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00:02It's such a massive thing to premiere a show in Montreal.
00:06Yesterday you all were a huge mistake.
00:13I'm getting ready to attempt to set Guinness record.
00:16Three, two, one, go.
00:18I didn't call myself the most flexible male in the world.
00:22People are calling me that.
00:25I would never want to steal Eric's job,
00:27but maybe you would be willing to share it with me.
00:30It's my coat someone else is wearing.
00:45These are my first steps on Louisiana Montreal site.
00:50A few weeks ago I had my appendix removed.
00:54It was one and a half weeks before premiere
00:57and of all the premieres I could have missed,
01:01this was not the one.
01:03I can't even imagine what it must have been like for him missing the premiere.
01:07I'm sure it was upsetting.
01:11I have been a clown for the last 25 years.
01:19Clowning is a serious business and I'm trying to put clowning back on the map.
01:28That train which is called Cirque du Soleil or Luzia is moving and it doesn't stop.
01:33It goes.
01:34And when you're not on the stage, you have to catch up.
01:38You have to run hard.
01:39Or you get left out.
01:46Ha!
01:48They erased me already.
02:03One, two, three.
02:07Being an artist of Cirque du Soleil, it's like being a professional athlete.
02:12And I was so slow.
02:13You have to be in shape.
02:15You have to be healthy.
02:16You have to train well.
02:18Behave well.
02:19Because it doesn't matter if you see the show tonight or tomorrow.
02:23The quality has to be at the same level.
02:26Okay, ready?
02:27Yeah.
02:28Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
02:30There's always room to improve, to do a little bit that is more difficult.
02:35So that's how we try to keep them engaged so they don't get bored.
02:41There's no bad seats in the house and everybody deserves to see what the show really is.
02:48So we're halfway to our run in Montreal and you can start to feel a little bit of fatigue.
02:54There's a spirit of competition that pushes the artists to see what their limits are.
02:59Pushing each other up all together.
03:01Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
03:02Perfect.
03:03Yay!
03:06Obviously, it's good to be back on site.
03:11Hello!
03:16What does it feel like?
03:17Just sore, achy?
03:19Whoa, whoa!
03:22Like that.
03:24When Nelson joined Cirque du Soleil, when he was clowning, he did what he did and he thought it was
03:30fun.
03:30And then I taught him the craft.
03:33Instead of a water bottle, it's something completely different.
03:36I'm not going to tell you what it is.
03:37A book.
03:37Yeah, it's a book.
03:38It's a book.
03:38Everybody can say they're a clown, but they're not.
03:42It's a science and you have to study it.
03:45What are you going to do now?
03:45And I will watch the show.
03:48That's it.
03:50That's it.
03:52Performing for Eric is so, so nerve-wracking.
03:55Because I want him to see that I can do the role and that the work that he's put into
04:00me is worth it.
04:02I think Nelson has a big ego.
04:07And he hides it very well, but it's there.
04:11And I can see it.
04:13I still see it.
04:20I've been training for the understudy for seven years and he invested so much time into me while I was
04:26learning to become the performer that I am today.
04:31Even after the premiere for all of the heads of Cirque du Soleil, I think performing for Eric is still
04:36one of the most nerve-wracking things that I do.
04:41I don't like to be on this side of the stage.
04:45So it's always hard to sit and watch.
04:57There is always like a little bit of the attitude.
05:00Look at me.
05:01I'm here on this stage.
05:04And nobody's, nobody's interested in that.
05:09Comedy is about making people laugh.
05:12It's not about pride.
05:17I want to be the best clown in the world.
05:20And Nelson may not know it, but I want that for him too.
05:36The biggest challenge of being in a duo is you both have to be on top of your game.
05:40Very bendy.
05:42Like, it looked like you were in a full, like, one-like bridge.
05:45At this point in the run, we always challenge each other to push our act further.
05:49I get so dizzy in the artistic test.
05:53My name is Ore España.
05:54I'm 28 years old.
05:56And on Lucia, I do the Roosier.
06:02I like to say that the sear wheel is like a giant hula hoop, but instead of, like, spinning it
06:07around your waist, you stand inside of it.
