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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.
00:15Three, 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, but maybe he would be willing to share it with me.
00:30It's my coat someone else is wearing.
00:45These are my first steps on Lucia Montreal site.
00:50A few weeks ago I had my appendix removed.
00:54It was one and a half weeks before premiere and of all the premieres I could have missed, this was
01:01not 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 Lucia is moving and it doesn't stop, it goes.
01:34And when you're not on the stage, you have to catch up, you 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.
02:11And that was so slow.
02:14You have to be in shape, you have to be healthy, you have to train well, behave well.
02:19Because it doesn't matter if you see the show tonight or tomorrow, the quality has to be at the same
02:25level.
02:26Okay, ready?
02:27Yeah.
02:30There's always room to improve, to do an element 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, go.
03:02Perfect.
03:03Hooray!
03:06Obviously, it's good to be back on site.
03:11Hello!
03:16What does it feel like? Just 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 and then I taught him the craft.
03:33Instead of a water bottle, it's something completely different. I'm not going to tell you what it is.
03:37A book.
03:37Yeah, it's a book. It's a book.
03:38Everybody can say they're a clown, but they're not. It's a science and you have to study it.
03:45What are you going to do now?
03:45I will watch the show.
03:48That's it.
03:50That's it.
03:52Performing for Eric is so, so nerve-wracking because I want him to see that I can do the role
03:58and that the work that he's put into me is worth it.
04:03I think Nelson has a big ego and he hides it very well, but it's there and I can see
04:12it. I 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, so it's always hard to sit and watch.
04:57There is always like a little bit of the attitude. Look at me. I'm here on this stage and nobody's
05:06interested in that.
05:09Comedy is about making people laugh. It's not about pride.
05:16I want to be the best clown in the world. And Nelson may not know it, but I want that
05:23for 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. Like, it looked like you were in a full, like, one-legged 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. I'm 28 years old. And on Lucia, I do the roo sear.
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.
06:14I'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.
06:27I am Sara Togni. I am 25 years old. And I'm the fifth generation of La Familia Togni.
06:35I'm from Italy. Picture the most traditional Italian family. That's my family.
06:42Yeah, me too. You have one knee up, I 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.
06:53Because she has the same background as I do.
06:57When I look at her, I see home.
07:01Yes, yes, yes!
07:02Both Sara and I are self-taught.
07:04We both grew up on the road learning sear wheel from a young age,
07:08so we didn't have access to having a coach to learn specific tricks.
07:12Like, look! You were so high!
07:14Why did I jump off?
07:15The trick that we're 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.
07:33Because what happens when you're spinning, you don't feel safe.
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.
07:54Ugh!
07:57Stop letting business help!
08:04Ladies and gentlemen, Teppi Rouge, please! Teppi Rouge, please!
08:08Hi, everybody!
08:09Hi!
08:10Teppi 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.
08:43Remember, 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 cheating, no cheating, no cheating.
09:39Push, push, push, push.
09:40The Fitness Test happens twice a year.
09:43Push, push, push, push, push, push.
09:44It's a way for Serg to make sure that the artists are still in a good shape.
09:50What we test is always a surprise.
09:52And it comes at random times during the year, like a pop quiz.
09:57Push, push, push, push.
09:58I'm a bit stressed about it, definitely, because I want to pass the test.
10:02If you fail one exercise, you're good to go for the show, but if you fail two or more, you
10:07cannot perform.
10:08This is a pass-fail evaluation, but we do keep an eye on who the top performers are.
10:14And kind of just siphoning the artists who really want to impress us.
10:17Yeah.
10:18Good job. Good job, buddy.
10:21How much?
10:2227.
10:24Come on, come on.
10:28Every profile, they have a different test.
10:30One if you're an acrobat, and another if you're an aerialist.
10:34Nice.
10:36Push-ups.
10:37Alex is very special.
10:39We don't know how to test him, you know, and to understand, you know, his body, because he's out of
10:45this planet.
10:47So, since you're a contortionist, a lot of your hack 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 a 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, the body becomes too loose,
11:34and 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 will 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.
11:56Yeah.
