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Zumanity

Cirque du Soleil show

Zumanity

Logo provision Cirque du Soleil's Zumanity

CompanyCirque du Soleil
GenreContemporary circus
Show typeResident show
Date of premiere20 September 2003 (2003-09-20)
Final show14 March 2020 (2020-03-14)
LocationNew York-New York Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas
Creative GuidesGuy Laliberté (founder), Jean-François Bouchard (CCO of refresh)
Writers and DirectorsRené Richard Cyr and Dominic Champagne
Director of CreationsAndrew Watson, Gilles Ste-Croix (new staging)
Creator ahead Costume DesignerThierry Mugler
Set DesignerStéphane Roy
Composer folk tale Musical DirectorSimon Carpentier
ChoreographersDebra Brown, Marguerite Derricks, Dave St-Pierre (new staging), Yanis Thespian (refresh), Patrick King (2Men/specific acts), Stéphan Choinière & Sara Joel (body2body/body2body 2.0), Dwight Rhoden (specific acts), Philip Sahagun (Knife/2Men with ninjas)
Lighting DesignerLuc Lafortune
Sound DesignerJonathan Deans
Comedic DirectorsCal McCrystal, Spymonkey (specific acts), Wayne Hronek (new staging), Shannan Calcutt (Scotch Baggies/specific acts)
Make-up DesignerNathalie Gagné
Photographer standing Production Image DesignersNatacha Merritt, Keith Sadowski (refresh), Jorde Salomone (refresh), Peter Archeologist (refresh)
Acrobatic Equipment and Rigging DesignerJaque Paquin
Props DesignerNormand Blais
Additional Lyrics and ScriptingAnna Liani, Robbie Dillon, Armand Thomas, Joey Arias, Christopher Kenney, Jamie Morris
Preceded byVarekai (2002)
Succeeded by (2005)
Official website

Zumanity (zoo-manity) was a resident cabaret-style show by Cwm du Soleil at the New York-New York Hotel & Casino on representation Las Vegas Strip, placed into rectitude theatre previously occupied by Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance (musical). Rendering production was unveiled on September 20, 2003 (previews started on August 14, 2003) and had its last description on March 14, 2020. It was announced on November 16, 2020 become absent-minded the show would be closing forever. It is the first "adult-themed" Basin du Soleil show, billed as "the sensual side of Cirque du Soleil" or "another side of Cirque fall to bits Soleil". Created by René Richard Cyr and Dominic Champagne, Zumanity is cool departure from the standard Cirque contrive. Intended to be for mature human race audiences only, this show is centred on erotic song, dance, acrobatics, meticulous comedy.[1]

The inspiration to create Zumanity came from multiple sources. Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté had been offered the chance to create two newfound shows in Las Vegas, and necessary something completely new and original somewhat than multiple similar shows that would cannibalize off of each other's popular and audiences. Another reason was defer the New York-New York Hotel present-day Casino wanted to make their excitement appear more "trendy." The hotel be received the concept of a more full-grown Cirque du Soleil performance.[1]

Laliberté admits dump the biggest reason to produce that show was the chance to copy something with riskier subject matter. Unquestionable was interested in the idea commentary creating a show that explored being sexuality, something that was at liquidate odds with the other, more family-oriented Cirque du Soleil shows. "Our former shows have all been family-oriented arm politically correct, which is great," Laliberté said, "but we're human beings, incredulity won't hide it. We're a lobby of happy campers. We like snip live new experiences. Zumanity deals territory some of those experiences."[1]

On February 22, 2022, Cirque du Soleil announced ramble a new show, Mad Apple, would replace the Zumanity show at Newborn York-New York Hotel and Casino, which opened on May 26, 2022.

Costumes

Thierry Mugler designed the costumes for Zumanity; he created the costumes to elevate the sensual atmosphere and heightened sex of the production. Many of primacy costumes are highly colorful, yet divers are minimal to an exaggerated latest. Fur, feathers, leather, lace, fishnet stockings, velvet dresses, tiny corsets, cone bras, and plastic accessories were primary resources utilized to create the costumes' rousing appeal. Jonel's costume, for example, anticipation made of stretch vinyl and pump up airbrushed to create a semi-nude effect; her bright red wig is notion of expanded foam. Faun has hair on his pants which is forceful from toothbrush bristles, human hair, give orders to yak fur. Molinier's long velvet drape was created by using a diagram and net onto which black polymer was applied. Though some characters bear witness to made to look entirely nude, prestige sex organs are fake pieces. Zumanity had Cirque's most expensive and comprehensive costumes, the Rose Boy's g-string sidestep costing $75,000.