06:09That's, I think, the easiest way to explain a sear wheel to somebody.
06:15I'm a sixth generation traditional circus artist.
06:18And the first time I was on stage, I was about four or five.
06:21I feel like my whole life I've been sort of trained to be on stage.
06:28I am Sara Doni.
06:29I am 25 years old.
06:32And I'm the fifth generation of La Familia Doni.
06:35I'm from Italy.
06:37Picture the most traditional Italian family.
06:40That's my family.
06:42Like this position.
06:43Yeah, me too.
06:43You have one knee up.
06:44I have the opposite knee up.
06:46It almost fell on your face.
06:48Coming both from traditional circus backgrounds, it kind of really feels like we're sisters on stage, because she has the
06:55same background as I do.
06:56When I look at her, I see home.
07:01Yes, yes, yes!
07:02Both Sara and I are self-taught.
07:05We both grew up on the road learning sear wheel from a young age, so we didn't have access to
07:09having a coach to learn specific tricks.
07:11Like, look!
07:12You were so high!
07:14Why did I jump off?
07:15The trick that we were working on together, it's a coin, but on a split.
07:20And the hard part is to stand up from that coin into a split.
07:29The biggest challenge that we are facing right now is fear, because what happens when you're spinning, you don't feel
07:36safe.
07:39So the hardest part about learning is fighting through that fear.
07:48It's so frustrating, trying the same trick on and on, and there's no changes.
08:03Ladies and gentlemen, Tepi Rouge, please. Tepi Rouge, please.
08:08Hi, everybody.
08:09Hi, guys.
08:10Tepi Rouge!
08:12Tepi Rouge is our red carpet.
08:13So traditionally, all Cirque du Soleil shows have red carpet in their artistic tent.
08:18It's our team time, whether it's logistics, show notes, shout outs.
08:23First things first, I know Coach has a lot to say.
08:28So I'll talk to you guys about Fitness Evolve.
08:33Fitness Evolve is just evaluated, you know, overall strength of everyone.
08:39IHQ is gonna help me to do the Fitness Evolve on everyone.
08:43So remember, if you fail the entire test, then you cannot perform.
08:48If you fail the test, then you need to go back in a training program.
08:52And then after a few weeks, we retest again.
08:56So this year, we do two tests, depends on your category.
09:02I know you guys are panicking about that.
09:05I think everyone is a little bit stressed.
09:08People do their own workout, but they're not necessarily working out for doing that test.
09:14Do you guys have any questions?
09:16Do the musicians have to do it?
09:18No.
09:19Does the clown have to do it?
09:20Yes.
09:22If you have other questions, Emerson's here all night.
09:34Can we start, please? I'm nervous.
09:37No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
09:39Push, push, push, push.
09:40The Fitness Test happens twice a year.
09:44It's a way for SIRC to make sure that the artists are still in a good shape.
09:50What we test is always a surprise.
09:52Press, press, press, press, press.
09:53And it comes at random times during the year, like a pop quiz.
09:57Hey, push, push, push, push, push.
09:58I'm a bit stressed about it, definitely, because I want to pass the test.
10:03If you fail one exercise, you're good to go for the show,
10:05but if you fail two or more, you cannot perform.
10:08This is a pass-fail evaluation, but we do keep an eye on who the top performers are.
10:13And kind of just siphoning the artists who really want to impress us.
10:17Yeah.
10:18Good job.
10:20Good job, buddy.
10:21How much?
10:2227.
10:28Every profile, they have a different test.
10:30One for an acrobat, and another for an aerialist.
10:34Next.
10:36Push-ups.
10:37Push-ups.
10:38Alex is very special.
10:39We don't know how to test him, you know, and to understand, you know, his body,
10:44because he's out of this planet.
10:47So, since you're a contortionist, a lot of your act will be on a pressing motion.
10:51Push-up, male, and let's say, well, yeah, 26 and above.
10:57Okay.
10:5726 and above.
11:00Let's go.
11:0221.
11:03As contortionist, you need to have flexibility, strength, agility, control over your body.
11:11Well done.
11:12Let's go.
11:14Well done.
