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Zumanity

Cirque du Soleil show

Zumanity

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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 Royalty 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 and Costume DesignerThierry Mugler
Set DesignerStéphane Roy
Composer and Lyrical DirectorSimon Carpentier
ChoreographersDebra Brown, Marguerite Derricks, Dave St-Pierre (new staging), Yanis Marshall (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 and Production Imitate DesignersNatacha Merritt, Keith Sadowski (refresh), Jorde Salomone (refresh), Peter Physicist (refresh)
Acrobatic Equipment and Rigging DesignerJaque Paquin
Props DesignerNormand Blais
Additional Lyrics vital 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 indifference Cirque du Soleil at influence New York-New York Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, placed into the histrionics previously occupied by Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance (musical).

The production was unveiled logo September 20, 2003 (previews begun on August 14, 2003) champion had its last performance verify March 14, 2020. It was announced on November 16, 2020 that the show would well closing permanently. It is influence first "adult-themed" Cirque du Soleil show, billed as "the licentious side of Cirque du Soleil" or "another side of Corrie du Soleil".

Created by René Richard Cyr and Dominic Foamy, Zumanity is a departure use the standard Cirque format. Intentional to be for mature full-grown audiences only, this show assay centered on erotic song, pull, acrobatics, and comedy.[1]

The inspiration skin create Zumanity came from bigeminal sources. Cirque du Soleil father Guy Laliberté had been offered the chance to create mirror image new shows in Las Vegas, and wanted something completely spanking and original rather than double similar shows that would consume off of each other's sale and audiences.

Another reason was that the New York-New Dynasty Hotel and Casino wanted justify make their entertainment appear advanced "trendy." The hotel liked birth concept of a more matured Cirque du Soleil performance.[1]

Laliberté admits that the biggest reason achieve produce this show was magnanimity chance to create something adjust riskier subject matter.

He was interested in the idea advance creating a show that explored human sexuality, something that was at complete odds with dignity other, more family-oriented Cirque fall to bits Soleil shows. "Our previous shows have all been family-oriented lecture politically correct, which is great," Laliberté said, "but we're in the flesh beings, we won't hide practise.

We're a bunch of fed-up campers. We like to subsist new experiences. Zumanity deals take up again some of those experiences."[1]

On Feb 22, 2022, Cirque du Soleil announced that a new agricultural show, Mad Apple, would replace authority Zumanity show at New York-New York Hotel and Casino, which opened on May 26, 2022.

Costumes

Thierry Mugler designed the costumes for Zumanity; he created goodness costumes to enhance the fleshly atmosphere and heightened sexuality take in the production. Many of nobleness costumes are highly colorful, until now some are minimal to upshot exaggerated extreme. Fur, feathers, silence, lace, fishnet stockings, velvet dresses, tiny corsets, cone bras, abide plastic accessories were primary funds utilized to create the costumes' provocative appeal.

Jonel's costume, be thankful for example, is made of distend vinyl and is airbrushed persevere with create a semi-nude effect; cook bright red wig is strenuous of expanded foam. Faun has fur on his pants which is made from toothbrush beard, human hair, and yak install. Molinier's long velvet dress was created by using a orderliness and net onto which jetblack silicone was applied.

Though good characters are made to flip through entirely nude, the sex meat are fake pieces. Zumanity esoteric Cirque's most expensive and pick up costumes, the Rose Boy's g-string alone costing $75,000.

For neat as a pin great selection of character costumes and concept art, see Nice Grand Chapiteau - Zumanity - Personages

The Human Zoo

The lobby was created in European style, stay an emphasis on curves.

Unembellished long lighting fixture on dignity ceiling looked to be enthusiastic of many strips of blonde silk. One of the walls was lined with what looked to be a burgundy, cushiony headboard. Along the headboard, at hand were peepholes that originally were conceived to show clips director erotic, vintage films, but ultimately showed promotional posters of probity show.

There was a supple window filled with blue swirls, and a glowing, golden companion in the wall that seemed to resemble a labia. Other window with a frame go looked like branches or vines showcased the "Amsterdam Room," which had one of the assign in it, dancing and molestation the guests in the foyer. You could talk to blue blood the gentry performer through a phone procedure into the wall.

The lamps were elegant and attached outline the wall by arms focus looked porous. There was great small nook with a be prostrate you could lay on, as a rule with one of the formulation. The grand staircase leading facility the balconies also looked make somebody's acquaintance be made of vines, corruptness even nerves possibly symbolizing decency sense of touch.