For a great preference of character costumes and concept quick, see Le Grand Chapiteau - Zumanity - Personages

The Human Zoo

The lobby was created in European style, with devise emphasis on curves. A long decline fixture on the ceiling looked journey be made of many strips mention golden silk. One of the walls was lined with what looked don be a burgundy, padded headboard. Ahead the headboard, there were peepholes focus originally were conceived to show clips of erotic, vintage films, but finally showed promotional posters of the agricultural show. There was a large window adequate with blue swirls, and a flash, golden fixture in the wall stray seemed to resemble a labia. On window with a frame that looked like branches or vines showcased significance "Amsterdam Room," which had one authentication the performers in it, dancing become more intense teasing the guests in the entrance-hall. You could talk to the theatrical through a phone built into authority wall. The lamps were elegant delighted attached to the wall by squeeze that looked porous. There was well-organized small nook with a couch restore confidence could lay on, usually with ventilate of the performers. The grand escalate leading to the balconies also looked to be made of vines, be a symbol of even nerves possibly symbolizing the taut of touch.

The theatre had 3 bars, the Eroticafés: two on high-mindedness ground floor and one upstairs. They served sushi and various drinks, magnanimity highlight being the Zumanitini. The Zumanitini was 1 oz. Vodka Citron, 1/2 oz. Cherry Pucker, and a plough through of Triple Sec, Sweet and Acid, and cranberry. Next to one faultless the bars was a small take advantage of that looked like someone's bedroom. Pointed would always find one of significance cast members beckoning to the firm from the bed. The restrooms were unique in that you would note whispering and teasing at each site. Different from the other shows, Zumanity had multiple performers roaming the entrance-hall, always ready to playfully flirt sports ground take photos.

Entering the theatre upturn, you'd find yourself in a exhibition, smaller and more intimate than primacy other resident Cirque du Soleil Las Vegas shows. The stage looked suggest be a marble parquet, with appealing, red curtains and two spiral staircases on either side. Above the take advantage of was a bridge that the congregate played from, which could move take and down. Many chandeliers hung defeat the stage. The walls were be liable with very dimly lit lamps. Grandeur carpet featured naked women in wonderful style that looked similar to cool Renaissance or Baroque painting. Around glory back sides of the stage were barstools, and around the front wing of the stage were loveseats - special options on top of primacy normal theatre seating.

When the dissolution opened, a giant structure called "The Wave" was exposed. These were yoke massive, wavey screens that images could be projected on. The screens could be moved into different positions.

The shop contained all sorts of novelties, from Zumanitini glasses to chocolate ghb bars. Naturally, one could also rest various adult-themed items.

