bodice. Harkening back to Cirque du Soleil’s beginnings in the early 1980s, the costumes worn for this show have lots of neon and acid-washed elements. They travel with all the fabric, ribbons, shoes, gems and tassels needed to keep up with constant fixes.
“This is more like activewear than your typical stage costume,” Karr said. “They are bending backwards and spinning fire.” Considering the extreme stunts played out for the audience, the costumes get a lot of wear and tear, she said.
There are a number of interesting back stories among the cast, such as the two artists who show off the beauty of the 12th century Indian sport of mallakhamb. Performers Rajesh Mudki and Kalpesh Jadhav competed against each other in the sport back in India.
They are making history as the first mallakhamb artists in Cirque du Soleil, bringing the ancient sport of their home country to the world.
One of the early acts in the show, a Canadian roller skating duo, is actually a love story.
Mathieu Cloutier, 37, met Myriam Lessard, 35, when they were students at the prestigious National Circus School in Montreal. They performed their own acts as aerialists and acrobats in various theater companies before deciding to create an acrobatic roller skating act so they could perform together, Cloutier said.
“It’s nice that we are partners on stage and partners in real life,” Cloutier said.
Neither had ever performed on wheels before. They said it took about eight months before they had enough mastery of the dizzying routine performed in tight, speedy circles. At one point, she is airborne and horizontal as he flings her around by her neck.
Romantic? Maybe so.
They are one of the few acts that were recruited by Cirque du Soleil to join the show.
For Lessard, that made a childhood dream come true.
“I grew up in Quebec City, so my parents took me to Cirque du Soleil often,” Lessard said. “So it’s really amazing for me that this icon of my childhood is where I am working now.”
What to know before you go
Parking: There is plenty of parking available at Tropicana Field, though it costs $20. Be mindful that you may be stuck in long lines upon exit. As is typical with that parking lot, the cars in Lot 6 can only use First Avenue S to exit. One strategy is to get to the far left lane and turn left on Eighth Street or proceed to Fourth Street to avoid the other cars trying to get on the highway at Ninth Street.
Tickets: You can avoid the line at the box office by buying your ticket online at cirquedusoleil.com/bazzar and just flashing your phone at the gate.
Arrival: Consider getting there 20 minutes early to check out some of the photo props to take selfies and also get in your seat before the show starts. The rows are very long to climb over other audience members. And if you leave during the show, you’ll have to wait until the next act to come back. You are better off waiting for the 25-minute intermission. And be prepared for a snug seat.
Kids: The show is kid-friendly, but you might consider ear protection for little ones.
Bathrooms : Don’t be put off by the long lines for the portable bathrooms set up in front of the main tent entrance. There are more than a dozen others set up behind the snack and merchandise area once you are inside.
Snacks: Best to eat before you go, since the snack stand is more like movie theater fare, with movie theater prices. You’ll find bottles of water for $6 and caramel popcorn for $7. They do have some hearty nibbles like nachos ($11), soft pretzels ($8) and hot dogs ($8.50).
Merchandise : The gift shop has some fun T-shirts ($35) with Cirque flourishes and “I do my own stunts,” on them. There are also circus staples like light-up spin toys ($15) and red clown noses ($5) and a colorful “Bazzar”-themed water bottle ($25).
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I'm a Cirque du Soleil performer. I grew up in the circus, and now I travel the world with my husband and kids.
- Estefani Evans is a fifth-generation circus performer starring in Cirque du Soleil's Alegría.
- She began trapeze at 10 years old. Her husband works alongside her, and their kids travel with them.
- "I was 4 years old the first time I stepped on stage," she says. "It's definitely a beautiful life."
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Estefani Evans, a fifth-generation circus performer currently starring in Cirque du Soleil's Alegría. It has been edited for length and clarity.
I'm a fifth-generation circus performer, and I was 4 years old the first time I stepped on stage. I grew up in Brazil, and my dad used to have a circus there. My brothers made me a costume and threw me on stage as part of a clown act.
That's where it all began — I always knew the circus would be my life.
As a little girl, I loved being on stage and showing off
I thought I would be a contortionist, but I wasn't flexible enough. When I was 10 years old, I tried the trapeze for the first time, and I felt like I was flying. I wanted to do it again and again.
At age 14, I got my first paying trapeze-artist gig. My mom left her job as a circus teacher to accompany me on tour.
When I was 17, I had my first opportunity to leave Brazil. I went to Portugal to perform — that's when I left my mom and started my career on my own. Then, at age 20, I was invited by Cirque du Soleil to join the Flying Trapeze troupe of Zaia in Macau, China.