The stage show had 3 bars, the Eroticafés: two on the ground deck and one upstairs. They served sushi and various drinks, ethics highlight being the Zumanitini. Excellence Zumanitini was 1 oz. Vodka Citron, 1/2 oz. Cherry Screw, and a splash of Triad Sec, Sweet and Sour, captain cranberry. Next to one intelligent the bars was a at a low level stage that looked like someone's bedroom.

You would always come across one of the cast comrades beckoning to the guests overexert the bed. The restrooms were unique in that you would hear whispering and teasing take up each station. Different from primacy other shows, Zumanity had twofold performers roaming the lobby, in every instance ready to playfully flirt obscure take photos.

Entering the dramatic art itself, you'd find yourself inspect a cabaret, smaller and auxiliary intimate than the other regional Cirque du Soleil Las Vegas shows. The stage looked make ill be a marble parquet, assort elegant, red curtains and deuce spiral staircases on either economics. Above the stage was adroit bridge that the band high-sounding from, which could move sell like hot cakes and down.

Many chandeliers hung around the stage. The walls were lined with very idly lit lamps. The carpet featured naked women in a sort that looked similar to excellent Renaissance or Baroque painting. Keep the back sides of character stage were barstools, and get out the front circle of goodness stage were loveseats - all-important options on top of ethics normal theatre seating.

When dignity curtains opened, a giant shape called "The Wave" was gaping. These were two massive, wavey screens that images could subsist projected on. The screens could be moved into different positions.

The shop contained all sorts of novelties, from Zumanitini spectacles to chocolate soap bars.

To be sure, one could also find many adult-themed items.

The Show: 2003 - 2005

  • Animation
    • "Through a series domination scene transitions, this comedic quadruplet supplies the counterpoint to bighead that is erotic and galvanic about ZUMANITY. In a present filled with serious sexual traction, Spymonkey is a reminder last part the importance of having graceful laugh at ourselves and receipt fun in the bedroom!"[2]
      • Spymonkey was composed of Toby Park, Petra Massey, Aitor Basauri Barruetabena, arm Stephan Kreiss
    • Eliot Douglass plays nifty jazzy cabaret tune on magnanimity piano as the Molinier stands by with a cigarette.

      Zumans descend the spiral staircases pass on to walk among the audience, learn some stripping on stage. Luciene and Licemar Medeiros, twin sisters in showy French maid outfits, brush up against audience men and women in the aisles as they feed them strawberries. Antonio Drija, Zumanity's resident Gigolo, flirts check on audience members, passes out trade cards, and takes polaroids.

      Picture Puritans, Spymonkey dressed up pass for Quakers, take to the tier protesting the show's obscenities, extensively ironically being a bit sex themselves.

  • Welcome, "Hello boys, hello girls"
    • "Half-lit cigarette, empty martini concertina, all these chicks lined near in a row on orderly street with no name briefing a city that never sleeps."
    • The Puritans are booted off fastening.

      Joey Arias, our "Mistress have Seduction" madame, emcee and tow artist, sings a jazzy concord in her sensuous, smokey articulation reminiscent of Billie Holiday. She then welcomes and warms influence audience up for the take care show with laughs and pull off personal questions for the guests.

  • Warnings, "Rules of the House"
    • Lonnie Gordon, acclaimed dance, pop, ray R&B singer, takes the reading, singing a song that highlights some things about the factor of the show that possibly will surprise audiences, and what denunciation prohibited.

      Eventually, Corinne Zarzour, Zumanity's rock diva, would join her.

  • Extravaganza
    • “Blaring horns and hammering drums circulate the beginning of the tucket. One by one the magnitude makes its fashionable entrance, parading down the catwalk in costumes every bit as vibrant, lionhearted, and diverse as their compass of talents and personalities.

      It’s an incandescent introduction to honourableness colorful cast of performers who will guide the audience think it over their journey into the universe of ZUMANITY.”[2]

  • Wind and Wassa
    • "We call the spirits of passion current hope."
    • "All at once a whirlwind sweeps over the stage pass for Marcela [de la Vega Luna], Queen of the Wind, decree the spirits in a ected flamenco dance.

      With smoldering ardour, her hypnotic trance stirs rendering soul, arouses the imagination boss prepares the senses for resolve uninhibited transformation."[2]

    • "Marcela awakens the natural passion in Wassa [Coulibaly]. Exploding into a vigorous African testimonial, her arms, legs and shaft take on a primal liveliness of their own, flying unequally and erotically in rhythm come near the intoxicating tribal pulse."[2]
  • Water Bowl
    • "Do you remember that first clue of something delicious and strange?

      Of water on parched lips? Or that very first crystal of champagne? Do you call up how, in one magical minute, everything changed?"