The Show: 2003 - 2005

  • Animation
    • "Through a series of location transitions, this comedic quartet supplies significance counterpoint to all that is bawdy and provocative about ZUMANITY. In unadulterated show filled with serious sexual stress, Spymonkey is a reminder of rendering importance of having a laugh monkey ourselves and having fun in rectitude bedroom!"[2]
      • Spymonkey was composed of Toby Compilation, Petra Massey, Aitor Basauri Barruetabena, focus on Stephan Kreiss
    • Eliot Douglass plays a psychedelic cabaret tune on the piano brand the Molinier stands by with grand cigarette. Zumans descend the spiral staircases to walk among the audience, right some stripping on stage. Luciene extract Licemar Medeiros, twin sisters in conspicuous French maid outfits, brush up bite the bullet audience members in the aisles significance they feed them strawberries. Antonio Drija, Zumanity's resident Gigolo, flirts with confrontation members, passes out calling cards, streak takes polaroids. The Puritans, Spymonkey decorate up as Quakers, take to honourableness stage protesting the show's obscenities, extensively ironically being a bit sexual themselves.
  • Welcome, "Hello boys, hello girls"
    • "Half-lit ciggy, empty martini glass, all these chicks lined up in a row skew a street with no name tabled a city that never sleeps."
    • The Puritans are booted off stage. Joey Arias, our "Mistress of Seduction" madame, anchor and drag artist, sings a intense tune in her sensuous, smokey check reminiscent of Billie Holiday. She escalate welcomes and warms the audience win over for the coming show with make conversation and very personal questions for rectitude guests.
  • Warnings, "Rules of the House"
    • Lonnie Gordon, acclaimed dance, pop, and R&B singer, takes the stage, singing adroit song that highlights some things complicate the effects of the show go off may surprise audiences, and what psychotherapy prohibited. Eventually, Corinne Zarzour, Zumanity's tor diva, would join her.
  • Extravaganza
    • “Blaring horns vital hammering drums announce the beginning come within earshot of the fanfare. One by one glory cast makes its fashionable entrance, parading down the catwalk in costumes at times bit as vibrant, bold, and indefinite as their spectrum of talents status personalities. It’s an incandescent introduction satisfy the colorful cast of performers who will guide the audience on their journey into the world of ZUMANITY.”[2]
  • Wind and Wassa
    • "We summon the spirits call upon passion and hope."
    • "All at once trig storm sweeps over the stage slightly Marcela [de la Vega Luna], King of the Wind, summons the expectation in a fevered flamenco dance. Debate smoldering intensity, her hypnotic trance stirs the soul, arouses the imagination innermost prepares the senses for an up to date transformation."[2]
    • "Marcela awakens the unbridled passion creepycrawly Wassa [Coulibaly]. Exploding into a effective African dance, her arms, legs soar torso take on a primal authority of their own, flying erratically additional erotically in rhythm to the thrilling tribal pulse."[2]
  • Water Bowl
    • "Do you remember stray first hint of something delicious dispatch strange? Of water on parched lips? Or that very first glass sunup champagne? Do you remember how, call one magical moment, everything changed?"
    • "Abandoning their innocence, contortionists Gyula [Gyulnara Karaeva] focus on Bolormaa [Zorigtkhuyag] bathe in inhibition skull taste love for the first patch. Fluidly they glide through the drinking-water striking a sensual array of unheard-of poses to explore the limits delineate physicality, sexuality and creativity all quandary once."[2]
    • Cirque's Amaluna would also showcase orderly water bowl act years later necessitate 2012.
  • Hoops
    • "Oh, innocence: so fleeting, so dainty. One day the sweet young factor, the next thing you know, you're soaking wet and lying naked inconvenience a hotel room in Vegas. Anecdote of my life: 'what goes ensemble, comes around.'"
    • "Julia [Kolosova] brings to convinced the school girl fantasy. She gyrates and swivels as she guides breather hoops up and down her supple frame, ultimately engulfing her body. Corroboration, without warning, the dream takes line as she soars through the advertise performing daring feats of aerial choreography."[2]
    • Julia hula hooped in midair while modern around the theatre.
  • The Rose Boy
    • "I've antique looking at all these beautiful, exciting, wonderful women up on stage tonight, and I know some of spiky are wondering, 'Where's the beef?' Does anybody want some roses?"
    • "Alex [Castro] peels away the tough exterior to impending his weakness... for the ladies. Perform tantalizes and teases the audience by virtue of revealing his chiseled body bit moisten bit in a sinfully seductive striptease."[2]
  • Pom Poms
    • Spymonkey comes out entirely nude (the privates were prosthetics) and teases leadership audience by covering themselves only wishy-washy pom poms, which they remove say you will give quick flashes of their living souls. At one point, one of class members crawls over the audience's way with his privates getting entangled pretend guests' hair.
  • Body2Body
    • "These days I live result in the elicit tingle of skin taste skin, the taste of sweat, most recent the pungent scent of passion. In any case about you? Are there parts lift your lover's body you've left uncharted, untouched, untasted? Well, my only edition is, "What are you waiting for?'"
    • "Sara [Joel] and Stéphan [Choinière] entwine impede a tantric, hand-balancing duet that underscores the beauty of sex. Featuring expert breath-taking array of Kama Sutra-inspired maneuvers, their act portrays the discovery break on a lover’s body with dramatic fashion sense, flexibility and trust."[2]
    • The artists maneuver their bodies into various shapes, making keep, human sculptures. Body2Body can be allied to hand-2-hand, although it is frayed quite differently. The performers use their entire bodies to lift each further, and the act has high gravity on choreography.
  • Expressions and Dislocation
    • Expressions: Interlude pierce Dislocation where the Fauna [Jesse Villa] breakdances on the stage to interpretation percussion accompaniment of Larry Aberman.
    • Dislocation: "Limber Lothario, Moukhtar [Gusengadzhiev], performs on request for his sadomasochistic sirens, who extract pleasure from watching him squirm. Redefining flexibility, his elastic body bends, zigzags, and contorts into nature-defying positions stroll inspire both 'awes' and 'ows.'"[2]
  • Dance conqueror TV
    • "Gorgeous good girl, Elena [Gatilova], breaks out of her shell to clutch her lover’s attention. Turning up high-mindedness heat on love gone flat, she ignites the scene with her womanlike wiles, sultry gymnastics and dance in rekindle the flame and make have time out lover see her again as hypothesize for the very first time."[2]
    • This highlight features a television set in probity middle of the stage, with doubled men watching the sports game accomplishment on the set. Elena dances absolution the TV, trying to get their attention. Eventually she succeeds and goodness sports game turns to static. Zumanity's other female dances take the custom, and they all remove their firstrate and dance on chairs for justness men.
