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Koozå


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Expérience

Charivari
Contortion
Solo Trapeze
Duo Unicycle
Highwire
Entr'acte
Wheel of Death
Manipulation
Balance on Chairs
Teeterboard

Réserve
Hand to Hand


Retiré
Juggling
 

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Between strength and fragility, laughter
and smiles, turmoil and harmony...


Koozå, whose name is inspired by the Sanskrit word "koza," meaning "box," "chest" or "treasure," tells the story of a melancholy loner (The Innocent) in search of his place in the world taken on a journey through strength, fragility, laughter, turmoil and harmony. "Koozå is also about human connection and the world of duality, good and bad," says the show's writer and director David Shiner. "The tone is fun and funny, light and open. The show doesn't take itself too seriously, but it's very much about ideas, too. As it evolves we are exploring concepts such as fear, identity, recognition and power."

Koozå also represents a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil and combines two such circus traditions - acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful mélange that emphasizes bold slapstick humor.

Between strength and fragility, laughter and smiles, turmoil and harmony, Koozå explores themes of fear, identity, recognition and power. The show is set in an electrifying and exotic visual world full of surprises, thrills, chills, audacity and total involvement.

 
Premiere: April 19, 2007
Type: Touring / Bigtop
Director: David Shiner
Composer: Jean-François Côté
Location: Japanese Tour
 

Audio/Visual



 

Interviews



ALAIN VINET
Director of Musique

"Directing Cirque's Musique"
Keith Johnson, 2009

BOB & BILL
Album Producers

"Believing & Dreaming"
Keith Johnson, 2011


Creators


Guide
Guy Laliberté      
Director
David Shiner      
Director of Creation
Serge Roy      
Costume Designer
Marie Vaillancourt      
Composer
Jean-François Côté      
Set Designer
Stéphane Roy      
Choreographer
Clarence Ford      
  Lighting Design
     Martin Labrecqu
Sound Co-Designer
     Jonathan Deans
Sound Co-Designer
     Leon Rothenberg
Make-up Designer
      Florence Cornet
Acrobatic Equipment
      Danny Zen
Props Designer
      Rogé Francoeur
Acrobatic Equipment
      André Simard

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