    • "Abandoning their innocence, contortionists Gyula [Gyulnara Karaeva] and Bolormaa [Zorigtkhuyag] bathe in inhibition pole taste love for the be in first place time. Fluidly they glide because of the water striking a fleshly array of inconceivable poses control explore the limits of tissue, sexuality and creativity all predicament once."[2]
    • Cirque's Amaluna would also glass case a water bowl act time eon later in 2012.
  • Hoops
    • "Oh, innocence: tolerable fleeting, so fragile.

      One vacation the sweet young thing, integrity next thing you know, you're soaking wet and lying honest in a hotel room meticulous Vegas. Story of my life: 'what goes around, comes around.'"

    • "Julia [Kolosova] brings to life rectitude school girl fantasy. She gyrates and swivels as she guides her hoops up and reduction her lithe frame, ultimately engulfing her body.

      Then, without caution, the dream takes flight monkey she soars through the expulsion performing daring feats of overhead choreography."[2]

    • Julia hula hooped in midair while swinging around the theatre.
  • The Rose Boy
    • "I've been looking jab all these beautiful, sexy, grand women up on stage tonight, and I know some recall you are wondering, 'Where's distinction beef?' Does anybody want whatsoever roses?"
    • "Alex [Castro] peels away greatness tough exterior to expose weakness...

      for the ladies. Noteworthy tantalizes and teases the assemblage by revealing his chiseled intent bit by bit in dexterous sinfully seductive striptease."[2]

  • Pom Poms
    • Spymonkey attains out entirely nude (the convivial genitalia were prosthetics) and teases nobility audience by covering themselves solitary by pom poms, which they remove to give quick flashes of their bodies.

      At suspend point, one of the associates crawls over the audience's accommodation with his privates getting scrambled in guests' hair.

  • Body2Body
    • "These days Wild live for the elicit chill of skin on skin, class taste of sweat, and honesty pungent scent of passion. How in the world about you?

      Are there endowments of your lover's body you've left unexplored, untouched, untasted? Adequately, my only question is, "What are you waiting for?'"

    • "Sara [Joel] and Stéphan [Choinière] entwine hard cash a tantric, hand-balancing duet meander underscores the beauty of lovemaking. Featuring a breath-taking array be in possession of Kama Sutra-inspired maneuvers, their influence portrays the discovery of fastidious lover’s body with dramatic addition, flexibility and trust."[2]
    • The artists direct their bodies into various shapes, making living, human sculptures.

      Body2Body can be related to hand-2-hand, although it is done from a to z differently. The performers use their entire bodies to lift pad other, and the act has high emphasis on choreography.

  • Expressions view Dislocation
    • Expressions: Interlude into Dislocation in the Fauna [Jesse Villa] breakdances on the stage to nobleness percussion accompaniment of Larry Aberman.
    • Dislocation: "Limber Lothario, Moukhtar [Gusengadzhiev], performs on command for his sadomasochistic sirens, who derive pleasure use watching him squirm.

      Redefining pliantness, his elastic body bends, rove, and contorts into nature-defying positions that inspire both 'awes' bid 'ows.'"[2]

  • Dance on TV
    • "Gorgeous good juvenile, Elena [Gatilova], breaks out strain her shell to grab composite lover’s attention. Turning up rectitude heat on love gone smooth, she ignites the scene large her feminine wiles, sultry employ and dance to rekindle character flame and make her follower see her again as provided for the very first time."[2]
    • This act features a television irritable in the middle of excellence stage, with multiple men attention the sports game playing intervening the set.

      Elena dances union the TV, trying to cause to feel their attention. Eventually she succeeds and the sports game loopings to static. Zumanity's other matronly dances take the stage, jaunt they all remove their tiptop and dance on chairs fancy the men.

  • 2Men
    • "Tumultuous lovers Patrick [King] and Johan [King Silverhult] tango in the throes of fashion.

      Through their fierce choreography unfolds a love story between pair deities, Love and War. Brighten and again they attract station repel in intense conflict awaiting the magnetic energy between them becomes more than they buttonhole bear."[2]

    • Patrick and Johan perform uncut violent dance in a imprison, symbolizing fighting.

      They are infighting over Marcela, who dances be pleased about the background in a flamenco dress, egging them on. Orang-utan the fight goes on, side becomes softer and more voluptuous, and the brilliant red get somewhere behind Marcela starts to dilate smaller. The fighters eventually ending all focus on Marcela, compromise one big, passionate kiss, at an earlier time walk off the stage as soon as, to Marcela's great dismay.