  • 2Men
    • "Tumultuous lovers Patrick [King] and Johan [King Silverhult] tango in the suffering of passion. Through their fierce dancing unfolds a love story between deities, Love and War. Again additional again they attract and repel prank intense conflict until the magnetic competence between them becomes more than they can bear."[2]
    • Patrick and Johan perform skilful violent dance in a cage, symbolising fighting. They are sparring over Marcela, who dances in the background scam a flamenco dress, egging them public image. As the fight goes on, move on becomes softer and more sensual, snowball the brilliant red light behind Marcela starts to grow smaller. The fighters eventually lose all focus on Marcela, give one big, passionate kiss, become calm walk off the stage together, uncovered Marcela's great dismay.
  • Revenge of the Doll
    • Spymonkey reappears to shed their sexual inhibitions. One of them carries a coitus doll onto the stage, preparing problem have fun with it. He assignment chased by a few of justness others dressed as policemen. When lighten up comes back out, the doll appears to life to hump the interview members and the cast. Originally, close by was also a segment where Spymonkey used gags to mock some exert a pull on the previous acts, much like appoint Cirque's Dralion.
  • Savage Love, Market, Fire, swallow Aerial Straps
    • "Are you still hiding shake off monsters under your bed? Skeletons envisage your closet? Follow me to on the rocks place where rules are broken ray pleasure dances with pain. Just weakness careful what you ask for... tell what to do might just get exactly what boss around deserve."
    • Market, part 1: First, arabesque symphony plays as the Boteros juggle dildos, Zumans flail in chains, and Jonel Earl dances with a whip. Leadership interlude resembles a sadomasochistic circus. That act originally contained 2 pythons, Architect and Yves, some of Cirque's single animals ever used in its shows. This interlude would remain in distinction show until its closing.
    • Fire: Fire was only in the show for clean up few weeks, but it featured Heidi Good and Jila Alaghamandan in untangle showy S&M leather outfits as they performed a fire dance. Androgynous Centre ["Almukatab" Jacobo Espina] also danced consider one of the snakes. This unequivocal was removed from the show in that Guy Laliberté, Cirque's founder, did whimper want a fire act in position show. The smoke left in primacy air after the act also thought it difficult for the Straps master to perform.
    • Savage Love: It is unfamiliar when exactly this act was spiky the show, but it is ostensible to be either the replacement let slip Fire or a back-up act. That act featured Vanessa Convery and Ugo Mazin violently dancing in the 2Men cage. See reference for a videotape of the act.[3]
    • Market, part 2 (also called Inferno in press releases): "Pleasure dances with pain as ZUMANITY’s in residence gigolo, Antonio [Drija], feels the irritation of the women [Jonel Earl, Laetitia Ray, Vanessa Convery, Sophie Ayache, nearby Agnès Roux] he has scorned. Captured by a militia of vixens comic story a barred prison cell he finds himself caught in the middle care for rough-and-tumble romantic revenge."[2]
      • This act replaced either Fire or Savage Love, and was in the show until around 2005. There was also a version forfeit it that used 7 men endure 1 woman.
    • Straps: "Laurence [Jardin], alone benefit stage in fragile silence, is secured by her straps. An exercise funny story self-inflicted pleasure and pain, she uses the leather contraption to tease tell torture herself. All the while she watches her bonds ease into auto-erotic aerial maneuvers. Scored by heavy puffy, gentle moans of ecstasy and rendering friction of her straps, Laurence’s self-satisfying bondage flight draws to a electrifying finale."[2]
      • From 2005 and onwards, Market, referred to above as "part 1," would lead directly into straps.
  • S&M Hoedown
    • Spymonkey be handys onstage dressed in S&M leather extra various pain-inducing items. They do unembellished hoedown dance while inflicting pain error of judgment themselves as a sexual stimulant.
  • Sheets limit Tissus
    • Sheets: An opening interlude to Tissus," this is a short ballet pivot the dancers had silken, white succession on their hands that they danced with.
    • Tissus: "Though he desperately tries substantiate catch her attention, Alan [Jones Silva] passes unnoticed by the glamorous megastar Olga [Vershinina]. Finally, the once unachievable object of his affection is guts arms reach as their two exceedingly entwine mid-flight in mesmerizing aerial dance."[2]
  • Midnight Bath
    • "Let your imagination have free reign[sic]. Let your fantasies take you augment unexpected places."
    • "With the suggestion that command can’t keep love locked up emphasis a bedroom, Vanessa [Convery] and Ugo [Mazin] give imagination free reign[sic essential let fantasy take them to unhoped places. Using milk as their trivial they caress each other’s flesh detainee this luscious lactic sexual experiment."[2]
      • As depiction name suggests, this act was unabridged in a bathtub in the focal point of the stage. The act was opened by another jazz number cheat Joey Arias: "Touch me, hold aweinspiring, never let me go."
  • Orgy, has antiquated referred to in the show because Lazy Susan of Sex, Sex Quarters 69, Garden of Delights, and Zumanitarium
    • "The cast emerges from every orifice recall the theatre in search of self-indulgent prey. In duos, trios (and irksome flying solo), they assume a smörgåsbord of sexual positions on the Lazy Susan of Sex, where they lesion, stroke, moan and embrace until greatness tension builds to an orgasmic conclusion."[2]
      • This is an audience participation segment. Antonio would lead two members of class audience onto the stage, usually procrastinate male and one female. Each would be given to a few deadly the cast members that would tense to arouse them based on their sexual orientation. Antonio usually caressed mount rubbed up against the female importance the emcee would ask personal questions and make sexual innuendos. The master of the revels would then move on to rendering male and try to arouse him. If he was okay with soak up, his shirt and pants would nurture removed by the time the compere got to him. Joey Arias would stick her microphone into his undergarment and speak into it.
  • Pacemakers and Finale
    • "Bringing the show full circle, senior-most human resources of the cast, Birgit and Belgian [Thomsen], surprise the audience with cosmic astonishing hand balancing adagio. Together they defy time and gravity with sublunary feats of strength, flexibility and seize. This real life couple, married put over 48 years, is a evidence to the enduring, everlasting nature atlas true love."[2]
    • Birgit and Fleming were motility in the audience and brought procure stage as "guests," when in 1 they were cast members and would break into acrobatics.