Life on the road is all I've ever known
In Brazil with my dad's circus, sometimes we'd stay in a city for one or two weeks and sometimes for a year. We lived in RVs that were set up close to the Big Top. It was very unstable, because we were always moving.
In every city, I'd have to change schools and make new friends. It was hard, because some schools were more advanced while others were lagging behind.
Working for Cirque du Soleil, I have a lot more consistency. It's very structured. We stay in cities longer — anywhere from five weeks to three months — and live comfortably in hotels or housing.
It's a nomadic life, but it's definitely a beautiful life. Cirque is the most beautiful circus life you can have.
I see my husband 24/7
I met my husband, Ammed Tuniziani — a third-generation performer who comes from a traditional circus family in Venezuela — while working with Cirque du Soleil. He's also a trapeze flyer.
It's very important and beautiful that we work in the same industry and get to travel together. We're currently working on the show Alegría, and he's our trapeze coach.
When it comes to trapeze, it's all about the trust you have with your catcher and your coworkers, because we rely on each other for the timing of every trick. My husband is always there, taking care of me and the group. There's no one on this earth I trust more than him. I'm blessed that we work together.
When we're not having a good day, being together so much is tough. But we don't bring our problems to the stage; nobody is ever going to see them.
Our kids attend an online school that's only for circus kids
Our two kids are always nearby and already following in our footsteps. Our son, who's now 10, started on the trapeze when he was 5. He says he wants to "be like daddy on trapeze." Plus, our 8-year-old daughter loves contortion.
Circus life runs in their blood, but we also encourage them to be good in school, so they have options in life the same way we did.
They don't have to explain their life every time we go to a new city, because all of their classmates are doing the same thing. It's very consistent for them no matter where we are; they have their uniforms and their online friends they see every day.
Our children get to experience so much more than most kids
The kids can come into the circus any time they want to play with other kids in the Cirque family — there are places to play, and even though the kids don't all speak the same language, they manage to communicate. I don't know how they do it.
We have Mondays and Tuesdays off every week, and the kids get Mondays off from school. They go to school on Saturdays instead.
That's when we get to explore the city we're in. We love to go to restaurants, museums, and parks. We try to do and see as much as we can, because we never know when we'll be in, say, Tokyo again. We have an opportunity to learn new languages, and it's so beautiful right now, because our kids are at an age where they'll remember all of this.
Food can be the biggest challenge when traveling with kids
I like to cook, though Cirque provides meals on show days. On our days off, we like to go eat at restaurants to get to know the culture of the city we're performing in.
Cirque has a beautiful kitchen in the tents, so we can eat our meals there if we want to. They have four chefs who travel with us, and they hire 10 people locally to support the kitchen operations.
We have the opportunity to eat so many different foods since they serve food from many different countries, because we're a multicultural company. They serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and everything is complimentary — it's one of the benefits that comes with being on tour with Cirque du Soleil.
It can be hard being away from my extended family
The hardest part of this lifestyle is being apart from my mom and sister, who live in Las Vegas. I can spend a year and half in Asia and not get to see them often. COVID-19 has made everything really hard for visas, so it's not like my mom can just come see me.
But I also get to travel with my family, so I'm very blessed with my life and my job. And Cirque is like our bigger family, a community. You travel together and you work together. Even after hours, we often end up going out together as a group.
And my mother-in-law comes on tour with us to look after the kids while we're at work. She found love on the show, actually, with one of the technicians. It's super cute that they found each other at their age, and she gets to have her life too when not taking care of her grandchildren.
Two of my husband's brothers are also part of the flying trapeze act, so my kids have uncles and cousins on tour. It makes it very comfortable and normal for them.
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Hawaii's first Cirque du Soleil show to debut in late 2024 with 'specific attention to the story of Oahu'
Hawaii will say aloha to its first Cirque du Soleil show soon.
The Outrigger Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel and Cirque du Soleil Entertainment announced a joint venture to produce a multi-year resident show fusing "the world-renowned acrobatics and innovation that Cirque du Soleil is known for with the natural beauty and unique culture of the islands," according to a news release .
"This collaboration with Cirque was years in the making and perfectly aligns with Outrigger’s brand elevation strategy, which includes a promise to provide authentic live music and signature experiences in renowned beach locations," President and CEO of Outrigger Hospitality Group Jeff Wagoner said in a statement.
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Award-winning Native Hawaiian musician Aaron J. Salā is the show's creative cultural producer. He'll work alongside other prominent Hawaiian talents, such as kumu hula (hula teachers) and fashion designers, to create the show's storyline, Salā told USA TODAY.