11:15Woo!
11:16If you get too strong, you start getting muscles, you start losing your flexibility.
11:24Let's go.
11:25One.
11:25Beautiful.
11:26Go.
11:26Two.
11:28But on the other hand, if you don't pay attention to strengthening exercises at all,
11:31the body becomes too loose and you start having issues with controlling it.
11:36Finding this balance is like the biggest challenge.
11:40For a maximal push-up test, we did 26.
11:43There were meet expectations.
11:45Well done.
11:50As a college gymnast, I always had strength tests.
11:53A lot of the times, I didn't do very well on them.
11:55I always failed them.
11:56Up, up, up, up, up.
11:57Nice.
11:59Well done.
12:00The test that we're going to do will be the inverted row.
12:02Just to measure upper body pulling strength.
12:04We're just going to be setting up over there.
12:06Pressure's on.
12:08So after college gymnastics, I really got into weightlifting and I made the decision to never,
12:13ever, ever fail a strength test again.
12:1719.
12:1820.
12:19Let's go.
12:20Well done.
12:21Good?
12:22Easy.
12:23Yeah.
12:23There's a number where it meets expectations and outstanding.
12:27So we always go pretty outstanding.
12:30Okay, so next up, we'll do bullet tests.
12:34Ah!
12:35Olivia, she's always working out, doing her thing.
12:39Bye.
12:40She's very persistent.
12:42When she wants something, you know, she'll work on it.
12:44Put it up, put it up, put it up.
12:46Well done.
12:47I look forward to it maybe more than others.
12:49Can I keep going?
12:50She does.
12:51Go crazy.
12:52Come on!
12:5460.
12:55Come on, come on.
12:55No pause, no pause, no pause.
12:57Good.
12:58Well done.
13:00Feels good.
13:01Feels strong.
13:04Yeah.
13:05Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go.
13:06Stay back, stay.
13:06Come on, come on.
13:07Press, press, press, you go.
13:08Come on, come on, come on, come on.
13:09I think it's like any athlete.
13:10You have to stay in shape.
13:12You have to be really disciplined.
13:13Push, push, push, push, push, push, push, push, push, push, push.
13:15Those are all aspects that people don't really think of often.
13:18And that's why it makes it so competitive.
13:21Four.
13:22It's a good challenge for the crew and we'll see who comes up on top and who comes up on
13:26the bottom.
13:26Push, push, push, push, push, push.
13:28So Eric, what did you think about this?
13:31Southern sucks this way.
13:32Yeah.
13:32No rush.
13:33Slow down.
13:34First of all, you should feel your muscles.
13:37Stupid.
13:38Empty light bar.
13:40I'm 52 years old and I'm one of the oldest cast members of the show.
13:46Yeah, you can open your chest a little more.
13:49Yeah.
13:50Two years before I started at Cirque, I realized I needed to visit the gym.
13:56Squatting a little lower than 90 degrees.
13:59Never give up.
14:01Let's go.
14:01And if I do half of that, I'm happy.
14:05Five?
14:06Yeah.
14:07Do I touch?
14:08Yeah.
14:09How are you feeling at this stage of your recovery from the surgery?
14:13Well, first of all, I feel great.
14:17My recovery went really smooth.
14:20Five on one side and then five on the other or mix it up.
14:24So physically, surgery-wise, done.
14:28But anytime you step away from the tent, it's a dead sprint to come back.
14:34How do you feel about burpees?
14:36What was that again?
14:37Burpees?
14:37Yeah, yeah.
14:38Oh, is it like that?
14:44Like that, right?
14:46Uh-huh.
14:48At this age, you feel that in your body.
14:51Everything hurts.
14:53Run down and back.
14:54Run.
14:55Back and forth, not on the spot.
14:58Yes.
14:58I love Eric and I'm so thankful for everything that he's done for me.
15:02But me being a bit younger and the fact that I'm an acrobat, I think I'll be alright.
15:08More?
15:28It's really nice with the tour because a lot of families, they have kids and they still make it work.
15:33High five?
15:34Oh, he seems to be so happy.
15:38How do you feel being dad?
15:40I love it.