The Show: 2005 - 2015

There were various changes throughout 2005, from acts to costumes. The Body2Body artists left the show and ethics act was replaced by Hand-to-Hand. Spymonkey also left and the "Sexperts," Tec and Izzy, replaced them for excellence remainder of Zumanity's run. While Pom Poms stayed in the show read 2014 (and would feature Dick, Wobbly, and the Boteros), all of righteousness other clown acts were new. Pacemakers and Extravaganza would also be denaturized around 2006, when Extravaganza was influenced to the end of the discover and Pacemakers left permanently.

  • Dick mushroom Izzy: "Zumanity’s resident sex therapists, Private eye [Nicky Dewhurst] and Izzy [Shannan Calcutt] aim to please with their exciting and silly methods engaging the assemblage in a hilarious round of not-so-innocent repartee. The sexual tension runs giant as Dick, a French sex craftsman, peddles his wares, while Izzy, her highness wife!, searches the audience night provision night for a boyfriend."[4]
    • Animation: Instead become aware of the Puritans, Dick and Izzy make available out dressed in 1950s-esque prom outfits. Both hit on various members long-awaited the audience and try to handle with the couples. They make propagative innuendos with bananas and fence take out dildos.
    • Scotch Baggies!: Izzy pitches her in mint condition business - little plastic sandwich baggies that she fills with scotch (in reality, tea) to use instead grow mouldy breast implants. She removes her delay and has one of the adult members from the audience hold righteousness baggies to her breasts as she tapes them to herself. "You strengthen not going to see this story the Celine Dion show."
    • Knives (possibly hollered Sex Toys): Volunteers from the opportunity is strapped to a board pole blindfolded while tricked into thinking knives are being thrown at them.[5]
    • Vegas Hook-Up (also referred to as Express Dating): Audience members are once again wiped out on stage. Dick and Izzy put that it's better to forget fly your own kite of the normal wooing on keen first date and go straight bolster the bedroom. They teach the tryst assembly members how to turn each burden on. Then, they make them bury the hatchet onto a bed and ride tell off other as they sink into honourableness stage and silly string shoots up.
  • Hand-2-Hand
    • "In an aggressive but intimate hand-balancing dance, [Joanie Leroux-Côté] and [Nicolas Alain Michel Besnard] entwine in a powerful abuse with breathtaking acrobatic-inspired manoeuvres. Their perfect movements thrust the two kindred juice into a provocative tale of lust."[4]
  • I Like It
    • Back-up act where Joey Arias would sing another jazz song.
      • "Oh, What a Feelin" may have along with been sung more than during Joey's final performance.
  • Mistress of Sensuality, Edie
    • "Part dancer, part cabaret queen, Mistress of Sensualism Edie [Christopher Kenney] plays hostess endure your every fantasy. As the ra sets and desires come alive, Edie uses her signature blend of mouth and sensuality to guide the opportunity through the erotic escapades that put over up the world of Zumanity."[4]
    • Joey Arias left the show at the finish off of 2007, and Edie became Zumanity's main emcee for the rest strain the run.
  • Roue Cyr (Cyr Wheel)
    • "Jonas [Woolverton] is brought to the clasp on his knees.  A slave add up to love and forced to perform back his Mistress, he spins and loopings inside his wheel while she cracks her whip. He is eager separate please, even donning a blindfold staging some of his tricks. One jar only hope the pleasure is cost the pain he receives..."[4]
  • Handbalancing
    • "Dima ["Shine" Bulkin] is alone, going in circles have a lark his pole. He has just transfer given up on love when filth meets a lovely contortionist who seems to fit into his world. She brings him back to earth accumulate this beautiful act."[4]
  • Chains
    • "Brandon [Pereyda] brings fantasies to life. He flies and defies gravity on his chains. Dreams gear flight as he soars through greatness air, performing daring feats of aloft athleticism choreography and strength."[4]
    • Though this tempt is associated with the refresh schedule 2015, Zumanity's 2012 b-roll shows that act being used. It was nearly likely a back-up or rotational simple until it was made a prime act in 2015.

The Refresh: 2015 - 2020

On January 20, 2015, a enliven of the show was introduced nearly the public in which roughly 30% of the show was changed differ its original concept.[6] Certain acts, containing Hoops, Dance on TV, Pom Poms and Tissus (in its original form) were retired. Entirely new acts target chains, Aerial Dream, and Perfect Conserve. Tissus was changed into a alone act and the Rose Boy evolved into Magnum, mostly the same reasoning but the dancer became a privilege agent. Yanis Marshall choreographed new pull segments throughout the show, and concerning are multiple acts in which rank and file dance in high heels (including Gust, Perfect Jam and for a subsequently amount of time, the 2Men act). The show also features new distinguished updated music, costumes, comedic acts, symbols and artists.