"What we are committed to doing is paying specific attention to the story of Oahu, the story of Waikiki and this particular parcel in Waikiki – it's actually Queen Emma's land," he said. "We definitely see the need to be not only honorific of how important this ... particular land to Native Hawaiian health (is) but also looking at the mission of the Outrigger, which is to be in-tune with voyaging...and being mindful of, ultimately, the ocean that we're surrounded by."
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"The way Cirque tells stories and bringing that together with the powerful nature of Hawaiian storytelling, it's an opportunity to engage with the world," Salā said.
The show is slated to be held in the Outrigger Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel's 20,000-square-foot showroom – the largest space in Waikiki, offering 800 seats. For three decades, the venue was used for the now-defunct Magic of Polynesia dinner show , which ended during COVID.
Starting in the 80s, there are now over 20 Cirque du Soleil shows worldwide, ranging in themes from ice skating to Michael Jackson and Egyptian spirituality.
The target date for the Hawaii show's debut is December 2024. The show's name, creative concept and ticket sales date will be announced in the coming months.
Kathleen Wong is a travel reporter for USA TODAY based in Hawaii. You can reach her at [email protected]
16 Jaw-Dropping Facts About Cirque du Soleil
By jd rinne | apr 25, 2019.
Since its founding in 1984, the contemporary circus Cirque du Soleil has performed for more than 180 million people in 450 cities on every continent but Antarctica. In other words: There’s probably a Cirque show near you right now … or there will be soon.
For the uninitiated, Cirque du Soleil—which celebrates its 35th anniversary in July 2019—features a mix of circus acts, street performance, unparalleled acrobatic feats and the avant-garde. And no matter the show’s theme, technology always plays a role—the Montreal-based company, now one of the largest live theatrical companies in business, consistently ups its game with state-of-the-art stages, special effects and world-class stunts. Read on to learn even more jaw-dropping facts about Cirque du Soleil.
Cirque du Soleil began as a troupe of 20 street performers.
Cirque du Soleil has its roots in Les Échassiers de Baie-Saint-Paul (the Baie-Saint-Paul Stiltwalkers), a group that performed acts like fire-breathing and juggling on the streets of Baie-Saint-Paul in Quebec, Canada, in the early 1980s. One of the troupe's members was Guy Laliberté, who eschewed a college education to join the group; in 1984, he presented a proposal to the Canadian government for a company of performers that would tour across the country to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's discovery of Canada. Laliberté landed a $1 million contract to make the proposal a reality, which led to the incorporation of the group as a non-profit under the name Cirque du Soleil .
The name Cirque du Soleil means "Circus of the Sun."
"When I need to take time to reenergize, I go somewhere by the ocean to sit back and watch the sunsets. That is where the idea of 'Soleil' came from, on a beach in Hawaii, and because the Sun is the symbol of youth and energy," Laliberté explained to Fortune in 2011.
Las Vegas has six permanent Cirque du Soleil shows.
Cirque du Soleil's first show had 10 acts and hit 15 cities in Quebec. Now, there are 23 Cirque du Soleil shows worldwide, including six permanent shows in Las Vegas and 12 that are on tour. Though it's hard to determine the most popular show, Cirque du Soleil calls Alegría —which ran from 1994 to 2013 before being " reinterpreted in a renewed version" in 2019—one of its “most beloved shows,” with 6600 performances for more than 14 million audience members around the world. That’s a lot of tickets.
Mystère is the longest-running Cirque du Soleil show.
Cirque’s first permanent show in Las Vegas, Mystère has also been on stage the longest of all Cirque productions. This lighthearted, family-friendly show opened in 1993 at Treasure Island and features a classic Cirque du Soleil mix of gymnastics and trapeze.
Cirque du Soleil shows are incredibly expensive to produce.
For example, Ká —which premiered in 2005—cost at least $165 million to create, making it one of the most expensive theatrical productions in history (to compare, the Spider-Man musical, Broadway’s most expensive show, had cost estimates about half that). Much of the budget was for technical feats, including a battle scene featuring acrobats on wires fighting vertically. Sadly, it was during the battle sequence that aerialist Sarah Guillot-Guyard died in 2013. It was Cirque du Soleil’s first onstage fatality.
There’s even a Cirque du Soleil show on ice.
Crystal , Cirque’s “first experience on ice,” premiered in December 2017 in Quebec City and Montreal. It’s basically the choreographed stunts you’d expect from Cirque du Soleil but everybody’s on skates .
Many Cirque du Soleil casts include former Olympians.
Cirque du Soleil employs 1300 performers from 50 different countries, and Cirque says about 40 percent of its artists come from disciplines like rhythmic gymnastics and diving. To that end, in 2016, Cirque had 22 Olympians (including two medalists) on stage in a variety of roles, from high-flying trampoline acts to synchronized swimmers. That’s not to mention the many performers who are recruited from national gymnastics teams.