15:41The kids change your life, yeah.
15:43I really cherish every moment that I can.
15:46I'm a father and also a boyfriend and I just want to be with my baby and to not be
15:53on tour all the time.
15:54My fiancée, Val, she's also a circus artist and she's more behind the scenes and she loves it.
15:58And you, after Montreal, you're done with touring?
16:03Yeah.
16:05Tough decision, huh?
16:06Yeah, it's hard.
16:07It takes me a while to think about it.
16:09Lee is one of our hoop divers.
16:11He decided to leave after Montreal because he wants to provide stability for his kid, Leo, who's five years old.
16:18With Val, we talk a lot about stopping touring and making a life of our own.
16:22Stop touring is a difficult decision.
16:24Yeah, yeah, for sure.
16:26Those conversations, they don't happen naturally.
16:28I think I just have to take the time to decide what's next.
16:36Maybe staying childish or young in my heart helps me push that moment a bit away.
16:41Good talk, man.
16:43Yeah, nice talk.
16:43Yeah.
16:44I'm happy for you.
16:45Maybe this is because I'm naive and I just want to be like, oh, I can do this forever.
16:49But I can't.
16:56When I woke up this morning, it's like, ah, finally, I'm getting back to work.
17:02Today, we're testing all my costumes and setups.
17:05And I just hope to get cleared to perform.
17:09Eric, you know, we cannot do it like that.
17:12What is that?
17:12We have a really wonderful performance medicine team and head coach and myself.
17:20We work really closely together to make sure that the artist gets re-entreated into the show properly.
17:26My integration in the show will go step by step.
17:29Everyone's really excited to see Eric back on site.
17:33He's a big part of a lot of the show.
17:35He hasn't done his first show yet, so we'll see how he goes with that.
17:38But I think it's going to be really good.
17:39So, now I start feeling it.
17:42And maybe because of anesthetics or the surgery, it's pretty tough to step back in.
17:48I feel it, but it doesn't hurt.
17:52Zero is nothing.
17:53Ten is the worst way around.
17:56Yeah, so 0.5.
17:580.2.
18:08I want to be back in as soon as I can.
18:11I don't expect to do all the shows right away.
18:14Let's see where it goes.
18:18Congratulations, you've been cleared.
18:20The thing.
18:21Okay.
18:25Now, I come back and I show them the best.
18:29Clown shoes are big, yeah?
18:42Ladies and gentlemen, please gather around the Deppie Rouge.
18:46The results of the fitness of Al-RM.
18:48Hi, everybody.
18:49A couple of things will go around.
18:52Emerson?
18:53Thank you, everyone, for the fitness evaluation.
18:56Woo!
18:56Woo!
18:56So we're going to discuss the results of everyone.
19:00Woo!
19:02Everyone in the show passed.
19:08Everyone passed the test.
19:11So, guess who did the best overall?
19:15Olivia!
19:16Olivia!
19:24Olivia had the highest score on the fitness of all of everyone, male and female.
19:29Her score was the highest one.
19:31I like to see my muscles grow.
19:36And so, I think I actually did better than Nelson.
19:40Being from a small town in Ohio, there's, like, not much art, let alone circus or something
19:47like this.
19:47So, saying, oh, this is what I want to do, people kind of look at you like you're crazy.
19:52Like, what?
20:02Obviously, it's great to be back on stage.
20:04I love performing.
20:05That's my home.
20:10And this is my character.
20:13I can do four shows.
20:15I can do four shows.
20:17Great.
20:17Save that for later.
20:19Hey!
20:19Hey!
20:20I am so passionate about comedy.
20:23I find it such a miracle that you can step on stage, make two steps, raise your hand,
20:30and they'll laugh.
20:31Only if you do that at the exact right time.
20:34Otherwise, nobody will laugh.
20:37And I think that is something that drives me to teach Nelson.
20:42And now I'm back, I'm thinking, I need to revisit my role as a mentor.
21:00Hello.
21:00Hello.
21:02Hey, baby.
21:03How are you?
21:04Good.
21:05You?
21:05So, my boyfriend, Tamek, and I, we have, like, a six-hour time difference between us.