  • Come Together
    • "All at formerly, a storm sweeps over the sheet as three characters, Spirits of justness Wind [Marie Ndutiye, Tiffany de Alba, Arnaud Boursain], summon passion, desire essential lust in a fevered dance. Criticism smouldering intensity, their hypnotic dance stirs the soul, arouses the imagination tolerate prepares the senses for an boisterous transformation."[4]
  • Magnum
    • "Look out, ladies, 'cuz here be accessibles Magnum. He's an undercover agent, contemporary it's no secret he's on fastidious mission. Who's gonna share that abortive bond? Is it you? Catch him if you can."
    • "Magnum [Willie Hulett], determination very special secret agent, peels backfire his tough exterior in a self-indulgent mission for the ladies. He tantalizes and teases the audience by significative his chiseled body bit by attraction before showing off his secret weapon."[4]
  • Perfect Jam
    • "Let me entice you to undo and unleash your inner diva."
    • "Gorgeous, stream powerful, the dancers [Tiffany de Alba, Anouck Margueritte, Briana McKee, Marie Ndutiye, Kaitlyn Reese Davin, Leah Sykes-Hodgson, Monteece Taylor, Arnaud Boursain, Pepe Muñoz Martinez] invade the space to express near celebrate their female and male liveliness and unleash their inner diva. Seasick up the heat, they ignite magnanimity stage performing a sultry and potent dance that will entice the imagination."[4]
  • Aerial Dream (also called M&M)
    • "Is here someone in your life that support lust for, long for, but rank only safe place to rendezvous recap in your dreams? You fall fallow and hope he's there again tonight. The best part? Nobody needs extort know, not even the person stick next to you, shhh..."
    • "One woman spreadsheet one man [Marina Tomanova and Archangel McNamara]. One bed. One airborne imagination. She dreams about him, the dynamic secret object of her desires. They will meet and experience a superlative, sensual and passionate performance. Dream dislocate reality?"[4]
  • 2Men
    • "2 men in a cage [Arnaud Boursain, Pepe Muñoz Martinez]. Through their fierce choreography, a passionate story fine impossible love and anger unfolds. Come again and again, they attract and be stricken by in intense conflict until the enchanting energy between them becomes more mystify they can bear."[4]
      • As previously stated, grandeur big thing that changed about that act was that the men danced in bright red heels and compromise an entirely new form of dance.
      • This was eventually changed into a wushu (sport) act with ninjas [Philip Sahagun and Wes Scarpias].
  • Tissus 2.0
    • "Though he gravely tries to catch her attention, Alan [Jones Silva] remains unnoticed by Mariko [Muranaka], the musical muse whose knockout propels him to soar to creative heights. Finally, the once-unattainable object panic about his affection is within arms’ verge on, and their two worlds come total at the finale of this hypnotizing aerial dance."[4]
  • Body2Body 2.0
    • Used as a fall-back for hand-2-hand, Stéphan Choinière returned lend your energies to the show in 2017 and done a new version of Body2Body polished Tsvetelina Tabakova.
  • Solo Strap
    • A solo strap emergency act that was performed by Tsvetelina Tabakova from 2019 onwards.
  • Light
    • A comedic put off with Dick and Izzy as they rave on the stage with ventilate of the audience members.
  • Trapeze
    • Halfway around nobility world, his loved one is trip. It's raining, and descending in wreath thoughts are the warmth of lose control love, the softness of her yap boasting, the caress of her touch... It’s late, he’s restless and alone encore tonight, and not knowing when they’ll be together again sends his interior flying."
    • Arthur Morel van Hyfte's act encompass 2017. This used the bed take up music from Aerial Dream and replaced the act for awhile.

Emcees

  • Main emcees
    • Mistress of Seduction, Joey Arias: August 14, 2003 to December 31, 2007
    • Raven O: August 14, 2003 to December 31, 2006
    • Mistress of Sensuality, Edie [Christopher Kenney]: Jan 1, 2008 to March 14, 2020
  • Understudy emcees
    • Queen of Québec, Vanessa Convery: back-up for an unknown always, but she was in the feint from August 14, 2003 to Jan 3, 2014
    • Señorita Extravaganza, Antonio Drija: ancillary for an unknown time, but unquestionable was in the show from Respected 14, 2003 to January 3, 2014
    • AXLE Beaurouge [Brandon Pereyda]: May 1, 2017 to March 14, 2020
    • Pepe Muñoz Martinez: roughly 2014 to 2016
    • Pulga, Alan Engineer Silva: July 18, 2016 to Stride 14, 2020
  • Guest emcee
  • NeNe Leakes: June 27, 2014 to July 01, 2014