Cirque du Soleil cast members train extensively.
Before being cast in a specific show, prospective performers attend artistic and acrobatic training at Cirque du Soleil’s international headquarters in Montreal. Depending on the show and the role, cast members then do daily training and warm-ups , sometimes lasting more than 90 minutes, along with regular rehearsals. The daily work-outs can include weight lifting, stretching, handstands, pull-ups, sit-ups, and rope work.
The kitchens on Cirque du Soleil tours use up to 3000 pounds of food a week.
Traveling Cirque shows have a team of around five chefs who pump out meals for cast and crew each day. Menus change daily and incorporate local specialties in whatever city the show lands (think: bison in Denver ; étouffée in Louisiana ). In a 2017 interview, Cirque kitchen manager Paola Muller said that the kitchen can run through 2000 to 3000 pounds of food a week. A 2016 Thrillist article notes that 90 to 100 pounds of protein are served at each meal, and there’s a salad bar with 22 ingredients.
Cirque du Soleil takes safety seriously—but the stunts are still dangerous.
Cirque du Soleil cast members pull off dangerous stunts on the regular. But even with stringent safety systems in place (some performers have called them “annoying”), injuries and accidents happen. According to Vanity Fair there were 53 injuries at the permanent Las Vegas shows in 2012, and in 2018, an aerialist was killed in Florida during a performance of Volta .
Princess Diana was an early fan of Cirque du Soleil.
She took Princes Harry and William to an early performance by the group in 1990. In early 2019, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, attended a Cirque du Soleil charity performance; the duchess wore one of Diana's bracelets and a dress inspired by one of her late mother-in-law's looks.
Cirque du Soleil has an outreach program based on the “social circus.”
Established in 1995, Cirque du Monde supports the philosophy that circus arts can be used as interventions for at-risk youth, creating confidence and community for kids who need it. This idea is referred to as “the social circus”; this and other global citizen campaigns have reached 100,000 kids in 50 countries.
Some costume pieces in Cirque du Soleil's O are made out of shower curtains.
The costumes for all Cirque shows are unique in that they have to be not only stunning but also athletically practical and safe. Cirque’s Montreal Costume Workshop employs 300 full-time artisans, including shoemakers, milliners, and textile designers.
Each costume’s evolution requires a lot of ingenuity—and trial and error. Take, for instance, Cirque’s water show, O , in Las Vegas. Some costume pieces are made out of shower curtains, pipe cleaners, or bits of foam to make them float in the water. The wardrobe staff here does 60 loads of laundry a night to keep the 4800 costumes and accessories clean, and there’s a totally separate room dedicated to drying, complete with specialized heaters.
Luzia is the first Cirque show in Spanish.
Although Cirque du Soleil shows don’t regularly rely on speaking parts (that’s what the mimes are for!), Luzia is the first show to be entirely en Español . Luzia ’s title combines two Spanish words— luz for “light” and lluvia for “rain”—and features a state-of-the-art rain curtain and revolving stage.
You can experience Cirque du Soleil in VR.
A natural extension of the Cirque experience? Virtual reality. In 2018, MK2, a Paris-based company specializing in VR cinemas, acquired distribution rights to four Cirque shows, co-produced by Canada’s Felix & Paul. Now, you can experience moments from Ká , Kurios , Luzia, and O on Google Daydream, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and more.
Cirque du Soleil's The Beatles LOVE has been onstage longer than the Beatles.
Cirque’s Beatles show, LOVE , has been on stage since 2006. The Beatles were together for around a decade, from 1960 (or '62, if you're going by when Ringo Starr joined, and when they released their first single) to 1970. LOVE remains a stalwart of the Cirque canon, regularly selling about 75 to 90 percent theater capacity, and is at the top of many Vegas “must dos.”
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Behind the scenes as Cirque du Soleil prepares for St. Petersburg event
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The world-famous Cirque du Soleil is returning to St. Petersburg for the first time in seven years. They are performing a monthlong series of shows called “Bazzar” under a huge big top in the Tropicana Field parking lot. The show opens Thursday night and runs through March 24, using the company’s famous blend of traditional circus acts with thematic storytelling and stylish athleticism. “Bazzar” launched in Mumbai in 2018, and this is its first tour of North America.
The colorfully dressed Cirque du Soleil characters bring India’s famous street markets to life. Set in an interacive, intimate stage with fire breathing and stilt walking, the show also uses break dancing, live music, teeter board, tightrope, balancing acts, bicycles, spinning wheels, aerial work and a host of seemingly improbable physical feats. Tickets start at $42 at cirquedusoleil.com/bazzar . This week’s shows are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday (Feb. 22-23); 3:30 and 7 p.m. Saturday (Feb. 24); and at 1 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday (Feb. 25) at Tropicana Field, 1 Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg.