11:56Up, up, up, up, up.
11:57Nice.
11:59Well done.
11:59The test that we're gonna do will be the inverted row, just to measure upper body pulling strength.
12:04We're just gonna be setting up over there.
12:06Pressure's on.
12:08So, after college gymnastics, I really got into, uh, weightlifting, and I made the decision to never, ever, ever fail
12:15a strength test again.
12:17Ninety.
12:18Twenty.
12:19Let's go.
12:20Well done.
12:21Good?
12:22Easy.
12:22Yeah.
12:23There's a number where it meets expectations, and, uh, outstanding, so we always go for the outstanding.
12:30Okay, so next up, we do full-up tests.
12:33Ah!
12:35Olivia, she's always working out, doing her thing.
12:39Five.
12:40She's very persistent.
12:42When she went on something, you know, she 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?
12:50Yeah, so, go crazy.
12:52Ah!
12:54Sixty.
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, 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, you have to be really disciplined.
13:13Push, push, push, push, push, push, push, push, push, push.
13:15Those are all aspects that people don't really think of often, and it'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.
13:27Push, push, push, push, push, push, push.
13:27Sorry, what did you think about me trying to get you there?
13:30The southern sucks this way.
13:33No rush.
13:33Slow down.
13:34First of all, you should feel your muscles.
13:38That's stupid.
13:38Yeah.
13:39Empty 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?
14:07Do I touch?
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.
14:20Do five at one side and then five on the other, or mix it up?
14:23Mix it up.
14:24So physically, surgery-wise, done.
14:29But any time you step away from the tent, it's a dead sprint to come back.
14:34What was that again?
14:37Burpees?
14:37Yeah, yeah.
14:38We can...
14:39Oh, 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,
15:01but me being a bit younger and the fact that I'm an acrobat,
15:05I think I'll be all right.
15:08More?
15:28It's really nice with the tour because a lot of families,
15:31they have kids and they still make it work.
15:33High five.
15:35Ui, ui!
15:36I seem to be so happy.
15:37Yeah?
15:38Yeah, how you feel being dad?
15:40I love it.
15:40The 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
15:51and to not be on tour all the time.
15:54My fiancée, Val, she's also a circus artist, and she's more behind the scenes,
15:58and 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,
16:16who's five years old.
16:17Yeah.
16:18With Val, we talk about it a lot about stopping touring and making a life of our own.
16:22Stop touring is difficult decision.
16:25Yeah, yeah, 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,
16:47oh, I can do this forever, but 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, and I just hope to get cleared to perform.
17:14We 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, you get it.
17:57So, 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.
18:21The thing.
18:22Okay.
18:25Now, I come back and I show them the best.
18:29Clown shoes are big, yeah?
18:31Yeah.
18:31Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
18:38Thanks, guys.
18:40We're standing.
18:41There you go.
18:42Let's go.
18:42Ladies and gentlemen, please gather around the Debbie Rouge.
18:46The results and the fitness evaluation are in.
18:48Hi, everybody.
18:49Hi, Grace.
18:49A couple things will go around.
18:52Emerson?
18:52Thank you, everyone, for the finish evaluation.
18:56So we're going to discuss the results of everyone.
19:02Everyone in the show passed.
19:08Everyone passed the test.
19:11So guess who did the best overall?
19:14Olivia!
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 like this.
19:48So saying, oh, this is what I want to do, people kind of look at you like you're crazy.
19:51Like, 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.
20:20I am so passionate about comedy.
20:23I find it such a miracle that you can step on stage, make two steps, raise your hand, and they'll
20:30laugh.
20:30Only 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, Tomic, 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 start our
21:15makeup 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 connect.
21:29Tomic got his offer for Cirque du Soleil's other show, Curious, and 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.
21:44Otherwise, you're gonna miss the opportunity, obviously.
21:47Yeah, for sure.
21:48That was almost a year ago, so 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, but I actually get kind of jealous
22:01of 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.
22:14Maybe like this?
22:15Yeah?
22:16Yeah.
22:17Good?
22:18Do you remember the day that we met?
22:22Like 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 doing, right?
22:37So 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.