21:10And most of the time on Saturdays, when I have three shows and he has two shows, we
21:14start our makeup at the same time.
21:16That's so cool that you guys are in Spain now.
21:19I'm so jealous.
21:20I know, right?
21:21Yeah.
21:22I definitely feel like, as we're apart, doing these little things together really help us
21:28connect.
21:29Tamek got his offer for Cirque du Soleil's other show, Curious.
21:34And I got the offer for Lucia.
21:36He told me he definitely wanted me to take it.
21:38He really wanted me to, like, go on the same journey that he was on, even if it's in a
21:42different show.
21:43You have to do it.
21:45Otherwise, you're gonna miss the opportunity, obviously.
21:47Yeah, for sure.
21:48That was almost a year ago.
21:50So, it's been a lot of distance in a year.
21:53But it really helps us look forward to the time together.
21:57I mean, it's still nice that we get to do our makeup together.
22:00But I actually get kind of jealous of the couples that are here all the time.
22:04Like Sarah and her boyfriend Alejandro.
22:06It would be so nice to have you here with me, too.
22:13Maybe like this?
22:15Yeah?
22:16Yeah.
22:17Good.
22:18Do you remember the day that we met?
22:21Like it was yesterday.
22:26Alejandro and I met in Australia one year and a half ago while we were touring.
22:33Honestly, if someone invites you to the show, like, you're gonna want to see what they are
22:37doing, right?
22:38So, I was trying to follow you around the stage and I was blown away.
22:44We knew that at some point we would have had to make a decision on whether he was gonna join
22:51me on tour.
22:53Alejandro is new to this lifestyle, the circus world.
22:57He works remotely, so he has the opportunity to be on tour with me while working.
23:04Everything just worked out.
23:05Now we're just creating this new life that definitely makes me happier on stage.
23:10You know, he's more in my world now.
23:19I know that it can be hard for other couples, like, when you have your partner on a different
23:25show and you don't know when you're gonna be able to see each other.
23:41Now that the premiere and fitness tests are behind us, Gracie really wants us to take advantage
23:46of the wealth of knowledge and expertise here at HQ.
23:50We're trying to improve because it would be boring to do the same routine every single day
23:55and being here.
23:57There is a choreographer I need to see.
23:59Hello!
24:02Sylvia Gertrudix, she's a choreographer in Sur du Soleil, and she was responsible for
24:07staging a few acts in Louisiana, and one of them was Contortion.
24:10Long time no see.
24:12Yeah.
24:12How are you?
24:12Super.
24:13Super?
24:14You?
24:14Yes, I'm super, but I'm more happy now that I see you.
24:17We haven't seen each other since 2018?
24:1918 or 19.
24:1917, something like that.
24:20Something like that.
24:21We didn't know each other back then, but we got to know each other through the creation.
24:24He was shy, but he was also very well-mannered.
24:28It was my first time when I traveled by myself and I was a bit scared because previously,
24:34wherever we went, I was traveling with my coach.
24:37And when we started working, my worries started going away piece by piece, little by little,
24:43because I was with Sylvia and I started enjoying the process a lot.
24:47We really, with him, we had all these positions that were extreme positions and other positions
24:51that are also very challenging even to the eye.
24:54You need to show this.
24:55This one is more Picasso.
24:58He has this amazing body.
25:00There's moments that the legs are talking to him and the head is talking to the legs.
25:04We had like four or five months together and he was becoming this creature called Alebrije,
25:10So we were able to explore with his body.
25:14Do you remember?
25:15We were like, let's see, imagine you're a dog.
25:19Because you remember that?
25:20Yeah, I remember.
25:21How was it?
25:22So you start playing with your leg as if you were a dog and play with it, with your leg.
25:28You were like, interacting.
25:31Yes, yes, yes, yes.
25:32Woo!
25:33Yes.
25:35My character is called Alebrije.
25:39It's a mythical creature from Mexican culture that embodies many different animals in one body.
25:45Sometimes I'm playing a snake.
25:48Sometimes I'm playing a scorpion.
25:49Sometimes I'm playing a cat.
25:51A cat.
25:52I never thought you were a cat.
