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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