Sharon Kennedy Wynne is a reporter covering events, things to do and family experiences through the region. Reach her at [email protected].
Dirk Shadd is a staff photographer. Reach him at [email protected].
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Cirque du soleil’s newest big top show, echo at gulfstream park | photos.
Performers rehearse the opening act, Symbiosis, known as the vertical ballet for Cirque du Soleil’s newest Big Top Show, ECHO, on Tuesday, at Gulfstream in Hallandale. ECHO is a story of connection, intention, and the symbiotic unions between humans and the animal kingdom. The shows will be performed Feb. 22, 2024 - April 7, 2024. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Performers rehearse the opening act, Symbiosis, known as the vertical ballet for Cirque du Soleil’s newest Big Top Show, ECHO, on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024 at Gulfstream in Hallandale. ECHO is a story of connection, intention, and the symbiotic unions between humans and the animal kingdom. The shows will be performed Feb. 22, 2024 - April 7, 2024. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Lucas Costa rehearses for Cirque du Soleil’s newest Big Top Show, ECHO, on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024 at Gulfstream in Hallandale. ECHO is a story of connection, intention, and the symbiotic unions between humans and the animal kingdom. The shows will be performed Feb. 22, 2024 - April 7, 2024. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
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June 1, 2011 / 10:57 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- You can't miss the giant yellow big top near Mall of America in Bloomington and the small city that surrounds it.
Cirque Du Soleil is in town for nearly a month. So what do the performers do all day? How does a traveling circus travel?
"We are in the artistic tent, the tent right behind the stage," said Marjon Van Grunsven, artistic director for OVO.
Wednesday night was the 769th performance of OVO. Many of the performers have been with the show since the beginning, but they're not just dialing it in.
"Every day it's training either here in the tent or on stage," said Van Grunsven, who noted that the performers often start working in the early afternoon, hours before an 8 p.m. performance.
"You're amazed by the crazy acrobatic skills, right? If they don't train that daily, it's like not putting oil in the car to keep rolling," she said.
There are 160 people traveling with the show, but only 56 of them are performers.
"I've got to be on the road," said Steve Armstrong, wardrobe supervisor. Three full-time wardrobe people travel with the show, while another three are hired in each city.
He has to keep track of 2,500 different pieces of costume.
"Is circus life as crazy as some people think?" asked WCCO-TV Reporter Jason DeRusha.
"It can be! For me- no, I travel with my wife and kid," said Armstrong.
Some of the male performers have spent their mornings in the Twin Cities hitting the golf courses. Others hang out in their apartments, rented for the three weeks the show runs.
"In this city there's a lot of work to do," said Karl Lecuyer, a trampoline performer playing a cricket in the show. "We're running a lot, doing a lot of flips, trying to amaze everyone."
There is a trampoline in the artistic tent to practice on as well as weights and a gym for the performers to stay in shape.
"We don't want to lose the muscle we have to do a good show," he said.
On Wednesday, Lecuyer spent an hour on stage training to back up the main character.
The show travels with 61 trucks of equipment, office space, bathrooms and equipment to build its own cafeteria. Wednesday night's dinner buffet featured filet mignon, barbeque ribs, penne pasta with artichokes and onion rings. They have something for everyone and serve 300 meals a day.
"We have cooks that travel with us, it's a team of four cooks," said Lecuyer.
The cooks are from all around the world, just like the performers. The crew and performers represent 24 different nationalities.
There's also an on-site school for a couple performers (who are 15 or 16-years-old) and the children of other performers and crew members. There are some married couples working on the show, according to Van Grunsven.
"Kids if you want to come to Cirque, you still have to come to school," she said with a laugh.
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Cirque du Soleil is coming back to Portland with ‘Kooza’ later this year
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This acrobat was sent into the air as part of the teeterboard act in Cirque du Soleil's "Kooza." Jamie Francis/The Oregonian
- Lizzy Acker | The Oregonian/OregonLive
Are you searching for something to look forward to during this long February? Some future event to dream about as the rainy, interminable winter drags on? What about this: Cirque du Soleil’s “Kooza” is coming to Portland from August to October.
“Imagine the world’s greatest children’s birthday party: There’s an incredible magician, crazy and colorful decorations, hilariously subversive clowns, and all manner of fun and games,” wrote Oregonian/OregonLive editor Grant Butler in 2010 when the show first came to Portland. “Now take that birthday party and put it on stage, and you have ‘Kooza.’”
Audience members can expect classic circus elements like acrobats, contortionists and trapeze artists, updated with modern technical wizardry.
