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Issue #112: MAY 2013 – Released!
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Interviews
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Mark Ward – Performer
“A Career Backwards”
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Benoit Jutras – Composer
“Making Time Stop”
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Erich Van Tourneau – Musical Director
“Takin’ Care of Business”
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Bob & Bill – Album Producers
“Believing & Dreaming”
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Jerry Nadal – SVP Resident Shows
“Keeping the Value”
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Daniel Lamarre – President & COO
“Joining the Circus”
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Ferguson & Allaire – Album Producers
“Making Unexpected Magic Timeless”
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Featured Stories Archive
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It’s a Tough Job…
The blurb on the plastic bag (that keeps prying hands from thumbing through the pages) proudly proclaims, "Stars of the hottest show in Vegas bare all!" The August, 2005 Playboy Magazine hit the stands recently, with a pictorial featuring some of the female (and male) stars of Zumanity within. While I myself am no expert on the subject of men's magazines, the duty fell to me. And with all the arguments of whether Playboy objectifies women acknowledged, we shall plunge ahead. -
Cirque vs. Mark Brown
It's unfortunate that we must cover yet another lawsuit against Cirque du Soleil. Yet this lawsuit was quite different from those we've reported on in the past. It wasn't about trademark rights to the word "Cirque" or even about Discrimination, as in the 2003 case involving Matthew Cusick. This time Cirque du Soleil was dealing with a more fundamental problem: an injury - a catastrophic injury that had mostly incapacitated its victim. Who was he? What happened? Who was to blame? "Fascination!" reserves the right to hold its judgment; instead, we will present the facts of the case as detailed and let you decide who is at fau -
Corteo, CirqueCon, and Me
“Corteo, CirqueCon, and Me” (Guest Submission) By: Rich Alford – Seattle, Washington (USA) * * * I recall being in Orlando, Florida during July of 2004 and getting notification from Cirque du Soleil that a new traveling show will be premiering in Montreal, QC in April of 2005 and I was getting the chance to [...] -
Who Has What it Takes? (4/4)
Last month we concluded our coverage of Cirque dancer auditions that took place in Seattle. After the day was over we had the opportunity to speak with two of the artists who were selected as active candidates to go into the Cirque du Soleil database. They kindly spent a few minutes to talk with my wife LouAnna and I. -
Dedicated to the Angels: A Review of Corteo
Corteo, Cirque du Soleil's latest touring show, opened in Montreal on April 21, 2005 and I, along with dozens of other Cirque fans, had the pleasure of seeing Corteo during its opening weekend. Directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca of Cirque Eloize fame, Corteo is a very different style of show for Cirque du Soleil and while reaction will undoubtedly be mixed, Corteo may be just what the company needs as a refreshing change to the style of their touring shows. -
Who Has What it Takes? (Part 3 of 4)
The selection process, Richard comments, is like carving a statue. The Audition Team are the miners of the rock, while the Director of Creation and Artistic Directors are the carvers, taking the raw stone and creating a thing of beauty. -
New Kid on the Block — KÀ (Part 3 of 3)
With KÀ, it is evident that Cirque du Soleil set forth its loftiest set of goals ever and the production meets these goals with varying degrees of success. While I thoroughly enjoyed the show I also think that it still needs some work to be a truly great production. -
New Kid on the Block – KÀ (Part 2 of 3)
The characters of KÀ inhabit a world of many tribes and factions. These tribes are largely segregated from each other and some tribes are in conflict with others. The story of KÀ brings together the different peoples of this world to meet their collective destiny. -
EXCLUSIVE! Preview of the Delirium CD
Cirque fans have been waiting months for the other dancin' shoe to drop. We've heard of a 2-CD/DVD set originally scheduled for last fall called "20 Years Under The Sun." And we've heard it would contain the previously released chill remix-oriented "Tapis Rouge: Solarium" CD (originally a VIP tent gift, then re-released in the US with a new cover on November 23, 2004), as well as "Delirium," a disk of dance remixes of Cirque du Soleil music. We were also wondering what the mentioned DVD content might be. When it didn't make its original Fall 2004 release date, we wondered if the "Delirium" part of the deal might have fallen through. And when "Le Best Of" made its appearance in October, we were concerned the project was abandoned. -
Living it Up: A La Nouba DVD Review (Part 2 of 2)
When I sat down to review the La Nouba DVD, I did so with a bit of apprehension. Of all the Cirque du Soleil shows I've seen live (and I've seen them all except KÀ), La Nouba is the one I've seen the most. At last count I've seen La Nouba live 10 times; it was also my first live Cirque du Soleil experience. I fondly remember my first viewing in the spring of 1999. Thus La Nouba is the show I am most familiar with -- its acts, its theme and its music -- thanks to the looming presence of its permanent Grand Chapiteau. So when it came time to watch the DVD of the production and review it for our faithful readers I wasn't very excited. I didn't know then how wrong I would be. -
Who Has What it Takes? (Part 2 of 4)
In Part 1 of our series (last month) we discussed the background of the audition process, talking with Richard Dagenais - Head of Auditions and Logistics, Casting (our host), and Anne-Marie Duchène - Artistic Scout. Here we resume our exclusive look at a Cirque du Soleil audition as the second, crucial day for the dancer candidates truly begins. -
Early Reviews of ‘The Bar at the End of the Earth’
When Cirque du Soleil first announced its collaboration with Celebrity cruises, Cirque fans weren't surprised. CEO Guy Laliberte had often talked about expanding the Cirque "ethos" and style to other forms of entertainment. Cirque hotels and restaurants were early ideas, and the corporate-oriented "Tapis Rouge VIP Experience" tent has become a profitable mainstay of the touring shows. So it was really no stretch when Cirque announced that it would install "themed experiences" in two of Celebrity's Millennium-class cruise ships, Constellation and Summit. -
Who Has What It Takes? (Part 1 of 4)
The Audition. Job interview of the entertainment arts. Where years of training, sweating and pain come together in a burst of creative energy. And all too often for an artist their hopes are dashed immediately, in front of a large group of people including the "winners." Yet they subject themselves to the process again and again, sometimes with success, more often with failure. -
Living it Up: A La Nouba DVD Review (Part 1 of 2)
When I sat down to review the La Nouba DVD, I did so with a bit of apprehension. Of all the Cirque du Soleil shows I've seen live (and I've seen them all except KA), La Nouba is the one I've seen the most. At last count I've seen La Nouba live 10 times; a modest number by some standards, but enormous by others. It all can be attributed to practically living next door to the Cirque du Soleil Theater at the Downtown Disney West Side complex in Orlando, Florida. In contrast, I dare not think how many times I'd have seen Mystère, O, or Zumanity by now if I were living in Las Vegas, though that thought has crossed my mind. -
New Kid on the Block: KÀ (Part 1 of 3)
After staging preview performances since November 26, 2004, Cirque du Soleil officially premiered its fourth resident show in a casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip on February 3, 2005. Joining the ranks of Mystère at T.I., "O" at Bellagio and Zumanity at the New York, New York, Cirque du Soleil's newest creation, entitled KÀ, is housed at the MGM Grand. KÀ is Cirque du Soleil's biggest and most ambitious production to date, both in terms of physical size and budget.