Cirque Du Solei Sound

Hey does anyone what the sound rigs are like for cirque du solei shows?

i know one permanant show has two speakers per seat it's on in Las Vegas

and also does anyone know one the sound tech's because i think it would be a unique job to do and a great one

 

When I saw them at the Pepsi Arena (Albany NY) they had smaller sized line arrays every 20-30ft around the edge of the stadium. It had to be somehting like 25-30 arrays.

 

Just about everything you need to know about the technical side of Ka. http://www.totalproductionus.com/SiteFiles/dec_ka.htm They also have some cool interviews with the crew on Cirque Du Soleil's website (including the SM).

 

Delerium was being mixed on a PM5D-RH when I went to see it. That could change with the engineer, though...

I have read all of the articles on the KA website, and they're really good. They've got some in-depth looks in to what goes in to making one of those shows.

 

http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/CirqueDuSoleil/en/KA/main.htm?bandWidth=Hi

It's under the Extras link. There'll be a menu on the right that lets you navigate what interviews to read.

 

hehehe i get fact sheet on the productions everytime they are about to release a new show because im signed up press on their website, i can tell you they currently have two new shows in production the working titles are cirque 2006 and 2007 so there not doing too badly i think their shows are great and very unque

 

Yeah, I can't wait for Cirque 2007. I'm hoping to go see their winter residency show at MSG next November or December. I've watched all of their videos and done dozens of searches - yeah, I'm basically a Cirque du Soleil geek. I've been to Delerium, and have contemplated going overseas to see Alegria, which is my favorite so far, just by looking at the stuff. I love their stuff. I also really want to get the Midnight Sun DVD...acquisition time!

And oh boy do the forums need a spell checker. (Firefox has one built in, folks!)

 

Eric's over here at Ka. Great guy.

Ka's sound system is pretty impressive - if that article doesn't answer your questions, let me know... I'll try to find the info you need.

 

I know some of these articles don't relate entirely to sound, but there is a TON of information on the articles here:

http://www.zircondesigns.com/

Especially the KA and LOVE articles.

Happy reading, they are loooong!

 

ok i went to see varekai (im melbourne tonight)

from a audience memember's pov i couldn't find out much sound stuff
little bit on lighting

four followspot op's (unknown followspot, check my lighting post)
most of the lights were generics, source 4's with DMX colour changers attached
some movers (less than 10)
really cool media project thing that lights up cloth and forest
yeah
anyone else know much about them

thanks for current replies btw

 

Whenever i get asked where i want to be in a few years (like 10) i say i want to be working sound for a cirque show but as i have grown up that idea has become more of a dream

 

I went to USITT back in '05, and the lighting keynote was from Luc Lafortune. He made some really good points in terms of lighting design (yeah, we're in the Sound forum, I know). The biggest thing I took from it, very revolutionary if you've always had textbook lighting design hammered in your head, is that every light must have a purpose, a reason for being. If it's just there because the equations tell you to put one there, it doesn't need to be there. I take the same principle to cueing (and I think he may have even said this about cueing), if there are too many lights on in a cue (lights that are in it just because), it's time to rewrite that cue from scratch. Cool stuff.

I don't expect to be a noise or lighting guy for Cirque any time in the foreseeable future, but I would like to become that good over time.

 

Hello Technical Cirque Supporters, i bring you more news from the land of cirque

A youtube video (rather useless really) that shows the sm's position

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhEhwgNn1DA[/media]

 

Completing UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television MFA program, where Jonathan Deans is a visiting professor, would make you an excellent candidate for a position with Cirque.

 

Impersonating a member of the press?