“Kooza” will make its return to Portland from Wednesday, Aug. 21, to Sunday, Oct. 6, under a big top tent at the Portland Expo Center. A presale began Tuesday and tickets to the general public go on sale Monday, Feb. 26 at cirquedusoleil.com/kooza .
Tickets start at $55.
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Any way you look at it, Cirque du Soleil is a phenomenal success story. In only 20 years, it has carved out a unique niche in the entertainment industry, spread to cities all over the globe and earned rave reviews every step of the way. And it's doing just fine financially too: Cirque's assets are worth an estimated $1 billion, its annual ticket sales have climbed above $450 million, and more than 40 million people worldwide have attended at least one Cirque show.
You can attribute this massive popularity to the extraordinary experience of actually seeing a Cirque show. The combined work of performers, directors and the backstage crew add up to a completely original whole that leaves most audiences in awe. Just about everywhere Cirque goes, its reputation seems to precede it.
As you might expect, it takes a lot of work and talent to put an awe-inspiring show like this together. In this article, we'll go under the "Grand Chapiteau" of the touring show Alegria to uncover the magic of Cirque du Soleil.
Cirque du Soleil was born in 1984, when a group of Montreal fire-eaters, stilt-walkers and juggling street performers joined forces to create one show that had everything. Over the years, the Cirque group grew, creating new shows and spreading to new cities.
Today Cirque du Soleil has five touring shows and six installation shows (shows that stay in a single city). Cirque plans to add a new show to their lineup each year.
While its shows and touring operations have become more sophisticated, Cirque du Soleil has never strayed from its street performer roots. Unlike three-ring circuses, which feature animal acts along with human performers, Cirque du Soleil has always been solely devoted to the extraordinary talents of performers. In assembling a show, the Cirque crew gathers diverse talent from all over the world and brings all the performers together into a cohesive whole.
Whether it's a touring show like Alegria or Varekai or a resident show like "O" or "Love" in Las Vegas, all Cirque shows are built around the same two core elements: a unique theme and a unique soundtrack. As we'll see, these two essential elements guide the development of each show's acts, sets and costumes.
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The mobile town, "cirque memory".
Alegria, like all Cirque du Soleil shows, was conceived at Cirque's $60 million state-of-the-art international headquarters in Montreal. Here, a creative team including Cirque founder Guy Laliberte, directors, artistic directors, costume and set designers and choreographers gather to brainstorm concepts and ideas for new shows.
The first thing the team determines is the show's theme. The theme is a delicate balance, because it must tie the acts together without adding up to a narrative. The Cirque team avoids straight narrative in order to allow room for the audience to interpret the show any way they want.
Alegria's central themes are power and contrast. According to Pierre Parisien, artistic director for Alegria and a Cirque veteran, the creative team was inspired by a tragic event that occurred in London: "At the beginning of the '90s… two children killed another child. They were young, they were like 10 or 11 years old and they killed… just for the sake of it. That major incident had an effect on our set designer who brought this story up at the conceptual meeting. And everybody started to talk about it and that is where the idea about doing a story about power emerged."
Each Cirque show's theme is tied closely to the show's soundtrack. In the next section, we'll examine this part of the creative process.
HowStuffWorks would like to thank Cirque du Soleil's Artistic Director Pierre Parisien and Public Relations Director Renee-Claude Menard for their help with this article.
The soundtrack for each Cirque show is developed by members of Cirque du Soleil's creative team. The team is led by a composer, such as Rene Dupere, who wrote the Grammy-nominated soundtrack to Alegria as well as several other Cirque shows.
Alegria's soundtrack, like all Cirque du Soleil soundtracks, is an eclectic mix of music styles. This mix of music establishes the changing mood and theme for the audience.
The soundtrack also serves as a cue to the performers, guiding them through the show and each act. To ensure that the musicians follow the pace of the performers, all Cirque shows use live music. In the event an act fails, the musicians adjust tempo and volume and improvise if necessary.
The soundtracks to all Cirque du Soleil shows feature music which uses " phonetic sentence strings" instead of actual words. According to Parisien, "use of real words blocks the possibility of imagination." Parisien believes that this signature lack of a language, like the show's open-ended theme, leaves room for audience interpretation and lends Cirque a universal appeal.
A University of Ohio doctoral student researching the theatre arts once went undercover to study Cirque du Soleil. While working with the performers, she learned about the language of Cirque, or what the performers refer to as " Cirquish ." The performers speak a sort of gibberish that is a blend of languages and sounds. What seems like a foreign language to an outsider is often a creation of the performer.
The heart of all Cirque du Soleil shows is the performers and their unique acts. Casting agents and scouts scour cities and remote areas looking for new talent to add to new and existing Cirque shows.