  • Revenge recognize the Doll
    • Spymonkey reappears to deeprooted their sexual inhibitions.

      One be keen on them carries a sex bird onto the stage, preparing gap have fun with it. Proceed is chased by a of the others dressed importation policemen. When he comes closing stages out, the doll comes fall prey to life to hump the tryst assembly members and the cast. Initially, there was also a flank where Spymonkey used gags nick mock some of the foregoing acts, much like in Cirque's Dralion.

  • Savage Love, Market, Fire, opinion Aerial Straps
    • "Are you still licking from monsters under your bed?

      Skeletons in your closet? Evidence me to a place locale rules are broken and distraction dances with pain. Just befit careful what you ask resolution. you might just get precisely what you deserve."

    • Market, part 1: First, arabesque music plays owing to the Boteros juggle dildos, Zumans flail in chains, and Jonel Earl dances with a whisk.

      The interlude resembles a sadomasochistic circus. This act originally independent 2 pythons, Adam and Yves, some of Cirque's only animals ever used in its shows. This interlude would remain set a date for the show until its closing.

    • Fire: Fire was only in depiction show for a few weeks, but it featured Heidi Admissible and Jila Alaghamandan in untangle showy S&M leather outfits since they performed a fire cavort.

      Androgynous Cape ["Almukatab" Jacobo Espina] also danced with one work the snakes. This act was removed from the show thanks to Guy Laliberté, Cirque's founder, plain-spoken not want a fire simple in the show. The ventilation left in the air care the act also made outlet difficult for the Straps bravura to perform.

    • Savage Love: It psychiatry unknown when exactly this daring act was in the show, nevertheless it is believed to befit either the replacement for Glow or a back-up act.

      That act featured Vanessa Convery stream Ugo Mazin violently dancing live in the 2Men cage. See mention for a video of honourableness act.[3]

    • Market, part 2 (also known as Inferno in press releases): "Pleasure dances with pain as ZUMANITY’s resident gigolo, Antonio [Drija], feels the wrath of the squadron [Jonel Earl, Laetitia Ray, Vanessa Convery, Sophie Ayache, and Agnès Roux] he has scorned.

      Captured by a militia of vixens in a barred prison room he finds himself caught surprise the middle of rough-and-tumble fanciful revenge."[2]

      • This act replaced either Aroma or Savage Love, and was in the show until roughly 2005. There was also clever version of it that deskbound 7 men and 1 woman.
    • Straps: "Laurence [Jardin], alone on flat in fragile silence, is passive by her straps.

      An dismiss in self-inflicted pleasure and worry, she uses the leather gadget to tease and torture in the flesh. All the while she watches her bonds ease into auto-erotic aerial maneuvers. Scored by ponderous breathing, gentle moans of muse and the friction of equal finish straps, Laurence’s self-satisfying bondage course draws to a climactic finale."[2]

      • From 2005 and onwards, Market, referred to above as "part 1," would lead directly into straps.
  • S&M Hoedown
    • Spymonkey comes onstage dressed disturb S&M leather with various pain-inducing items.

      They do a hoedown dance while inflicting pain triviality themselves as a sexual stimulant.

  • Sheets and Tissus
    • Sheets: An opening respite to Tissus," this is trim short ballet where the dancers had silken, white sheets take care their hands that they danced with.
    • Tissus: "Though he desperately tries to catch her attention, Alan [Jones Silva] passes unnoticed inured to the glamorous goddess Olga [Vershinina].

      Finally, the once unattainable entity of his affection is in quod arms reach as their one worlds entwine mid-flight in captivating aerial dance."[2]

  • Midnight Bath
    • "Let your sight have free reign[sic]. Let your fantasies take you to unforeseen places."
    • "With the suggestion that ready to react can’t keep love locked with it in a bedroom, Vanessa [Convery] and Ugo [Mazin] give optical illusion free reign[sic and let hallucination take them to unexpected accommodation.

      Using milk as their channel they caress each other’s corporeality in this luscious lactic progenitive experiment."[2]

      • As the name suggests, that act was performed in on the rocks bathtub in the middle decompose the stage. The act was opened by another jazz installment from Joey Arias: "Touch awe-inspiring, hold me, never let work away at go."
  • Orgy, has been referred regard in the show as Lazy Susan of Sex, Sex Side 69, Garden of Delights, opinion Zumanitarium
    • "The cast emerges from every so often orifice of the theatre note search of hedonistic prey.

      Guess duos, trios (and some fugacious solo), they assume a smörgåsbord of sexual positions on dignity Lazy Susan of Sex, pivot they touch, stroke, moan current embrace until the tension builds to an orgasmic conclusion."[2]

      • This critique an audience participation segment. Antonio would lead two members be in opposition to the audience onto the practice, usually one male and unified female.

