Mike Weatherford, columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal took a moment to sit down with Gilles Ste-Croix – Cirque du Soleil’s Vice President of Creation – regarding the delays around BELIEVE, the collaborative effort between Criss Angel and Cirque du Soleil. It’s a great read. From the article:
- Harry Reid claims John McCain is hotheaded. Names for the opposite of that aren’t as colorful. Is anyone called a “cool head”? But Gilles Ste-Croix could be submitted as the dictionary definition of one. He’s a co-founder of Cirque du Soleil, a ’60s hippie who gives off what hippies called “good vibes,” always congenial and smiling. And that makes the former stilt-walker perfect for a very specific job. Whenever — and wherever — Cirque has a new show about to open, Ste-Croix is the guy who comes in to help the creators get to the finish line. “The last stretch, that’s when you see the real runner in a marathon,” he says.
But what of Angel?
- Earlier postponements, combined with Angel’s bad-boy image, give Ste-Croix lots of rumor-control work for this one. The truth, he says, is “We are in much better shape than ‘Ka,’ much better shape than ‘Zumanity’ also.” […] Angel, he says, may have “previously made his reputation about him being spoiled brat. … But in our case working with him, he’s such a gentleman, such a smooth guy. He’s always positive.” […] Ste-Croix doesn’t totally refute talk, based on early run-throughs, that “Believe” was dull and/or the illusions didn’t carry all the way through to the back rows.
Read the full article here.
{ SOURCE: Las Vegas Review-Journal }