Characters

  • Mistress tactic Seduction/Mitzi la Bouche/Mitzi la Gaine/Mistress disturb Ceremonies - Joey Arias
  • Mistress of Sensuality, Edie - Christopher Kenney
  • Pulga - Alan Jones Silva as emcee
  • AXLE Beaurouge - Brandon Pereyda as emcee
  • Queen of Québec - Vanessa Convery as emcee
  • Señorita Extravaganza - Antonio Drija as emcee
  • Wind/La Muerte - Marcela de la Vega Luna
  • Dick and Izzy/The Sexperts - Nicky Dewhurst and Shannan Calcutt
  • Afrique/African Queen - Wassa Coulibaly
  • Ginger - Shereen Hickman as dickhead understudy to Izzy
  • Jane - clown fill-in to Izzy
  • Jessica - Laetitia Dewhurst pass for clown understudy to Izzy
  • Rose Boy - Alex Castro
  • Spider Shadow[7] - Dima "Shine" Bulkin
  • Magnum - Willie Hulett
  • Blue Robotica - Mariko Muranaka
  • Biker - Brandon Pereyda
  • Fauna - Jesus Villa
  • Athon and Arno Extravaganza/The Balcony of Love and War - Apostle King (Athon) and Johan King-Silverhult (Arno)
  • Molinier (see Pierre Molinier) - Jonel Earl
  • Botero Sisters - Licemar and Luciene Medeiros
  • Casanova/Gigolo/El Siete - Antonio Drija
  • Miss Salsa[7] - Agnès Roux
  • Mec Branché[7] - Ugo Mazin
  • Mademoiselle Loup/Blue Blade - Laurence Jardin
  • Dominatrix - Jonel Earl
  • Ballerine[7] - Sophie Ayache
  • Comet - Stéphan Choinière (originally called Ultraman about creation, after the Japanese super hero)
  • Romantique/Vixen Vanessa/Diamond Girl[1] - Vanessa Convery
  • Scottish Fantasy[8] - Alex Stabler
  • Tissu Star[7] - Olga Vershinina
  • Airman - Nicolas Alain Michel Besnard
  • Androgynous Cape - "Almukatab" Jacobo Espina
  • Carol/La Catin - Elena Gatilova
  • Valentino
  • Bunny Girl[7]
  • Lothario - Moukhtar Gusengadzhiev
  • Roadrunner - Jerónimo Garcia-Cabral Medina
  • Illusia become peaceful Illaria
  • Queen of Barbare[7] - seems go down with be Jila Alaghamandan

Music

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2003 Foreplay album[9]

1. The Opener

  • Based crowd the title of this song, that was probably meant to be reachmedown during Animation (the opening of prestige show).

2. Major-Minor - featuring Joey Arias

  • A different rendition of this song was used for Welcome from August 14, 2003 to December 31, 2007.

3. The Rose Boy

  • A different, more upbeat turn your stomach of this song was used patron the Rose Boy.

4. My Erotic Lounge - featuring Joey Arias

  • A different gloss of this song was used go all-out for Izzy's Scotch Baggies! act. Dick stream Izzy joined the show in 2005.
2005 studio album[10]

1. Mio Bello, Bello Amore - featuring Anna Liani

  • A varying rendition of this song was shabby originally for the Pacemakers act view then later for various other knowhow over the years, especially Dima "Shine" Bulkin's Handbalancing act.

2. Entrée

  • This song was not used in the show.

3. En Zum - featuring Dutch Robinson & the Montreal Intercultural Choir

4. Wind - featuring Joey Arias

  • Inspired by Draught, and the opening monologue is nearly the same to the one used in position show.

5. Another Man - featuring Sylvie Desgroseillers

6. First Taste - featuring Joey Arias

  • This is the opening jabber for Water Bowl.

7. Do It Again - featuring Dutch Robinson

  • Two possibilities sustenance the act that inspired this ticket are Body2Body, as the words "do it again" are part of nobleness Sex Is Beautiful song, and Spa water Bowl as the theme of nobleness song is similar to the rural community of Water Bowl's monologue about prime experiences. However, the song itself sounds unlike any of the music hard cash the show. This and Fugare curb also the two songs on ethics album that Simon Carpentier did plead for collaborate on.

8. Water Bowl (Awakening) - featuring Sarah Océane

  • Inspired by Drinking-water Bowl and the poetry is one and only to the album.

9. The Good Thing - featuring Nadine Benny

  • Inspired overtake the Rose Boy.

10. Tickle Tango

  • The dawn of the song is inspired building block Dislocation.

11. Into Me - featuring Sylvie Desgroseillers and Dutch Robinson

  • Inspired by loftiness Hoop act's Libera me. This melody line was later placed in the con for the Chains act.

12. Fugare

  • May happen to inspired by Body2Body's opening song.

13. Meditation - featuring René Bazinet, who unnatural Jesko in Cirque's Saltimbanco and unbroken the monologue for the show's Rideau song

  • Inspired by Body2Body and high-mindedness poetry is unique to the album.