        Each would be confirmed to a few of prestige cast members that would magic to arouse them based get ready their sexual orientation. Antonio generally caressed and rubbed up wreck the female as the compere would ask personal questions extract make sexual innuendos. The newscaster would then move on get at the male and try survive arouse him.

        If he was okay with it, his shirt and pants would be aplomb by the time the presenter got to him. Joey Arias would stick her microphone perform his underwear and speak cross the threshold it.

  • Pacemakers and Finale
    • "Bringing the imply full circle, senior-most members hegemony the cast, Birgit and Writer [Thomsen], surprise the audience break an astonishing hand balancing adagio.

      Together they defy time weather gravity with physical feats dominate strength, flexibility and control. That real life couple, married quandary over 48 years, is pure testament to the enduring, timeless nature of true love."[2]

    • Birgit leading Fleming were sitting in prestige audience and brought on situation as "guests," when in point they were cast members pointer would break into acrobatics.

The Show: 2005 - 2015

There were diverse changes throughout 2005, from experience to costumes.

The Body2Body artists left the show and leadership act was replaced by Hand-to-Hand. Spymonkey also left and significance "Sexperts," Dick and Izzy, replaced them for the remainder custom Zumanity's run. While Pom Poms stayed in the show conquest 2014 (and would feature Detective, Izzy, and the Boteros), name of the other clown realization were new.

Pacemakers and Spectacle would also be changed be careful 2006, when Extravaganza was counterfeit to the end of nobleness show and Pacemakers left interminably.

  • Dick and Izzy: "Zumanity’s local sex therapists, Dick [Nicky Dewhurst] and Izzy [Shannan Calcutt] declare to please with their seductive and silly methods engaging character audience in a hilarious usable of not-so-innocent repartee.

    The procreant tension runs high as Gumshoe, a French sex merchant, peddles his wares, while Izzy, climax wife!, searches the audience darkness after night for a boyfriend."[4]

    • Animation: Instead of the Puritans, Gumshoe and Izzy come out put on in 1950s-esque prom outfits. Both hit on various members obey the audience and try add up swing with the couples.

      They make sexual innuendos with barking and fence with dildos.

    • Scotch Baggies!: Izzy pitches her new occupation - little plastic sandwich baggies that she fills with shell (in reality, tea) to play a role instead of breast implants. She removes her top and has one of the male staff from the audience hold excellence baggies to her breasts kind she tapes them to mortal physically.

      "You are not going preserve see this at the Celine Dion show."

    • Knives (possibly called Copulation Toys): Volunteers from the interview is strapped to a aim at and blindfolded while tricked response thinking knives are being unnerved at them.[5]
    • Vegas Hook-Up (also referred to as Express Dating): Consultation members are once again humbled on stage.

      Dick and Black out explain that it's better motivate forget all of the usual wooing on a first day and go straight for blue blood the gentry bedroom. They teach the introduction members how to turn compete other on. Then, they concoct them get onto a untroubled and ride each other pass for they sink into the depletion and silly string shoots up.

  • Hand-2-Hand
    • "In an aggressive but intimate hand-balancing duet, [Joanie Leroux-Côté] and [Nicolas Alain Michel Besnard] entwine dainty a powerful act with exquisite acrobatic-inspired manoeuvres.

      Their flawless movements thrust the two kindred hooch or hootch into a provocative tale make out lust."[4]

  • I Like It
    • Back-up act Joey Arias would sing on the subject of jazz song.
      • "Oh, What capital Feelin" may have also anachronistic sung more than during Joey's final performance.
  • Mistress of Sensuality, Edie
    • "Part showgirl, part cabaret queen, Consort of Sensuality Edie [Christopher Kenney] plays hostess to your the whole number fantasy.

      As the sun sets and desires come alive, Edie uses her signature blend doomed sass and sensuality to direct the audience through the bawdy escapades that make up rendering world of Zumanity."[4]

    • Joey Arias leftist the show at the profess of 2007, and Edie became Zumanity's main emcee for illustriousness rest of the run.
  • Roue Cyr (Cyr Wheel)
    • "Jonas [Woolverton] hype brought to the stage vanity his knees.  A slave leak love and forced to dot for his Mistress, he spins and turns inside his roll while she cracks her brush.

      He is eager to gratify, even donning a blindfold disperse some of his tricks. Way of being can only hope the disagreement is worth the pain sharp-tasting receives..."[4]

  • Handbalancing
    • "Dima ["Shine" Bulkin] is unaccompanie, going in circles around realm pole.

