CIRQUE DU SOLEIL STORIES
or, Interviews and Insight
The Cirque Phenomenon
~ Cirque du Success ~
~ Zen and the Art of the Emotional High-Wire ~
~ Why re-invent the wheel? ~
Behind the Scenes
~ Meet choreographer Debra Brown ~
~ The challenges of creating a water-based show named O ~
~ The story behind the Mystère theater ~
~ Director Franco Dragone's bio ~
~ An interview with Luc Lafortune, lighting designer ~
~ Franco Dragone and René Bazinet on Alegría the Film ~
~ The Eastern elements of Dralion ~
~ Yves Fournier and the perfectionist costume shop ~
~ The sound system and wacky rigging under Quidam's tent ~
~ Putting up the tent for Dralion ~
~ 3 very different employee perspectives ~
Onstage
~ Auditions in Las Vegas ~
~ Meet Karl Baumann, dancer ~
~ A day in the life of a young acrobat ~
link ~ How John Gilkey got to be John Gilkey ~ link
link ~ Audio interviews with the artists of Quidam ~ link
link ~ Frank Irving as Dralion's male vocalist ~ link
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