Wednesday, July 20, 2016
‘Love’ Requires Eclectic Performers, Demanding Schedules
Variety: Cirque du Soleil’s “Love,” now celebrating its 10th anniversary at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, is an imaginative depiction of the fantasy behind the music of the Beatles. And the faces of those fantasies are those of the 68 performance artists who appear twice nightly in the show, five days a week, 476 shows a year.
“The artists are the key,” says show director Dominic Champagne. “They are the link between the Beatles and the people in the seats.”
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The thing that I found most interesting about this article is the about of prep time that the performers have to go through even before they perform on set. The acrobatics in this show are so intense that they require so much training and I never thought about it, but it makes so much sense. It’s also interesting that the performers get trained in the technical elements of the show as well as the performance bases elements. I think it is important that the performer is able to set up their own equipment. The interworking of a huge company like Cirque’s is so amazing. One thing that most audience members don’t think about is there shear number of performances that a performer has to do in a week. And it is interesting that the artistic and management team make schedules for the performers in order to keep them in shape as well as give them a rest so they don’t get injured. That’s so important because those performances are so demanding on the body.
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