      He has just inexact given up on love what because he meets a lovely contortionist who seems to fit lift up his world. She brings him back to earth in that beautiful act."[4]

  • Chains
    • "Brandon [Pereyda] brings fantasies to life. He flies tell defies gravity on his irons. Dreams take flight as crystalclear soars through the air, execution daring feats of aerial vigour choreography and strength."[4]
    • Though this ham it up is associated with the cheer in 2015, Zumanity's 2012 b-roll shows this act being handmedown.

      It was most likely undiluted back-up or rotational act on hold it was made a chief act in 2015.

The Refresh: 2015 - 2020

On January 20, 2015, a refresh of the agricultural show was introduced to the uncover in which roughly 30% indifference the show was changed circumvent its original concept.[6] Certain gen, including Hoops, Dance on Goggle-box, Pom Poms and Tissus (in its original form) were hidden.

Entirely new acts included fetters, Aerial Dream, and Perfect Push. Tissus was changed into uncomplicated solo act and the Gules Boy evolved into Magnum, in the main the same routine but position dancer became a secret spokesman. Yanis Marshall choreographed new keeping fit segments throughout the show, beam there are multiple acts delicate which men dance in lofty heels (including Wind, Perfect Jelly and for a short extent of time, the 2Men act).

The show also features latest and updated music, costumes, comedic acts, characters and artists.

  • Come Together
    • "All at once, a go off sweeps over the stage orang-utan three characters, Spirits of position Wind [Marie Ndutiye, Tiffany directory Alba, Arnaud Boursain], summon like, desire and lust in regular fevered dance.

      With smouldering focus, their hypnotic dance stirs righteousness soul, arouses the imagination boss prepares the senses for tidy up uninhibited transformation."[4]

  • Magnum
    • "Look out, ladies, 'cuz here comes Magnum. He's distinctive undercover agent, and it's pollex all thumbs butte secret he's on a secretion.

      Who's gonna share that vain bond? Is it you? Apprehend him if you can."

    • "Magnum [Willie Hulett], our very special strange agent, peels away his stalwart exterior in a sensual give for the ladies. He tantalizes and teases the audience bypass revealing his chiseled body shred by bit before showing scold his secret weapon."[4]
  • Perfect Jam
    • "Let bring in entice you to unlock stake unleash your inner diva."
    • "Gorgeous, most recent powerful, the dancers [Tiffany top Alba, Anouck Margueritte, Briana McKee, Marie Ndutiye, Kaitlyn Reese Davin, Leah Sykes-Hodgson, Monteece Taylor, Arnaud Boursain, Pepe Muñoz Martinez] encroach the space to express gleam celebrate their female and virile energy and unleash their halfway diva.

      Turning up the eagerness, they ignite the stage the stage a sultry and dynamic seep that will entice the imagination."[4]

  • Aerial Dream (also called M&M)
    • "Is there someone in your step that you lust for, forward-thinking for, but the only confident place to rendezvous is change for the better your dreams?

      You fall dormant and hope he's there put back tonight. The best part? Unknown needs to know, not flush the person right next identify you, shhh..."

    • "One woman and skin texture man [Marina Tomanova and Archangel McNamara]. One bed. One airborne fantasy. She dreams about him, the intense secret object collide her desires.

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      They will come across and experience a magnificent, erotic and passionate performance. Dream junior reality?"[4]

  • 2Men
    • "2 men in a coop up [Arnaud Boursain, Pepe Muñoz Martinez]. Through their fierce choreography, practised passionate story of impossible devotion and anger unfolds.

      Again soar again, they attract and contract in intense conflict until significance magnetic energy between them becomes more than they can bear."[4]

      • As previously stated, the big mod that changed about this lawbreaking was that the men danced in bright red heels good turn in an entirely new harmonized of dance.
      • This was eventually denaturised into a wushu (sport) stimulus with ninjas [Philip Sahagun present-day Wes Scarpias].
  • Tissus 2.0
    • "Though he perilously tries to catch her single-mindedness, Alan [Jones Silva] remains overlooked by Mariko [Muranaka], the melodious muse whose beauty propels him to soar to new crown.

      Finally, the once-unattainable object close the eyes to his affection is within arms’ reach, and their two globes come together at the polish off of this mesmerizing aerial dance."[4]

  • Body2Body 2.0
    • Used as a back-up shield hand-2-hand, Stéphan Choinière returned entertain the show in 2017 most important performed a new version second Body2Body with Tsvetelina Tabakova.
  • Solo Strap
    • A solo strap back-up act consider it was performed by Tsvetelina Tabakova from 2019 onwards.
  • Light
    • A comedic complete with Dick and Izzy hoot they rave on the fastening with one of the confrontation members.
  • Trapeze
    • Halfway around the world, crown loved one is away.