23:03Everything just worked out.
23:05Now we're just creating this new life that definitely makes me happier on stage.
23:11You know, he's more in my world now.
23:19I know that it can be hard for other couples, like,
23:22when you have your partner on a different show and you don't know when you're gonna be able to see
23:28each other.
23:40Now that the premiere and fitness tests are behind us,
23:44RACI really wants us to take advantage of 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 than being here.
23:57There is a choreographer I need to see.
23:59Hello!
24:02Sylvia Gertrudix, she is a choreographer in Sœur du Soleil
24:05and she was responsible for staging a few acts in Lousia and one of them was Contortion.
24:11Long time no see, how are you?
24:12Super, super.
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
24:33because previously, wherever 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 alone.
24:47We really, with him, we had all these positions that were extreme positions and other positions that are also very
24:52challenging 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 Alebrygeno.
25:10So we were able to explore with his body.
25:13Do you remember?
25:15We were like, Alexi, imagine you're a dog.
25:17Oh, yeah.
25:19Because you remember that?
25:20Yeah, I don't 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.
25:27You were like interacting.
25:31Yes, yes, yes, yes.
25:32Woo!
25:33Yes.
25:35My character is called Alebrygeno.
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.
25:54Yeah, the scorpion.
25:55So when I'm coming, it's please.
25:58Jake.
25:59Yes.
26:00You remember that you asked me to do flamingo in the box?
26:04Yeah.
26:04These 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?
26:30Yeah.
26:30We put a music that was like opposition because we wanted to find your dark side or to see what
26:37kind 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?
26:51Sure, yeah.
26:52Okay, let's try.
27:06I think Alexei has an unlimited potential.
27:09Seeing him going and expanding into a multi-layer 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 is it.
27:41That's it.
27:50So the idea I bring, when I finish my solo, so I will be like this.
27:55And then hold, pat, kind of like this, right?
28:00I turn.
28:01Exactly.
28:01Ego is my partner on stage.
28:05It's really good to perform with him because we understand each other.
28:12But soon, he will 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 we'll be like this.
28:28Boom.
28:28Right?
28:29Right?
28:30Until the end.
28:31I 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 would 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 try yet on stage.
29:05For me, the challenge is to be able to juggle on the water.
29:09And because that can affect the trajectory of the ball.
29:35Because we don't have the intro, we lose a little bit of the fun to Superman.
29:40And I don't know, maybe you do it later.
29:41For 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 up stage.
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.
30:09It's not a nice get together.
30:13Mm-mm.
30:14Nelson 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.
30:21Mm-mm.
30:21To keep them with you.
30:22I think that if he overcomes that exhibitionism of, of his ego, that will be the next step
30:30for him.
30:30He will learn faster.
30:32We have an attention span.
30:35Uh-huh.
30:35And an act as well.
30:37Yes.
30:37You need to keep it tight.
30:40Let'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.
31:03Yeah.
31:04I would like you to come here, present yourself to the audience, and then do something with
31:15the 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, catch the ball, and uh, it's a good ball.
31:36All I had to do was introduce myself.
31:38Just rambled on.
31:40Should 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.
31:48Go stand there.
31:50That's your ball.
31:52Now.
31:52Make us laugh.
31:54Okay.
31:55Um.
32:01Come on.
32:03I haven't laughed.
32:07Just like, here's a ball.
32:09Be funny.
32:10Like, oh.
32:10They're designed to catch you off guard.
32:30It's tough, huh?
32:32It's horrible.
32:32Absolutely horrible.