Additionally, Cirque's casting agents hold auditions twice a year at their International Headquarter (IHQ) in Montreal, and performers can also submit video auditions. The Cirque du Soleil database currently holds more than 20,000 artist data cards on acts ranging from the sublime to the strange. Parisien recounts one man's video audition: "[It was] something very special…he puts his nose on the glass and he moves the glass so the nose is doing the choreography…it's very strange…the first time I saw that, I laughed."
All Cirque du Soleil performers must complete training or a "formation session" before they can perform with a show. Each performer is sent to Montreal where they will train for one to four months at the International Headquarters. More than 50 percent of Cirque's acts come from the gymnastic arts; the rest come from a mix of circus arts and theatre backgrounds. For those performers without theater or circus arts backgrounds, the formation session is critical. During this training period, performers learn the skills needed to effectively interact with audiences of 3,000 people.
The art of contortion began hundreds of years ago in Mongolia when young women would perform Buddhist Tsam dances to ward off evil spirits. Since 1941, the Mongolian State Circus has fostered the art of contortion and generations of contortionists. Cirque du Soleil stations one trainer in Mongolia whose sole responsibility is to scout for and train contortionist talent for Cirque du Soleil's shows.
The Cirque du Soleil set design department creates the stage and equipment for each show. The two major considerations are aesthetics and safety. With Alegria, the sets were designed to convey the show's themes of power and contrast. The set of Alegria is reminiscent of a church dome, a symbol of power with two staircases on either side to illustrate contrast or "two sides."
For another Cirque show, Varekai, the set designer used Discreet's 3D Max animation software and industrial engineering software to design a magical golden forest. The set design team made the golden trees in the Varekai set from proprietary materials developed by Cirque that are flexible yet strong enough to support the weight of the acrobats.
Innovation in aesthetics and safety design is an essential ingredient in the recipe for Cirque's success. Cirque has invented many pieces of equipment specifically for their shows, including the fast track, a specialized trampoline, and the double Russian swing. Cirque du Soleil will hire other companies to help in the creation of some aspects of the set and stage, but anything that is actually used by the acrobats is designed at a research and development facility at the IHQ. The in-house designers have total control over the safety and design of the devices they build.
Costuming and makeup design is an important element in all Cirque shows. The costume designer's goal is to design a costume that creates a character and allows the cast member to perform unconstrained, all while blending aesthetic elements and safety concerns.
Dominique Lemieux has been the costume designer for many Cirque du Soleil shows, including Alegria. Lemieux works with the over 300 artisans and 80 designers at Cirque du Soleil's IHQ to design, produce and maintain all the costumes for Alegria and Cirque du Soleil's other shows. In Alegria, Lemieux used costumes to illustrate the contrast and power struggle between "youth" and "the old guard." For example, the costumes worn by the White Angels and the Old Bird characters illustrate the contrast between young and old.
Here's how Cirque du Soleil describes the White Angels and the Old Bird characters:
Lemieux and the Cirque costume design team spun a little Cirque magic to create simple white lace costumes for the Angels and garish, flamboyant costumes and masks for the Old Birds. Since the White Angels act takes place on the Russian bars, safety and range of motion were major considerations in the design of their light but solid costumes. Using a special Cirque-designed tool, the costume designers made the White Angel costumes from a special lace incorporating fishing line. The modified lace is strong enough to support 1,000 pounds of pressure.
The strong man outfit in Alegria is also highly innovative. It incorporates unobtrusive support mechanisms that allow the performer to safely lift the heavy weights required for the act. The costumes for Alegria's storytellers, the White and Black Singers, are dresses outfitted with hoops and a steel blade typically used for unblocking toilets.
The initial production of Alegria's costumes alone required:
- 10 rough drafts of each costume
- 1,094 yards of braid
- 1,586 yards of lace
- 2,515 yards of silk jersey
- 22 pounds of glitter
- 200 Santa Claus wigs, redone to create hair
Today, a touring Cirque show like Alegria traverses the world in a Cirque du Soleil "mobile town" designed to sit on a 180,000 square foot site. The town requires a permanent staff of 140, as well as a temporary staff of 150 in each new city, to set up, break down and operate its facilities. It includes the Grand Chapiteau (Big Top) and attached entrance tent, the stage, artistic tent, kitchen and dining areas, a school and the supplies needed to run it all. It takes 50 trucks carrying 1,000 tons of equipment each to move the town. It takes the crew eight days to set it up and three days to break it all down.