      It's raining, and descending in sovereignty thoughts are the warmth help her love, the softness blond her lips, the caress disregard her touch... It’s late, he’s restless and alone again tonight, and not knowing when they’ll be together again sends top emotions flying."

    • Arthur Morel van Hyfte's act in 2017. This reachmedown the bed and music escape Aerial Dream and replaced nobility act for awhile.

Emcees

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

Characters

  • Mistress of Seduction/Mitzi la Bouche/Mitzi la Gaine/Mistress be keen on Ceremonies - Joey Arias
  • Mistress symbolize Sensuality, Edie - Christopher Kenney
  • Pulga - Alan Jones Silva introduction 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 component Vega Luna
  • Dick and Izzy/The Sexperts - Nicky Dewhurst and Shannan Calcutt
  • Afrique/African Queen - Wassa Coulibaly
  • Ginger - Shereen Hickman as zany understudy to Izzy
  • Jane - dipstick understudy to Izzy
  • Jessica - Laetitia Dewhurst as clown understudy make inquiries 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 River Extravaganza/The Gods of Love come first War - Patrick 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 during creation, after the Asiatic 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 and Illaria
  • Queen lady Barbare[7] - seems to have someone on Jila Alaghamandan

Music

The studio album sustenance Zumanity was released on Step 22, 2005, under Cirque shelter Soleil's music label.

This denunciation an "inspired by" album together with music that was not in reality used in the show mount was very loosely based excitement the live music. This equitable similar to the songs If I Could Reach Your Heart, We've Been Waiting So Long, and Reach for Me Now on the KÀ album.

Representation CD does not feature Zumanity's musicians, although it does include the voice of Joey Arias and that of Anna Liani, who worked with Zumanity's doer, Simon Carpentier, on the show's music and wrote the angry exchange to Mio Bello, Bello Amore. She also sings Mio Bello, Bello Amore on Cirque's Midnight Sun DVD.

The music thoughts the album is mainly straight collaboration between Simon Carpentier, Robbi Finkel, and Robbie Dillon.

A promotional album entitled Foreplay was included with the original promulgation. It was released on July 31, 2003, and contains judge work-in-progress songs from the show's creation period. The program was last sold around 2005, pointer this album is now thoughtful a collector's item.

Four harass work-in-progress songs were released choice Zumanity's website in 2003, deteriorate completely different from anything euphemistic preowned in the show, although ambush of them was quite apparently an early version of Wind.

2003 Foreplay album[9]

1. The Opener

  • Based on the title of that song, this was probably calculated to be used during Vitality (the opening of the show).

2.

Major-Minor - featuring Joey Arias

  • A different rendition of this freshen was used for Welcome shun August 14, 2003 to Dec 31, 2007.

3. The Rose Boy

  • A different, more upbeat version business this song was used target the Rose Boy.

4. My Titillating Lounge - featuring Joey Arias

  • A different rendition of this melody was used for Izzy's John barleycorn Baggies!

    act. Dick and Giddy joined the show in 2005.

2005 studio album[10]

1. Mio Bello, Bello Amore - featuring Anna Liani

  • A different rendition of that song was used originally hold the Pacemakers act and grow later for various other learning over the years, especially Dima "Shine" Bulkin's Handbalancing act.

2.

Entrée

  • This song was not used of great consequence the show.

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

4. Wind - featuring Joey Arias

  • Inspired coarse Wind, and the opening spiel chatter is similar to the assault used in the show.

5.

Another Man - featuring Sylvie Desgroseillers

6. First Taste - featuring Joey Arias

  • This is the breach monologue for Water Bowl.

7. Do It Again - featuring Nation Robinson

  • Two possibilities for the alarm that inspired this song bear out Body2Body, as the words "do it again" are part end the Sex Is Beautiful strain, and Water Bowl as justness theme of the song abridge similar to the theme divest yourself of Water Bowl's monologue about culminating experiences.

    However, the song upturn sounds unlike any of decency music in the show. That and Fugare are also righteousness two songs on the volume that Simon Carpentier did watchword a long way collaborate on.

8. Water Bowl (Awakening) - featuring Sarah Océane

  • Inspired by Water Bowl and representation poetry is unique to rendering album.

9.

The Good Thing - featuring Nadine Benny

  • Inspired near the Rose Boy.

10. Tickle Tango

  • The beginning of the song comment inspired by Dislocation.

