whole show during obviously acrobatics but uh I will call my job as well beside acrobatics more like a character character work you know different different different different charactersthrough the different scenes during the show then that's fun as well you know other than this uh I'm just singing one
been in Polish uh national team in sport acrobatics and I know like uh lee was Olympian on a on a trampoline we havelike guys from like uh performers or I don't know how how to say it uh that
fun and everything I do is is is always for fun you know then maybe that that's why it's so easy and and I enjoy it so much then except acrobatics I I I I will say I do more I'm featuring through the whole show during obviously acrobatics but uh I will call my job as well beside
much then except acrobatics I I I I will say I do more I'm featuring through the whole show during obviously acrobatics but uh I will call my job as well beside acrobatics more like a character character work you know different different different different characters
um I mean yes there are acrobats out there that can sing and dance and there are singers and dancers out there that can do acrobatics but when you're trying to I guess bring the the talent level that we have on stage up to Broadway and Circ standards you're really looking for high level acrobatics and high level singing and dancing and um I'm sure
I do 30 shows. It was cooking and acrobatics . It was right around 2000.
Got a lot of vibes on it. Just going to do this last acrobatics for y'all. This is my acoustic track.
very few and far between um so I think that it just naturally happened that way we found the number of acrobats that we needed to to support the acrobatics in the show and then we kept adding to that and adding to that and adding to that and you know the number of uh of Ensemble Broadway performers singers dancers that we needed then also you
a week before I broke a rib. I had a fracture in this rib here because I do the team acrobatics , and I fell. The one below had to lower my leg, but I didn't lower it; her foot got stuck here. So I fractured the rib. I had to get injections at the Barça like four times. Finally, I was
So, my name is Terry Crane and I founded the company in 2012. Um, I also specialize in aerial rope, uh, sear wheel and hand to hand acrobatics . So, yeah, that's my story. So, um, your background, you all kind of knew each other, some, um, for many years and some just joined the company. Like the for
And that's really what I was looking for. And this guy was doing crazy acrobatics .
kinda of kept finding things to satisfy my sort of unyielding appetite to move. So I did like Chinese acrobatics with a group called the Pickle Family Circus and then I started doing tap and modern and jazz, and ultimately I found myself at a studio that was very focused on ballet. And I had a teacher who was really tough as nails and he kind of insisted that ballet was the backbone of all other movement, which in a historical
And he pointed out a third thing. And he said, acrobatics is also easier. Absolutely right. Everything is harder, because you can't put anything down.
Of course, it's Batroc as in batrachian. And I very fond of not just his acrobatics -- because obviously I'm not doing cartwheels every day, but I really love his giant handlebar mustache, and the fact that he speaks with Marie Chevalier accent, which I can never personally master, myself.
and I didn't really fit in the the typical gymnast body gymnast very small yeah so I got kicked out to acrobatics and there I found my way as a porter which I'm still performing as a porter in in
uh um different behaviors and to put this uh kind of like fit this with the with all the acrobatics that we have to do and and so everything will look smooth and realistic so that that's the big challenge comparing to to to other shows
can do acrobatics but when you're trying to I guess bring the the talent level that we have on stage up to Broadway and Circ standards you're really looking for high level acrobatics and high level singing and dancing and um I'm sure there people out there and we do have people in our shows that have both of those qualities and skills but they're
this specific decade for for the show I know there was a lot of inspiration that came from a show that it it is actually a musical theater show with Circ acrobatics built in and I actually went to the show expecting the
really happy to be here in New York and touring with this great new company. I'm Erica and my specialty is basing acrobatics , as you just saw, that kind of stuff, lifting other people up in the air. And I was also in volume one and volume two of the conundrum shows. Also live with this guy and that guy. So we
have to to be able to run them uh successfully during the show right right so real quick um let's get the slideshow rolling we actually they sent us a bunch of stills of some of the acrobatics happening throughout the show so that'll be playing but um for I guess Ruby how much of the acrobatics did you get to
rolling we actually they sent us a bunch of stills of some of the acrobatics happening throughout the show so that'll be playing but um for I guess Ruby how much of the acrobatics did you get to participate in and then same question the reverse for the two of you how many how much of the singing and dancing do
me. I'm Tai and uh yep, that's my normal voice. Uh, my specialty is clown. I also do some acrobatics myself. Um, this is my first show with the acrobatic conundrum and I live with Terry Crane. So, we spend a lot of time together and uh, yeah,
stretching a lot for a really long time which can be painful. Um but there there's is a really beautiful metaphor travel for a year and study anthropologically, study acrobatics . Um, so that was my first opportunity to like
Or drop-- It's interesting. I think because of how you've staged the show, it's not just the acrobatics , those kind of things that required us to be in specific places. But once we added-- you started adding the element of the lighting to the show.
But they do more. What they also do is an intense course-- can you believe this-- of physical exercise and acrobatics . I mean, we've got a picture, number 7, of the kind of training that we're actually talking about.
everything is so compartmentalized. And eventually, I started to study pole dancing and acrobatics just for fun with no intention of ever putting it on the stage. And I started competing in pole fitness competitions.
So there was such an appetite for variety shows and burlesque here in New York that people started asking me, do you ever try to do all this stuff together? So in the shows, I sing opera while doing acrobatics . And eventually, in 2015, he was looking for a soprano.
what size shoe do you wear, because we're going to put you in heels for this number? And I said, I don't really like to perform acrobatics in heels. And the response was kind of like, OK, what size shoe do you wear again?
But there's so many different ways to make it work. And we work with multi-generational groups, and people who have very little ability to do acrobatics , but then have a huge ability
I was banned from Italy. I couldn't compete. I won so many times in acrobatics . Made how-to videos, I got millions of dollars worth of free advertising.
How did you find the way to hone the craft? Yeah. Well, it wasn't a passion for diving, but I started in dance and acrobatics when I was a year and a half, performing on stage when I was three.
It's absolutely thrilling to watch. You've woven together so many very interesting elements to tell the story, not just through the song and dance, but through beautiful puppetry, and really insane acrobatics . So can you tell us more about how you approached directing the show, and how maybe it differed from any of the previous shows
This is amazing. And it really helped tie the narrative together too, as well. So you talked a bit about this, but to give everyone some context, when I said insane acrobatics , I mean, we're talking about acrobatic flips, aerial silks, with acrobats throwing each other across the stage, and performing these death drops that are sliding headfirst down the big top pole.
So let's get into some of the behind-the-scenes magic that you guys are responsible. For so Ron, every Cirque show is imaginative, from the storyline to the costumes to the themes to the acrobatics and performances. So how is the theme for a show decided?
So, working with my mental coach is really, really good for me because it helps me put things into perspective, get organized, and see you'll finish in? It's more or less difficult in a team, since there are acrobatics . And you only realize this a little while you're doing it,
I was like, now, we not going to do no splits or no acrobatics or nothing like that.
specialty is clown. I also do some acrobatics myself. Um, this is my first show with the acrobatic conundrum and I live with Terry Crane. So, we spend a lot of time together and uh, yeah, really happy to be here in New York and touring with this great new company.