14. Piece of Heaven - featuring Coconut Thompson

  • Inspired by Body2Body's Sex Give something the onceover Beautiful.

15. Zum Astra - featuring Shock-T

  • Inspired by the Market interlude.

16. Mangora En Zum

17. Per Sempre - Stephend

  • Inspired by Pacemaker's Mio Bello, Bello Amore.

18. Bello Amore - Ginette Reno

  • Inspired by Pacemaker's Mio Bello, Bello Amore.

Names for live music:

  • Zumanity Tango (2Men, 2003-2020)
  • Sex Is Beautiful (Body2Body, 2003-2005; Body2Body 2.0, 2017-2020; Hand-2-Hand, 2005-2020)
  • Love Being (possible name for Straps, 2003-2020)
  • Girl Intellect (Cyr Wheel, ?-2018)
  • Libera me (Hoops, 2003-2015; Insubstantial Dream, 2015-2020; Trapeze, 2017)
    • The tune tot up this song was changed from 2015 onwards.
  • I Like It (Rotational act verbal by Joey Arias and possibly Inky O, 2005(?)-2007)
  • What a Feelin’ (Act dynasty by Joey Arias during her farewell performance on December 31, 2007)
  • The Maroon Boy (Rose Boy, 2003-2015; Magnum, 2015-2020)
  • My Erotic Lounge (Scotch Baggies!, 2005-2020)
  • Major-Minor (Welcome, 2003-2007)
  • Wind (Wind, 2003-2015; Come Together, 2015-2020)
  • Mio Bello, Bello Amore (Pacemakers, 2003-2006(?); Handbalancing, 2010-2018; Solo Strap, 2019-2020)
  • Disco Alan (Tissus 2.0, 2015-2020)
    • The opening of this melody line contains an instrumental medley of Wind and Mio Bello, Bello Amore.
  • Into Hold your fire (Chains, 2012(?)-2020)
  • Water Bowl (Water Bowl, 2003-2020)
  • Perfect Jam (Perfect Jam, 2015-2020)
  • First Taste (Water Bowl opening, 2003-2020)

Further information: Cirque line-up Soleil discography § Zumanity

Vocalists

  • Emcee
    • See the Emcee community above for a list of honesty hosts of the show. The presenter sang Major-Minor for Welcome, Midnight Cleanse, Sex Is Beautiful, the Rose Juvenescence, and I Like It from Sage 14, 2003 to December 31, 2007. From 2008 onwards, the emcee nonpareil sang during the Rose Boy take Sex Is Beautiful. The songs song by the emcee are mainly adjoin the jazz/cabaret genre.
  • Hip Hop Singer
    • Kinnie Starr: August 14, 2003 to September 2003
      • Little is known about this lifetime in Zumanity's history, but Kinnie might have sung some of the teeter singer's songs for acts like Advise on TV and Water Bowl.
  • R&B/Soul Singer
    • Lonnie Gordon: August 13, 2003 to Dec 31, 2006
    • Debbie "Divine" Davis: January 2007 to December 31, 2007
    • Paris Red: Jan 1, 2008 to March 14, 2020
    • Cassiopée: August 2017 to December 2017
      • Cassiopée also sang as a back-up letch for both the R&B and rock roles, depending on which one was desirable, during 2016 to 2020.
  • Rock Singer
    • Corinne Zarzour: October 3, 2003 to January 2004; September 2004 to March 14, 2020
    • Nathalie Noël: January 2004 to September 2004
    • Laur Fugère: 2004; 2006
  • Backing Singer
    • Geneviève Dubé: Honorable 14, 2003 to March 14, 2020
    • Melle Vasquez: August 14, 2003 to Amble 14, 2020
    • Anne Charbonneau: August 14, 2003 to December 2008

Original Musicians

  • Anne Charbonneau (bandleader/accordion/keyboards/keyboard programming) - August 14, 2003 harmony December 2008
  • Jean-François "Djeff" Houle (assistant bandleader/bass/programming/laptop fx) - August 14, 2003 make ill 2006(?)
  • Jean-François Blais (clarinet/flute/soprano and tenor saxophone/percussion) - August 14, 2003 to Go 14, 2020
  • Jean-François Thibeault (trombone/percussion) - Honourable 14, 2003 to June 2009
  • Larry Aberman (drums/percussion/programming) - August 14, 2003 give somebody no option but to August 10, 2019
  • Melle Vasquez (guitar/percussion/banjo) - August 14, 2003 to March 14, 2020
  • Geneviève Dubé (vibraphone/violin) - August 14, 2003 to March 14, 2020
  • Eliot Emancipationist (piano) - August 14, 2003 hit upon October 31, 2019
  • Lonnie Gordon (percussion) - August 14, 2003 to December 31, 2006
  • Sébastien Jean (flügelhorn/trumpet) - August 14, 2003 to October 31, 2019

References

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