Sunday, October 21, 2007
'Burgh du Soleil
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "Pittsburgh talents are behind at least a part of that lavish excitement. At least one former area resident -- and sometimes more -- can be found working on each of the Cirque du Soleil shows in Las Vegas."
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I feel like no matter where I go, someone I meet is from Pittsburgh or surrounding areas. This summer I met tons of people from Pittsburgh, or who knew people in Pittsburgh, and even one LD that was going to work with P Lynch on a show. He also met several of our current students. It's always really interesting to see how close we are to the art, even if we're not New York, we're definitely a major hub.
I love reading about how people get to where they are in our business. They come from such diverse backgrounds to end up all in Cirque productions seems random. Its also nice to see Pittsburgh as an arts center.
network. i feel like thats all we can say about this school school and this city... there are always connections and for many they extend beyond just the place and connect to people as well.. it is always so funny to run into people at random in strange places and find that you share a bond over pittsburgh, pitt or cmu. cirque, in my opinion seems like a goal that is placed in our minds of a job that we should all attempt to attain at some-point just because it has a ton of technology incorporated, is very innovative and also has an amazing reputation.
It's really exciting to see all of those people from Pittsburgh working on Cirque shows. And then of course two of our LDs this year are working with them next semester. I still can't believe I haven't had the chance to see a show, but most definitely will when I'm in Vegas for LDI, hopefully next year. I was going to see the one they're putting on in New York, but was talked out of it by a friend who had worked in that space. It's just a show to make money, so I'm saving my money for a different Broadway show this winter and hopefully LDI and a Cirque show in Vegas next year. And then while thinking about what I wanna do and where I want to go in life, I forget Vegas as an option for some part of my life. While I ultimately want that show on Broadway, working in Vegas could be quite a bit of fun.
It's interesting to see the differences in opinion from person to person...all of the people they spoke to seems to absolutely love Las Vegas. My friend who was part of the Ka install as well as run crew for the first year or so decided he needed to leave because of the area...that and the massive amounts of overtime they often had to put in thanks to show issues.
I find it so interesting about not only the amount of people from pittsburgh working on the Cirque projects but the variety of different positions and backgrounds which each of these people hold under their belts and its so great to see the amount of people that are from one area...
Like wise with Chapel, I met a lot of people working in Orlando from Pittsburgh. Two were alums working with Blue Man group. I'm glad that people from this area are getting out there and working with these types of companies. Because we spend so much time in school, it is easy to feel like you might fall behind those with the ability to work a lot during the school year, as is the case for many in NYC.
Dear Cirque
I live in Pittsburgh now....hire me
Sincerely
Alana
It's cool how they found people involved in many different aspects of the productions. Props to the CMU alumna. The description of repainting a head gear piece to match varying performers skin was an interesting thought: something I had never considered part of a typical maintenance routine.
This article didn't seem too surprising. It just illustrates that are industry is only so large. I would assume that most of cirques american employees come from the top 25 cities or their surrounding areas.
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