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Friday, February 10, 2023
Cique du Soleil plans 3 show anniversaries
Las Vegas Review-Journal: In its infancy, Guy Laliberté’s vision for his little circus troupe seemed to defy time. But even he could not have anticipated three of his spectacles celebrating major milestones some 30 years after opening on the Strip.
3 comments:
Carolyn Burback
said...
I’m glad Cirque du Soleil is still going strong in the wake of spectacle performances such as circuses being ruled out slowly. I appreciate ruling out animal use in shows because they are abused but crowds love live shows that shock, and it’s great Cique du Soleil found a way to do so with humans who can consent and be paid to do extreme acrobatic and dancer. I remeber going to a Cirque du Soleil show once and it pretty much blew my mind. I identify it as a form of theatre and always thought it would be cool to work for them but I hear it is very hard to work for them by applying only. As in it usually requires backdoor entrance via conections and networking but hopefully if its so hard to get a job for it that means it has a long shelf life for now with so many people interested in being involved on all fronts.
I like to consider myself a penny pincher and I liked the tips in the article not even for on the road work but just in general. I’d like to imagine there are gigs which cover a lot food and sleep expenses and I don’t think I’d take on a gig that didn’t unless the pay of the gig took that into consideration. I never considered that since a lot of tours go through big tourist cities and areas that the technician and crew would have to pay the consequences of paying big tourists prices for food and sleep. Obviously that’s what the article tries to combat, and I especially liked the tip differentiating hotel laundry services from utilizing the hotel’s laundry machines and the massive difference in price. Also the tip about shopping at grocery stores rather than eating out is a nice tip but I think it depends on a lot of factors such as how close you are to a grocery store, how much time and energy you have everyday to cook for youserl, etc.
3 comments:
I’m glad Cirque du Soleil is still going strong in the wake of spectacle performances such as circuses being ruled out slowly. I appreciate ruling out animal use in shows because they are abused but crowds love live shows that shock, and it’s great Cique du Soleil found a way to do so with humans who can consent and be paid to do extreme acrobatic and dancer. I remeber going to a Cirque du Soleil show once and it pretty much blew my mind. I identify it as a form of theatre and always thought it would be cool to work for them but I hear it is very hard to work for them by applying only. As in it usually requires backdoor entrance via conections and networking but hopefully if its so hard to get a job for it that means it has a long shelf life for now with so many people interested in being involved on all fronts.
I like to consider myself a penny pincher and I liked the tips in the article not even for on the road work but just in general. I’d like to imagine there are gigs which cover a lot food and sleep expenses and I don’t think I’d take on a gig that didn’t unless the pay of the gig took that into consideration. I never considered that since a lot of tours go through big tourist cities and areas that the technician and crew would have to pay the consequences of paying big tourists prices for food and sleep. Obviously that’s what the article tries to combat, and I especially liked the tip differentiating hotel laundry services from utilizing the hotel’s laundry machines and the massive difference in price. Also the tip about shopping at grocery stores rather than eating out is a nice tip but I think it depends on a lot of factors such as how close you are to a grocery store, how much time and energy you have everyday to cook for youserl, etc.
Ignore this I posted this one to the wrong article!
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