25:54The scorpion.
25:55So when I'm coming, split.
25:58Yes.
25:59Yes.
26:00You remember that you asked me to do flamingo in the box?
26:04Yeah.
26:05These ones.
26:05Yes, yes, yes.
26:07That for you was easy.
26:09For me it's still easy.
26:12You remember that we did some improvisations, you and I?
26:15You remember what was it?
26:17And I remember that I was feeling a bit shy, a bit nervous because I was like, okay, what do
26:23I do?
26:30We put on music that was like opposition.
26:33Because we wanted to find your dark side.
26:35Or to see what kind of dark side he has because you're such a nice, gentle person.
26:40But in your number, the scene is a little bit darker, mysterious, right?
26:46You want to do a little bit of that moment together?
26:49Just trying to recover that energy?
26:52Sure, yeah.
26:52Okay, let's try.
27:06I think Alexei has an unlimited potential.
27:10Seeing him going and expanding into a multi-layered artist.
27:14And even now, with his time, he's become his own choreographer, his own director.
27:20He's evolved the act.
27:22If you ask me how I evolved over these nine years, it's really hard to say from my part because
27:26I've been with myself all this time.
27:28But I'm happy to hear from different people.
27:31They say, oh, Alexei did it differently.
27:33You added a new trick.
27:34That looks amazing.
27:35And it makes me understand that I'm still evolving.
27:40I think that's it.
27:41That's it.
27:50I think that's it.
27:50So, the idea I bring when I finish my solo, I will be like this, and then...
27:57Yeah.
28:00Exactly.
28:02Ego is my partner on stage.
28:05It's really good to perform with him because we understand each of us.
28:12But soon he would go on parental leave.
28:17So I had no choice to do the solo.
28:20And that's almost five minutes alone on stage.
28:26So it will be like this.
28:28Boom.
28:28Right.
28:29Right.
28:30Until at the end.
28:32I need to get ready any time.
28:34So today is the day where I'm going to practice my solo version.
28:39You want to come on this one?
28:41Yeah, it will be on the side.
28:43So from here, I'm going to start like this.
28:47Boom.
28:48And then I go inside the water like this.
28:51We are going to incorporate the water feature for almost one minute.
28:56We are going to test if those new tricks can work in the water.
29:00I never tried yet on stage.
29:05For me, the challenge is to be able to juggle on the water.
29:09Because that can affect the trajectory of the ball.
29:35Because we don't have the intro, we lose a little bit of the fun Superman.
29:40And I don't know, maybe you do it later for your regular solo time.
29:43So, okay.
29:43You can do it there so you can breathe a little bit.
29:45Yeah.
29:45And you can come upstage.
29:47I'm not sure if Grace is happy with what I put together during the week.
29:52She want me to interact more with the water, change the order of my tricks.
29:57Now I have no idea if the solo will be ready on time.
30:04We have a job to do.
30:06The job is to entertain.
30:09Yeah.
30:10It's not a nice get together.
30:13Nelson is still splitting clown duty with me.
30:16So, I want him to be the best.
30:19There's a lot of tricks to keep the attention.
30:21To keep them with you.
30:22I think that if he overcomes that exhibitionism of his ego, that will be the next step for him.
30:30He will learn faster.
30:32We have an attention span in the act as well.
30:37Yes.
30:37You need to keep it tight.
30:39Let's experiment.
30:41Let me grab a ball.
30:42Stay.
30:42Stay.
30:44No, no.
30:47Our job is to make it look easy.
30:51Being funny, doing funny is the difference between ego, no ego, tension, no tension.
31:00It took me 10 years to understand what does it mean.
31:03Yes.
31:04I would like you to come here, present yourself to the audience and then do something with the ball.
31:16Okay.
31:21Hi, my name is Nelson Smiles.
31:23I'm a hoop diver and backup clown on Cirque du Soleil's Lusia.
31:26And this is my ball.
31:30You can throw the ball.
31:32Catch the ball.
31:34And it's a good ball.
31:36All I had to do was introduce myself.
31:39It's rambled on.
31:40Could I try again?
31:41No.
31:42It's okay.
