Cirque du Soleil has prolonged its Brisbane season of KOOZA till Sunday, October 4, following sturdy curiosity from Queensland audiences.
The manufacturing opens on Saturday, August 1, beneath the Massive Prime at 465 Curtin Avenue in Eagle Farm. Tickets are actually obtainable for the added performances, with a number of seating and household choices provided.
On the centre of the Brisbane season is Gold Coast and Brisbane performer Mitch Wynter. He’ll tackle the lead character of The Trickster earlier than household, buddies and native audiences.
KOOZA combines traditional circus traditions with theatrical storytelling, comedy, dwell music and high-risk acrobatics. The manufacturing balances moments of energy and fragility whereas exploring worry, id, recognition and energy.
The prolonged season offers extra Queensland residents the prospect to see one in all Cirque du Soleil’s main touring productions.
It additionally marks an vital homecoming for Wynter, who first turned taken with KOOZA whereas coaching as a younger ballet scholar in Brisbane.
After performing The Trickster around the globe, he’ll now current the character within the state the place his performing profession started.
For native audiences, the season connects a world manufacturing with a performer who developed his abilities in South East Queensland.
The Brisbane season carries a powerful Gold Coast connection by means of Wynter, who’s carefully linked with each the Gold Coast and Brisbane.
His Queensland return will permit native audiences to see him carry out a job that has taken him internationally. It should additionally carry the manufacturing nearer to the communities the place he grew up and skilled.
“It’s extremely particular to carry KOOZA to Queensland,” Wynter mentioned. “That is the place I grew up, the place I skilled, and the place that dream began. To stroll onto that stage at dwelling because the Trickster is a full circle second.”
The prolonged season additionally offers Gold Coast residents extra alternatives to attend the manufacturing earlier than it closes in early October.
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Greater than 10 million folks have attended KOOZA since its 2007 premiere. The manufacturing has offered 5,500 exhibits throughout 71 cities and 23 nations.
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KOOZA options a world forged of 53 artists, supported by six dwell musicians and two singers throughout each efficiency.
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The Massive Prime seats 2,500 folks and stands 56 toes excessive. It spans 164 toes throughout and covers a 17,000-square-metre web site.
Wynter’s reference to KOOZA started when he was a 15-year-old ballet scholar in Brisbane.
After watching a video of the manufacturing, he turned drawn to The Trickster. The character seems immediately and guides audiences by means of KOOZA’s vibrant and unpredictable world.
The position combines motion, humour, stage presence and shut interplay with the broader forged. It turned a aim that remained with Wynter as his performing profession developed.
“I keep in mind watching KOOZA and being fully drawn to the Trickster,” Wynter mentioned. “There was one thing concerning the power, the motion and the way in which he related your entire present collectively. I by no means imagined that someday I’d be the particular person bringing him to life.”
Greater than a decade later, Wynter has carried out the character for audiences across the globe. His Brisbane performances will now carry that aim again to its Queensland beginnings.
KOOZA premiered in Montréal in April 2007 and have become Cirque du Soleil’s twentieth unique touring manufacturing for the reason that firm started.
The title comes from the Sanskrit phrase “koza”, which suggests “field” or “treasure”. It displays the manufacturing’s central concept of presenting a whole circus inside a field.
KOOZA’s soundtrack combines Nineteen Seventies funk, orchestral preparations and conventional Indian music. The music and vocals are carried out dwell throughout each present.
Cirque du Soleil’s equipped info lists 53 artists from 25 nationalities within the present forged. An accompanying manufacturing reality sheet lists 19 nationalities.
The manufacturing contains greater than 175 costumes, 160 hats and 1,200 handcrafted costume items. These items had been created at Cirque du Soleil’s Montréal workshop. One military costume accommodates 400 individually sewn metallic flaps, which create the looks of armour throughout the efficiency.
Behind the stage, greater than 120 folks journey with the manufacturing. The group contains two efficiency medication specialists who help the artists.
A full travelling kitchen serves two meals day by day to about 200 forged, crew and workers members.
Organising the Massive Prime web site takes seven days, whereas dismantling the venue takes three days. KOOZA is the eleventh Massive Prime manufacturing to go to Australia throughout the previous 26 years.
KOOZA will open at Eagle Farm on Saturday, August 1, earlier than persevering with by means of Sunday, October 4.
Tickets for all performances can be found by means of the official Cirque du Soleil web site.