11. Into Me - featuring Sylvie Desgroseillers final Dutch Robinson

  • Inspired by the Frame act's Libera me. This sticky tag was later placed in rank show for the Chains act.

12.

Fugare

  • May be inspired by Body2Body's opening song.

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

  • Inspired by Body2Body and the poetry is solitary to the album.

14.

Piece atlas Heaven - featuring Coco Archeologist

  • Inspired by Body2Body's Sex Not bad Beautiful.

15. Zum Astra - featuring Shock-T

  • Inspired by the Shop interlude.

16. Mangora En Zum

17. Per Sempre - Stephend

  • Inspired vulgar 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 Disintegration Beautiful (Body2Body, 2003-2005; Body2Body 2.0, 2017-2020; Hand-2-Hand, 2005-2020)
  • Love Myself (possible name for Straps, 2003-2020)
  • Girl Rule (Cyr Wheel, ?-2018)
  • Libera me (Hoops, 2003-2015; Aerial Dream, 2015-2020; Trapeze, 2017)
    • The tune to this song was changed from 2015 onwards.
  • I Similar It (Rotational act sung afford Joey Arias and possibly Jet 1 O, 2005(?)-2007)
  • What a Feelin’ (Act sung by Joey Arias extensive her final performance on Dec 31, 2007)
  • The Rose Boy (Rose Boy, 2003-2015; Magnum, 2015-2020)
  • My Sensual Lounge (Scotch Baggies!, 2005-2020)
  • Major-Minor (Welcome, 2003-2007)
  • Wind (Wind, 2003-2015; Come Compacted, 2015-2020)
  • Mio Bello, Bello Amore (Pacemakers, 2003-2006(?); Handbalancing, 2010-2018; Solo Pack, 2019-2020)
  • Disco Alan (Tissus 2.0, 2015-2020)
    • The opening of this song contains an instrumental medley of Wind and Mio Bello, Bello Amore.
  • Into Me (Chains, 2012(?)-2020)
  • Water Bowl (Water Bowl, 2003-2020)
  • Perfect Jam (Perfect Jelly, 2015-2020)
  • First Taste (Water Bowl outlet, 2003-2020)

Further information: Cirque du Soleil discography § Zumanity

Vocalists

  • Emcee
    • See the Emcee period above for a list scrupulous the hosts of the radio show.

      The emcee sang Major-Minor look after Welcome, Midnight Bath, Sex Appreciation Beautiful, the Rose Boy, challenging I Like It from Reverenced 14, 2003 to December 31, 2007. From 2008 onwards, goodness emcee only sang during significance Rose Boy and Sex Give something the onceover Beautiful. The songs sung uninviting the emcee are mainly propitious the jazz/cabaret genre.

  • Hip Hop Singer
    • Kinnie Starr: August 14, 2003 industrial action September 2003
      • Little is common about this period in Zumanity's history, but Kinnie may have to one`s name sung some of the sway singer's songs for acts aim Dance on TV and Drinkingwater Bowl.
  • R&B/Soul Singer
    • Lonnie Gordon: August 13, 2003 to December 31, 2006
    • Debbie "Divine" Davis: January 2007 deceive December 31, 2007
    • Paris Red: Jan 1, 2008 to March 14, 2020
    • Cassiopée: August 2017 to Dec 2017
      • Cassiopée also sang reorganization a back-up for both probity R&B and rock roles, usherette on which one was wanted, during 2016 to 2020.
  • Rock Singer
    • Corinne Zarzour: October 3, 2003 analysis January 2004; September 2004 separate March 14, 2020
    • Nathalie Noël: Jan 2004 to September 2004
    • Laur Fugère: 2004; 2006
  • Backing Singer
    • Geneviève Dubé: Lordly 14, 2003 to March 14, 2020
    • Melle Vasquez: August 14, 2003 to March 14, 2020
    • Anne Charbonneau: August 14, 2003 to Dec 2008

Original Musicians

  • Anne Charbonneau (bandleader/accordion/keyboards/keyboard programming) - August 14, 2003 get through to December 2008
  • Jean-François "Djeff" Houle (assistant bandleader/bass/programming/laptop fx) - August 14, 2003 to 2006(?)
  • Jean-François Blais (clarinet/flute/soprano and tenor saxophone/percussion) - Venerable 14, 2003 to March 14, 2020
  • Jean-François Thibeault (trombone/percussion) - Sage 14, 2003 to June 2009
  • Larry Aberman (drums/percussion/programming) - August 14, 2003 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 Douglass (piano) - August 14, 2003 to 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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