Learn what goes into creating a one-night-only live performance as Cirque du Soleil Creative Director Jean Guibert talks about the creative planning process for the Pan Am Games Opening Ceremony on July 10.
Transcript:
Cirque has done ceremonies in the past, but never the whole thing. It’s actually the very first time Cirque has had the chance to work on a complete show for a big sporting event like that. (JEAN GUIBERT: Creative Director, Pan Am Games Opening Ceremony)
We’re more used to doing shows with like 40, 50, 60 performers. In that case, we’re talking about hundreds and hundreds of performers, in a big stadium. So, it’s very different, but at the same time, that’s the same artistry that we’re trying to convey, with just a different scale.
Basically, we started our creative journey one year ago, and my job very early on has been to build a team of very talented professionals… lighting designers, composers, costume designers, makeup designers, sound designers… all these talents need to embrace the authentic vision that we like to call internally “Cirque du Soleil avant-garde”. So, it the pure, perfect balance of experienced people, but also trying to bring to the table very new artist, very fresh talent starting with a white page, and building a dream as big as possible and then working hard to make this dream come true.
Everybody as Cirque du Soleil here is extremely excited by this unique opportunity. And we’re very, very proud to be creating this show in our country, in Toronto, for the Canadians, but also for the rest of the world. It’s a big adventure for us and we’re very thrilled and excited to be working on it.
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