Shows Cirque_du_Soleil

1 shows

1.1 le grand tour du cirque du soleil
1.2 la magie continue
1.3 le cirque réinventé
1.4 fascination
1.5 knie presents cirque du soleil
1.6 other shows
1.7 future ventures

shows

the duration of each touring show traditionally split 2 acts of hour each separated 30-minute interval; however, of 2014, due cost cutting issues, shows have been reduced shorter 55-minute first act followed 50-minute second act, still including 30-minute interval. permanent shows 90 minutes in length without intermission. excludes joyà (the permanent show in riviera maya, mexico), 70 minutes in length. typically touring shows resident shows perform standard 10 shows week. touring shows have 1 dark day (with no performances) while resident shows have two.

le grand tour du cirque du soleil

on stage @ 1993 finale of nouvelle expérience

originally intended one-year project, cirque du soleil scheduled perform in 11 towns in quebec on course of 13 weeks running concurrent third la fête foraine. first shows riddled difficulty, starting collapse of big top after increased weight of rainwater caused central mast snap. working borrowed tent, laliberté had contend difficulties european performers. unhappy quebec circus s inexperience had, @ 1 point, sent letter media complaining how being treated.

the problems transient, however, , time 1984 had come close, le grand tour du cirque du soleil success. having $60,000 left in bank, laliberté went canadian government secure funding second year. while canadian federal government enthusiastic, quebec provincial government resistant idea. not until quebec s premier, rené lévesque, intervened on behalf provincial government relented. original big top tent used during 1984 le grand tour du cirque du soleil tour can seen @ carnivàle lune bleue, 1930s-style carnival home cirque maroc acrobats.

la magie continue

after securing funding canadian government second year, laliberté took steps renovate cirque du soleil group of street performers proper circus . accomplish hired head of national circus school, guy caron, cirque du soleil s artistic director. influences laliberté , caron had in reshaping circus extensive. wanted strong emotional music played beginning end musicians. wanted emulate moscow circus method of having acts tell story. performers, rather technical crew, move equipment , props on , off stage did not disrupt momentum of storyline . importantly, vision create circus neither ring nor animals. rationale lack of both of these things draws audience more performance.

to design next major show, laliberté , caron hired franco dragone, instructor national circus school had been working in belgium. when joined troupe in 1985, brought him experience in commedia dell arte techniques, imparted performers. although experience limited in next show due budget restraints, go on direct every show to, not including dralion.

by 1986, company once again in serious financial trouble. during 1985 had taken show outside quebec lukewarm response. in toronto performed in front of 25% capacity crowd after not having enough money market show. gilles ste-croix, dressed in monkey suit, walked through downtown toronto desperate publicity stunt. later stop in niagara falls turned out equally problematic.

several factors prevented company going bankrupt year. desjardins group, cirque du soleil s financial institution @ time, covered $200,000 of bad checks. also, financier named daniel lamarre, worked 1 of largest public relations firms in quebec, represented company free, knowing didn t have money pay fee. quebec government came through again, granting laliberté enough money stay solvent year.

le cirque réinventé

in 1987, after laliberté re-privatized cirque du soleil, invited perform @ los angeles arts festival. although continued plagued financial difficulties, normand latourelle took gamble , went los angeles, despite having enough money make one-way trip. had show been failure, company not have had enough money performers , equipment montreal.

the festival turned out huge success, both critically , financially. show attracted attention of entertainment executives, including columbia pictures, met laliberté , gauthier under pretense of wanting make movie cirque du soleil. laliberté unhappy deal, claiming gave many rights columbia, attempting secure rights production. laliberté pulled out of deal before concluded, , experience stands out key reason why cirque du soleil remained independent , privately owned 28 years, until guy laliberte announced in april 2015 selling majority stake group headed u.s. private equity firm, , chinese partners.

in 1988, guy caron left company due artistic differences on money generated cirque du soleil s first financially successful tour. laliberté wanted use expand , start second show while caron wanted money saved, portion going national circus school. agreement never met , caron, along large number of artists loyal him, departed. stalled plans year start new touring show.

laliberté sought out gilles ste-croix replacement artistic director position. ste-croix, had been away company since 1985, agreed return. company went through more internal troubles, including failed attempt add normand latourelle third man partnership. triumvirate lasted 6 months before internal disagreements prompted gauthier , laliberté buy out latourelle. end of 1989, cirque du soleil once again in deficit.

fascination

with saltimbanco finished , touring in united states , canada, cirque du soleil toured japan in summer of 1992 @ behest of fuji television network. taking acts nouvelle expérience , cirque réinventé, created show tour, titled fascination. although fascination never seen outside japan, represented first time cirque du soleil had produced show took place in arena rather big top. first cirque du soleil performed outside of north america.

knie presents cirque du soleil

also in 1992, cirque du soleil made first collaboration switzerland s circus knie in production named knie presents cirque du soleil toured 9 months 20 march 29 november 1992 through 60 cities in switzerland, opening in rapperswil , closing in bellinzona. production merged circus knie s animal acts cirque du soleil s acrobatic acts. stage resembled of cirque du soleil s previous shows la magie continue , le cirque reinventé, modified accommodate circus knie s animals. show featured acts seen in le cirque reinventé, including:

the prologue
les pingouins (korean plank)
slack wire
tower on wheels
trick cycling

other shows

future ventures

hangzhou 2018: on 15 june 2015 @ shanghai international film festival, cirque du soleil announced plans develop permanent show in xintiandi commercial complex in hangzhou, china. theater seat 1400 spectators , cirque du soleil s chief executive daniel lamarre has said show have local flavor still cirque show . scheduled have soft opening in november 2018 development of theatre on site of old warehouse of old rail yard area underway.
cirque du soleil theme park: on 12 november 2014, cirque du soleil, grupo vidanta, , goddard group announced plans theme park in nuevo vallarta, mexico. plans call @ least 2 lands, village of sun , village of moon, outdoor evening show accommodating many 3,000 5,000 spectators, , may include water park , nature park elements. opening has been delayed 2018 until current estimate of mid 2019 opening.
dubai 2018: on 10 november 2015, cirque du soleil posted job opening on website new production nicknamed dubai 2018 . production had been scheduled premiere in dubai in 2011, due financial instability hit cirque du soleil around time (including middle eastern investors nakheel , istithmar world pulling out of partnership), had postponed show. 2011 show meant directed guy caron (director of dralion , kà) , michael curry (who specialises in puppetry/props), , housed in custom-built theatre seat 1,800 people on palm jumeirah (one of 3 man-made, palm-shaped islands in dubai). unclear whether these plans remain in place 2018 show.
new jersey 2018: part of new, american dream supermall in new jersey, cirque create resident show , perform 10 shows per week in custom-built, 1500 seat theatre. on top of this, every 2 hours, fountain in complex open reveal 2 cirque artists perform 7-minute routine.
cirque 2019: via jobs website, cirque confirmed production of new big top show, nicknamed cirque 2019.




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