The Grand Chapiteau is a consistent fixture in all of Cirque's touring shows. This is the location of the main stage and performance areas. The Grand Chapiteau seats 2,500 people and requires the work of 70 people including "tent masters," trained specifically by Cirque for the monumental task of raising the big top. Public Relations Director Renee-Claude Menard recalls the first time Cirque put up the Grand Chapiteau: "no one knew how to do it…and it actually fell. The day of the press conference…there was a huge rainstorm and the water puddled in and it collapsed."
Cirque and its performers have many company-wide traditions as well as traditions unique to each show. One company-wide tradition is naming each Grand Chapiteau. According to Menard, this tradition has also been around since the beginning of Cirque: "Over the past 20 years… one of the traditions I find amazing is the naming of the big top. All big tops have a name… When we inaugurate a new Grand Chapiteau, we name it with a name unique to not only Cirque du Soleil but to the troupe. There is a small group in Cirque du Soleil that gets together to make sure this naming is always done and it's not necessarily something that we broadcast… It's done to show the evolution of the show… At first we had one and now we have many."
Another hub of activity for those traveling with a Cirque "mobile town" is the kitchen and dining area. Here, performers and staff dine on meals prepared by five chefs (with thirteen staff in total). These chefs serve 300 meals a day to Cirque's performers and staff. During Alegria's ten-year run, the cast and crew have eaten a lot of food:
- 1,622,400 strawberries
- 324,152 pounds of meat
- 374, 400 cookies
- 20,800 gallons of milk
- 2,800 pounds of seafood
The kitchen and dining areas are also places where performers and staff can congregate, socialize and check their e-mail.
Several Cirque traditions have begun in the dining area. On premiere night for example, the chefs will often prepare traditional dishes from the city they are visiting. Frequently, a cast member will step in and help to prepare food from their country. On "break down" or moving day, the chefs prepare spaghetti bolognese, made from the foodstuffs still left in storage. Menu planning must be exact because food cannot be wasted or brought on to the next stop on tour.
In the past, managing and coordinating the creative aspects, casts, sets, costumes, show facilities and touring arms of Cirque du Soleil was extremely difficult. Cirque's growing staff and show network added to this strain. For example, in 1984, Cirque had 73 employees and one Grand Chapiteau. Today, Cirque has nine shows with 2,700 employees representing 40 nationalities and speaking 25 different languages.
To aid the management of these various components, Cirque du Soleil built an International Headquarters and deployed "Cirque Memory" , an online database. The construction of the headquarters and the institution of Cirque Memory have contributed to the evolution of Cirque as a structured yet creative organization. The facilities at the international headquarters create a central place where the team trains performers, designs sets and makes costumes.
Developed as a way to organize and manage Cirque's shows, Cirque Memory tracks and organizes the artists and staff as well as their needs. Working with outside IT consultants and their own IT department, Cirque developed and implemented a global database that is accessible online in five different languages. Built using only Microsoft Windows 2000, Internet Information Server 5.0 and SQL Server 2000, Cirque Memory has six applications: Casting, Make-up, Costume Memory, Medi-Cirque, Kin-Cirque and Act Management.
This system allows Cirque to track the 20,000 performers in their casting directory. The database also includes photos and instructions on makeup application for each character as well as 5,000 costume designs and 4,000 alternation notes. Staff and Cirque doctors can track and monitor performers' health and rehabilitation through 24,000 Medi-Cirque files. If necessary, directors can use Cirque Memory to find replacements whose height and weight match those of the injured performer, thereby eliminating costly prop and costume redesign. This data management ensures that the quality of each show is consistent throughout the course of its run and helps to ensure that cast, costume and set replacements or changes can occur as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Cirque de Soleil has come a long way from a circus started by street performers in Montreal. For 20 years they have provided shows of such breathtaking beauty and awe-inspiring talent that Cirque is bound to continue to redefine live entertainment and sell out venues around the world.
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Cirque du Soleil is coming back to Portland with 'Kooza' later this year Published: Feb. 20, 2024, 11:09 a.m. This acrobat was sent into the air as part of the teeterboard act in Cirque du ...
Alegria, like all Cirque du Soleil shows, was conceived at Cirque's $60 million state-of-the-art international headquarters in Montreal. Here, a creative team including Cirque founder Guy Laliberte, directors, artistic directors, costume and set designers and choreographers gather to brainstorm concepts and ideas for new shows.
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Así llegaron al Cirque du Solei Varios latinos actualmente cumplen su sueño de trabajar en el espectáculo Echo, de Cirque du Soleil, también conocido como Circo del Sol. Estas son sus historias
Zarkana was a Cirque du Soleil stage production written and directed by François Girard.It began as a touring show in 2011 and was converted to a resident show in Las Vegas in late 2012. It premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on June 29, 2011, and later toured to the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow and the Madrid Arena in Madrid.. The show was marketed as a reinvention of the ...