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Creations
Zumanity
Création
Expérience
Réserve
Rétire
Odyssey
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Vocalists & Songs
"This show is about a party, so I have to make the people on
stage
dance." — Simon Carpentier, Composer
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The music could only be refined and finalized very late in the rehearsal
schedule, because Carpentier needed to see the show actually played out
in order to connect with the energy that was coming from the stage. And as
the pacing of the show evolved, he had to be ready to adjust the tempo and
orchestration of his compositions to fit the ever-changing demands of the
production.
| For Simon Carpentier the process of creating the high-energy music for
Zumanity started by revisiting cabaret music from the past and imagining
how it could be reinterpreted through the music of today. Classical music
and 40s jazz were his major sources of inspiration, which he filtered through
contemporary dance music to create a score that is both entirely original and
completely unlike the music in any other Cirque du Soleil production.
Carpentier sees the show as a journey through a succession of vignettes,
each calling for a distinct musical mood and pace. And in a first for
Cirque du Soleil there are several songs in the score with lyrics in
recognizable languages that clearly and directly support the show’s
theme, rather than the typically abstract vocals heard in other Cirque
du Soleil productions. But even when there are no words Carpentier has
structured most of the instrumental pieces as songs - with a verse, chorus
and bridge. When Zumanity turns up the heat these songs are driven by a
strong techno beat with an overlay of jazz (and more than a hint of gospel
and soul), but the music turns more lyrical when the action and mood on
stage become more intimate.
[ Vocalists •
Songs ]
| Joey Arias |
Aug.14.2003 - Dec.31.2007 |
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| Raven O |
Jan.xx.2004 - Dec.31.2006 |
| Anna Liani |
Creation Only |
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| Kinnie Starr |
Aug.14.2003 - Sep.2003 |
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| Lonnie Gordon |
Aug.14.2003 - Dec.31.2006 |
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| Corinne Zarzour |
Oct.03.2003 - Jan.xx.2004;
Sep.xx.2004 - Oct.29.2019 |
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| Laur Fugère |
2004, 2006 |
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| Nathalie Noël |
Jan.xx.2004 - Sep.xx.2004 |
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| Debbie Divine |
Dec.xx.2006 - Dec.31.2007 |
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| Paris Red |
Jan.30.2008 - Aug.xx.2017
Dec.xx.2017 - Mar.14.2020 |
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| Cassiopée |
Feb.05.2016 - Sep.xx.2016 (Backup)
Aug.xx.2017 - Dec.xx.2017 (Lead)
Dec.xx.2017 - Mar.09.2020 (Backup) |
| Anne Charbonneau |
Aug.14.2003 - Dec.xx.2008 |
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| Geneviève Dubé |
Aug.14.2003 - Mar.14.2020 |
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| Melle Vasquez |
Aug.14.2003 - Mar.14.2020 |
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| Rules of the House | "Welcome/Warning" |
| Wind & African Dance | Wind, "Wassa" |
| Water Bowl | First Taste, Waterbowl ("Awakening") |
| Chains (2015+) | Into Me |
| Magnum | The Good Thing ("The Rose Boy") |
| Aerial Lyra (2018+) | Libera Me / Another Man |
| Hand-to-Hand | Fugare / Meditation / Piece of Heaven |
| Dislocation | Tickle Tango ("Zumanity Tango") |
| Perfect Jam (2015+) | "Perfect Jam" |
| Aerial Dream (2015+) | "Libera Me" |
| 2Men in a Cage | Tickle Tango ("Zumanity Tango") |
| Aerial Straps | "Love Myself" |
| Tissu Solo (2015+) | "Disco Alan" |
| Midnight Bath | "Bath" |
| Gentle Orgy | "The Lazy Susan of Sex" |
| Extravaganza | "Extravaganza" |
| Opening (2003) | "The Opener" |
| Introduction (2003-2007) | "Major-Minor" |
| Fire (2003) | ("Unknown") |
| Spanish Web (2003) | ("Unknown") |
| Pacemakers (2003-2004) | Mio Bello, Bello Amore / Per sempre |
| Last Dance (2005-2011) | Mio Bello, Bello Amore / Per Sempre |
| Dance on TV (2003-2015) | Another Man ("TV") |
| Clowns | My Erotic Lounge, "Doll" |
| 2Women | "Tickle Tango" |
| Body2Body (2003-2005) | "Sex is Beautiful" / "B2B" |
| Aerial Hoops (Early 2003) | ("Unknown") |
| Hula Hoops (2003-2015, 2017-2019) | Libera Me / Another Man |
| Interludes | "I Like It", "Ooo What a Feeling" |
| Spanish Web | ("Unknown") |
| Tissu (2003-2015) | En Zum ("Tissu") |
| Cyr Wheel (2011-2018) | (Unknown) [2008-2015]; "Girl Attitude" [2015+] |
| Dance Trapeze (2017) | Libera Me |
| Pole (2010-2018) | Mio Bello, Bello Amore / Per sempre |
| Solo Aerial Straps (2019+) | Mio Bello, Bello Amore |
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