Vocalists & Songs
"It’s a rock show. It definitely packs a bigger punch. We [are] channeling
some pretty cool stuff from hip-hop to bebop to early Bowie and Elvis
and everything in between. We are really going into rock's history."
— Nick Littlemore, Composer
Littlemore can't say he knows in terms of decibel how much louder Zarkana
is compared to other Cirque du Soleil shows, but it is still palatable to the
ears and the seated audience. The Sound Designer made sure of that; however,
"it is definitely more aggressive," said Littlemore.
Early on in the conception phase, Littlemore wrote over 100 songs for Zarkana.
"I like to write a lot anyway, so it made sense," he said. "It took me a long
time to learn how to write for perforamance, especially for things like trapeze.
The music needs to be malleable, be different lengths. I pretty much come from
acid house and techno. It's four bars; sometimes it's one bar. And this was
very different. Some songs had 20 different sections. Pop songs have, like, two.
So this was fun."
Some may call the result popera, but to him Zarkana is more like an acid
opera, seen as a very psychedelic experience. "To be totally honest, I think this
is a show about women, the inner complexities of women. We meet all these various
ladies along this journey that the ringleader, Zark, takes. We see the extremes,
and that allows us to create these characters musically. We have our snake lady,
we have the woman of the Earth who is kind of a white witch and everything in
between."
[ Vocalists •
Songs ]
| Garou |
Jun.09.2011 - Sep.04.2011 | (New York City) |
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| Paul Bisson |
Jun.14.2011 - Dec.31.2013 | (NYC to Las Vegas) |
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| Stephan McNicoll |
Nov.12.2011 - Dec.30.2011
Feb.xx.2012 - Apr.07.2012 |
(Madrid)
(Moscow) |
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| Kit Goguen |
Jun.xx.2012 - Dec.xx.2013 | (NYC to Las Vegas) |
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| Cassiopée |
Jun.09.2011 - Nov.2015 | (NYC to Las Vegas) |
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| Meetu Chilana |
Jun.14.2011 - Sep.02.2012 | (NYC to NYC) |
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| Briana Rossi |
Nov.18.2012 - Apr.30.2016 | (Las Vegas) |
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| Mackenzie Thomas |
Nov.14.2015 - Apr.30.2016 | (Las Vegas) |
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| Steve Bach |
Jun.09.2011 - Apr.30.2016 | (NYC to Las Vegas) |
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| Peter Fand |
Jun.09.2011 - Apr.30.2016 | (NYC to Las Vegas) |
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| Animation/Opening | Tourago / Guiram; Antila ("About Time") |
| Juggling (2014+) | "Jugling" |
| Ladder | Eridanus ("Hands Up") |
| Aerial Straps (2014-2015) | "Straps" |
| Flag Throwing | Kuma ("Flags") |
| Russian Bar | Gienah ("Serenity") |
| High Wire (2014+) | ("Unknown") |
| Cyr Wheel & Hoops | "Third Kind" |
| Sand Painting | "Remember" |
| Trapeze | Zawraq ("Mystic Web", "Trapeze") |
| Wheel of Death | Crysococca ("Bag of Gears") |
| Hand Balancing | Rae ("Libra") |
| Interlude | "Tarientar" (2011-2013);
"A Phantom’s Parade" (2014+) |
| Banquine (2014+) | "Banquine" |
| Finale (2014+) | "Finale" |
| Pickled Lady Funeral | "Pickled Lady Funeral" |
| Teeterboard (2011, 2013) | Crysococca ("Bag of Gears") |
| Aerial Duet (2012) | "So Green" |
| Juggling (2011-2014) | Jarseate (“Splash”) |
| High Wire (2011-2014) | Caph (“Kundalini”) |
| Banquine (2011-2014) | Asteraw ("Oh Lia (Asteroids)") |
| Finale (2011-2014) | "Love Duet" / "Of Gospel" |
| Rola Bola (2015+) {Reserve} | "Juggling" |
| Icarian Games Duo {Reserve} | "Juggling" |
| Aerial Hoops (2015+) {Reserve} | "Oh, What a Day?", "Caph" |
| Hammock (2015+) {Reserve} | Rae ("Libra") |
| Aerial Silks (2015+) {Reserve} | Rae ("Libra") |
| Bed (2015+) {Reserve} | Rae ("Libra") |
| Handbalancing on Canes (2015+) | Eridanus ("Hands Up") |
| Balancing on Chairs (2015+) | Eridanus ("Hands Up") |
| Not in Show | Whenever, The Archer |
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