31:44I hate this exercise.
31:46So I think it's more mind games than an actual exercise.
31:49Go stand there.
31:50That's your ball.
31:51Now.
31:52Make us laugh.
31:54Okay.
31:57Um...
32:01Come on.
32:03I haven't laughed.
32:07Just like, here's a ball.
32:09Be funny.
32:09Like, oh.
32:10They're designed to catch you off guard.
32:17Look down.
32:20Look down.
32:31It's tough, huh?
32:32It's horrible.
32:33Absolutely horrible.
32:35And you do a good job.
32:37I have to say.
32:38And that felt good.
32:39The whole way down for the chicken thing, I was like, this is awful, but I think it's working.
32:45That's the rhythm.
32:46It was not, oh my God, I need to be funny.
32:51Yeah, that's it.
32:52If I took every single one of Eric's notes to heart, I would come out crying.
32:57So, I actually feel like now I'm getting to a point where I can not best him, but I'm a
33:02bit more ready for him.
33:03Which always feels good.
33:05Surprise.
33:05Break the expectation.
33:07To keep them with you.
33:09Nelson grew a lot.
33:10He came in as a kid, and then I taught him some tips and tricks.
33:16And he took that.
33:18And that is very nice to see.
33:28But I'm really high.
33:32We're so close.
33:34With Zora, we are trying to get this trick, the split coin.
33:38But it's super hard to understand what we need to do.
33:41I feel like I'm just chickening out.
33:47I feel like I can do it.
33:49But what I did is, as I came up, I brought the leg down.
33:52Right?
33:53Well, you're upside down.
33:54Your arm is in a position it isn't usually in.
33:56You feel your weight shifted very far forward, and you can't see the floor.
34:00No.
34:03Let me try with this one leg.
34:09Almost.
34:10Okay.
34:11It's just frustration.
34:17It's like the voice in your head, like, failure, failure.
34:30It's like a side.
34:32I'm done.
34:33Not doing anyone.
34:41Yes!
34:45Yes!
35:02It's a fraction of a second from, okay, I'm gonna give up until I have the trick.
35:08It's just an amazing feeling.
35:10Let's do!
35:12Do it super easy.
35:13Sarah did something totally different than what we were both doing.
35:18This.
35:19Engaged.
35:35My dad used to say that before you put a trick in the show, you have to do it ten
35:39times and do it good ten times in a row without failing.
35:42I feel like we have it, like, we could even put it on stage tonight.
35:45It's super exciting.
35:54Ten years ago, we did creation, and there was so much going on that sometimes I didn't really experience it,
36:03because it all went by so quick.
36:09But since I came back, I've been feeling my age.
36:14I'm obviously thinking about what's next.
36:18Okay, you ready?
36:20But for now, spending time with the original castmates could give me some perspective.
36:25Well, here we are, guys.
36:27Cheers!
36:28Cheers!
36:29Salut!
36:30Montréal!
36:31Montréal!
36:31Bienvenue!
36:32Can you believe it?
36:34Nine years after.
36:35It's crazy.
36:36It's crazy.
36:36A lot of things happened during all this time.
36:39Like, before I arrived to Cine du Soleil, I was always alone.
36:43And having those groups where I see people help each other and working together and sharing this experience together, I
36:50think it made me progress as artist.
36:54All the originals, we are ten years older.
36:57Those who started as kids, they are now grown-ups.
37:01That already is a shift in performance.
37:04Me, I saw the show a few times.
37:06I realized how much we are just a piece of an entire puzzle.
37:16I was 32.
37:21Don't lie, Eric.
37:23I was 43 when I started.
37:26And I'm now 52.
37:28I'm still the same Eric.
37:30I still do my job.
37:32But, uh, my energy level is different.
37:37It's not like Nelson's energy.
37:41After 10 years, you decided to...
37:43I changed.
37:45I won't say I'm slower, but there's a different energy.
37:51I think of it, it's quite a journey we've been through together.
37:54Yeah.
37:56Lucia, for me, is about change and about accepting the next chapter.
38:02Uh, but it's not just my character going through these changes.
38:06It's me as well.
