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Issue #79: August 2010 – Released!
10 August 2010 5:00 PM | No Comments
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Featured Stories Archive
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Cirquey-oke: Discovering Cirque’s Musical Audition Kits
Cirque Du Soleil Passionates love most all aspects of Cirque shows. They especially tend to pay particular attention to show music. In many cases it is the timeless beauty of the melody and the virtuosity of the musicians and singers that first pulls a viewer into Cirque's magical world and makes them fans for life. But how does Cirque find those musicians? Not surprisingly for a company of Cirque's stature the musicians find Cirque and apply for jobs directly with the company by sending audition kits. -
Some Thoughts on the Evolution of Cirque
We Cirque fans are a finicky bunch, aren’t we? We want everything just so. We follow their every move. We complain when they stray. What makes us so disgruntled? When TOTEM was announced (and then the Michael Jackson collaboration) I joined in on the discussion briefly at Cirque Tribune, posting a few comments about the two concepts and about Cirque [...] -
Daniel Lamarre: Joining the Circus
When it became clear we would be able to add Montreal to our CirqueCon 2010 weekend in New York, our journalistic minds went into high gear. Who in the Cirque organization, we wondered, might be interested in talking with us for Fascination? -
TOTEM, the Odyssey of the Human Species
TOTEM = WOW + WTF all rolled into one neat package. Using a number of materials currently available - press releases on staging, costuming, projection, and acts and characters - coupled with the show's program book and my own comments and opinions, I endeavor now to take you through what is the Odyssey of the Human Species: TOTEM. -
Sounds Different, Yet the Same: An OVO CD Review
The 2009 Cirque du Soleil tent production Ovo has been a flashpoint for many fans. They debate the concept, plot and costuming, but particularly the music. Composed by Berna Ceppas, the score has taken Cirque away from its world-music oriented, more traditional European form of composition and rooted it securely (some have suggested monotonously) in the music of Brazil. With the CD now available (Cirque du Soleil Musique CDSMCD-10033, 2010), co-produced by Ceppas and Cirque's Musical Director Alain Vinet, the debate has arisen again.