32:33and you do a good job i have to say and that felt good the whole way down for the
32:41chicken thing i
32:41was like this is awful but i think it's working that's the rhythm it was not oh my god i
32:48i need
32:49to be funny yeah that's it if i took every single one of eric's notes to heart i would come
32:56out
32:56crying so i actually feel like now i'm getting to a point where i can not best him but i'm
33:02a bit
33:02more ready for him which always feels good surprise break the expectation to keep them with you
33:08and nelson grew a lot he came in as a kid and then i taught him some tips and tricks
33:16and he took that and that is very nice to see
33:28but i'm really hot
33:34with zora we are trying to get the strict 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
33:43i feel like i can do it but what i did is as i came up i brought the leg
33:51down
33:52right well you're upside down your arm is in a position it isn't usually in
33:56position you feel your weight shifted very far forward and you can't see the floor
34:11it's just frustration
34:16there's like the voice in your head like failure failure
34:29oh no it's like a side i'm done i'm not doing anyone
35:00i don't even know what you're saying
35:02it's a fraction of the
35:04second from okay i'm gonna give up until i have the trick it's just an amazing feeling
35:10i want to do do it super easy like sarah did something totally different than what we were
35:16both doing this
35:35my dad used to say that before you put a trick in the show you have to do it 10
35:39times and do it good 10
35:40times in a row without failing i feel like we have it like we could even put it on stage
35:45tonight it's super exciting
35:5410 years ago we did creation and there was so much going on that sometimes i didn't really
36:02experience it because 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 but for now spending time with the original castmates could give me some perspective
36:35a lot of things happen during all this time like before i arrived to scene du soleil i was always
36:42alone and having those group where i see people help each other and working together and sharing this
36:49experience together i think it made me progress as artist all the originals we are 10 years older
36:57those who started as kids they are now grown-ups that already is a shift in performance me i saw
37:05the
37:05show a few times i realized how much we are just a piece of an entire puzzle
37:14i was thirty two don't lie eric i was 43 when i started and i'm now 52. i'm still the
37:29same eric i still do my
37:31job but uh my energy level is different it's not like nelson's energy
37:43i changed i changed i i won't say i'm slower but um there's there's a different energy think of
37:51it it's quite a journey we've been through together yeah
37:56lucia for me is about change and about accepting the next chapter uh but it's not just my character
38:04going through these changes it's me as well i'm the one who is experiencing these changes and i need
38:12to 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 to make people react because i will be
38:35alone on stage so i know i need to get back to my street vibe to boost my confidence
38:53for me it's really important to not forget where i come from and when you arrive in the street you
39:00have like a few seconds to try to get people attention so you need to do something you need
39:07to show them why they should stop to watch you yeah thank you i've heard people are telling me hey
39:21you are doing straight this right now you don't need to be on the street so i said no this
39:26is where
39:26i started i have that coffee that's it's power of me so i will do everything to bring that smile
39:37to
39:37people okay i had no choice to do the solo but i think i'm ready for the challenge uh it
39:47will be cool
39:50that's cool
39:57one minute everybody one minute copy one i need to really keep the show at the same level as we
40:05are
40:05doing together this is the big challenge now plus now we have the water in the solo all the eyes
40:16are audio
40:45when you realize that before going on stage you don't have the adrenaline feeling anymore
40:50that's when you're like okay i need a kick in the butt you know you want to feel a little
40:56bit more
40:56alive you want to excite yourself and excite the audience that's everything that's why we're here
41:05we start spinning i see the ground i see sarah so 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 and we're both screaming and everyone was cheering
41:20it's a challenge that we put to ourselves with nobody asking for it you know there's nobody that
41:26told us all 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 and those are the
41:39reason why we do what we do we were trying this trick for so long we promised ourselves we would
41:44get it in the show in montreal and we did it and it's like check
41:52now i did my first week it's already started to feel like my daily routine
42:01i'm living the dream i'm living the life i travel the world i see everything
42:06people project themselves in our way of living but then go back to their safe couch
42:14uh in their own home you did you did great you feel okay yeah in our case that part is
42:22not there
42:23we don't go home we are always here let's go with the harness
42:28okay yeah i think a little of course it's a luxury problem uh it's a choice yes true thank you
42:38well thank
42:39you off i go but it doesn't make it always easy i miss you too
42:55next on cirque life the doctor said oh yeah this is torn that's torn this is busted that's busted this
43:02is that and i was like whoa so you'll do the surgery it's not normal to have pain every day
43:08but we accept it because we're like oh that's my job oh my god this 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 what would be the next step in my career i'll miss you all let's do one
43:34more good
43:34one we'll see you later
43:38so
43:47so
43:49so
43:49so
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