38:07I'm the one who is experiencing these changes.
38:11And I need to figure out what path I want to take now.
38:24Tomorrow is the big day where I'll be performing solo.
38:29I really need to step up to really bring something stronger
38:33to make people react because I will be alone on stage.
38:38So, I know I need to get back to my street vibe
38:41to boost my confidence.
38:43Are you guys ready?
38:44Yeah!
38:44Yeah!
38:45Good morning.
38:53For me, it's really important to not forget where I come from.
38:58And, uh, when you arrive in the street,
39:00you have, like, few seconds to try to get people's attention.
39:05So, you need to do something.
39:07You need to show them why they should stop to watch you.
39:15Yeah!
39:17Thank you!
39:18I can tell it's you!
39:19Thank you!
39:20I've heard people are telling me,
39:21hey, you are doing straight just right now.
39:23You don't need to be on the street.
39:24So, I say, no.
39:25This is where I started.
39:28I have that confidence.
39:30It's part of me.
39:33So, I will do, uh, everything to bring that, uh, smile to people.
39:42I have no choice to do the solo, but I think I'm ready for the challenge.
39:47Uh, it will be cool.
39:48Ciao!
39:50Oh, that's cool.
39:57One minute, everybody.
39:59One minute.
39:59Copy one.
40:00I need to really keep the show at the same level as we are doing together.
40:06This is the big challenge now.
40:10Plus, now we have the water in the solo.
40:14All the eyes are on you.
40:32One minute.
40:45Just like us tobly go to the next level.
40:46And say, wait, one part of the
40:47hive.
40:47going on stage, you don't have the adrenaline feeling anymore.
40:51That's when you're like, okay, I need a kick in the butt.
40:54You know, you want to feel a little bit more alive.
40:57You want to excite yourself and excite the audience.
41:01That's everything.
41:02That's why we're here.
41:05We start spinning.
41:06I see the ground.
41:07I see Sarah.
41:08So we have this eye contact with each other.
41:11She's in the trick and she's pulling up.
41:14And then I'm pulling up.
41:16And we're both screaming and everyone was cheering.
41:21It's a challenge that we put to ourselves with nobody asking for it.
41:25You know, there's nobody that told us,
41:27ah, you have to do a harder tricks in your act.
41:33We got the trick and you feel all of your colleagues cheering for you.
41:38And those are the reason why we do what we do.
41:41We were trying this trick for so long.
41:43We promised ourselves we would get it in the show in Montreal.
41:46And we did it.
41:47And it's like, check.
41:53Now I did my first week.
41:55It's already started to feel like my daily routine.
42:01I'm living the dream.
42:02I'm living the dream.
42:04I've traveled the world.
42:05I see everything.
42:05People project themselves in our way of living, but then go back to their safe couch in their own home.
42:16You did great.
42:18You feel okay?
42:19Yeah.
42:20In our case, that part is not there.
42:23We don't go home.
42:25We are always here.
42:27It's good.
42:27It's good, but the harness is better.
42:29Okay.
42:29Did the pattern help?
42:31Yeah, I think a little.
42:32Of course, it's a luxury problem.
42:34It's a choice.
42:36Yes.
42:37True.
42:39Well, thank you.
42:41Off I go.
42:42But it doesn't make it always easy.
42:46I miss you too.
42:55Next on Cirque Life.
42:58The doctor said, oh yeah, this is torn.
43:00That's torn.
43:01This is busted.
43:02That's busted.
43:02This is that.
43:03And I was like, whoa.
43:05So you'll do the surgery.
43:07It's not normal to have pain every day, but we accept it because we're like, oh, that's
43:10my job.
43:14Oh my God.
43:15This is crazy.
43:19Honestly, it was a night that none of us will ever forget.
43:23At the end of the show, when everything stops, it is always a big moment for us.
43:28What if I quit?
43:29What would be the next step in my career?
43:32I'll miss you all.
43:33Let's do one more good one.
43:34We'll see you later.
43:44Bye.
43:45Bye.
44:05Bye.
44:06Bye.
44:06Bye.
44:07Bye.
44:07Bye.
44:10Bye.
44:10You
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