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00:02it's such a massive thing to premiere a show in Montreal yesterday you over a huge mistake
00:13I'm getting ready to attempt to set Guinness record three two one go I didn't call myself
00:20the most flexible male in the world people are calling me that I would never want to
00:27steal Eric's job but maybe you would be willing to share it with me it's my coat someone else is
00:31wearing these are my first steps on Louisiana Montreal site a few weeks ago I had my appendix
00:53removed it was one and a half week before premiere and of all the premieres I could have missed this
01:01was not the one I can't even imagine what it must have been like for him missing the premiere I'm
01:07sure
01:08it was a upsetting I 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 that train which is
01:29called Cirque du Soleil or Lucia is moving and it doesn't stop it goes and when you're not on the
01:36stage you have to catch up you have to run hard or you get left out
01:46ha they erase me already
02:07being an artist of Cirque du Soleil it's like being a professional athlete you have to be in shape you
02:15have 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
02:30there's always room to improve to do element that is more difficult so that's how we try to keep them
02:37engaged so they don't get bored there's no bad seats in the house and everybody deserves to see what the
02:45show
02:46really is so we're halfway to our run in Montreal and you can start to feel a little bit of
02:53fatigue
02:53there's a spirit of competition that pushes the artists to see what their limits are pushing each
02:59other up all together obviously it's good to be back on site
03:16what does it feel like just sore achy
03:19whoa whoa
03:21oh
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
03:31thought I'm the craft
03:33uh instead of a water bottle uh it's something completely different I'm not gonna tell you what it is
03:37yeah it's a book it's a book everybody can say they're a clown but they're not it's a science and
03:43you have to study it what are you gonna do now and I will watch the show that's it
03:50that's it performing for Eric is so so nerve-wracking because I want him to see that I can do
03:58the role and
03:59that the work that he's put into me is worth it
04:01I 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
04:26was learning to become the performer that I am today
04:31even after the premiere for all of the heads of Cirque du Soleil
04:34I think performing for Eric is still one 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's always like a little bit of the attitude look at me I'm here on this stage and and nobody's
05:07nobody's interested in that comedy is about making people laugh it's not about pride
05:17I 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 very
05:41bendy like it
05:42looks like you were in a full like one leg bridge at this point in the run we always challenge
05:47each
05:47other to push our act further I get so dizzy in the artistic test my name is Zora Espana I'm
05:5528 years
05:55old and on Lucia I do the Roosier I like to say that the sear wheel is like a giant
06:05hula hoop but
06:06instead of like spinning it around your waist you stand inside of it that's I think the easiest way
06:11to explain a sear wheel to somebody I'm a sixth generation traditional circus artist and the
06:18first time I was on stage I was about four or five I feel like my whole life I've been
06:24sort of trained
06:25to be on stage I am Sara Doni I am 25 years old and I'm the fifth generation of La
06:34Familia Doni
06:35I'm from Italy picture the most traditional Italian family that's my family like this position yeah me
06:43too you have one knee up I have the opposite knee up it almost fell on your face coming both
06:49from
06:49traditional circus backgrounds it kind of really feels like we're sisters on stage because she has
06:55the same background as I do when I look at her I see home yes yes both Sara and I
07:04are self-taught we
07:05both grew up on the road learning cereal from a young age so we didn't have access to having
07:09a coach to learn specific tricks like look you are so high why did I jump off the trick that
07:16we
07:16were working on together it's a coin but on a split and hard part is to stand up from that
07:23coin into a split
07:29the biggest challenge that we are facing right now is fear because what happens when you're
07:34spinning you don't feel safe so 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 Tappy Rouge please Tappy Rouge please Tappy Rouge is our red carpet so traditionally
08:14all Cirque du Soleil shows have red carpet in their artistic tent it's our team time whether it's logistics
08:21show notes shout outs first things first I know coach has a lot to say so I'll talk to you
08:29guys
08:29about fitness of all fitness avoid just evaluated you know overall strength of everyone I HQ is gonna
08:40help me to do the fitness of on everyone's remember if you failure the entire test then you cannot perform
08:48if you fail the test then you need to go back in a training program and then after a few
08:54weeks we
08:54retest again so this year we do two tests depends of your category I know you guys are panicking about
09:04that I think everyone is a little bit stressed people do their own workout but they're not necessarily
09:12working out for doing that test you guys have any questions do the musicians have to do it no does
09:19the clown have to do it yes if you have other questions Emerson's here all night
09:34can we start please I'm nervous no cheating no cheating no cheating push push push the fitness test
09:41happens twice a year it's a way for Cirque to make sure that the artists are still in a good
09:49shape
09:50what we test is always a surprise press press press and it comes at random times during the year
09:55like a pop quiz hey push push push push push up your phone I'm a bit stressed about it definitely
10:00because I want to pass the test if you fail one exercise you're good to go for the show but
10:05if
10:05you fail two or more you cannot perform this is a pass fail evaluation but we do keep an eye
10:12on who the top performers are nice come on and kind of just siphoning the artists who really want
10:16to impress us yeah good job buddy how much 27
10:28every profile they have a different test one if an acrobat and an audio for an aerialist
10:34it's like Alex is very special we don't know how to test him you know and to understand you know
10:43his body because it's out of this planet so since your contortionist a lot of your act will be on
10:50a
10:50pressing motion push-up mail and let's say well yeah 26 and above 26 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.
11:25Go.
11:26Ten.
11:27Two.
11:28But on the other hand, if you don't pay attention to strengthening exercises at all, the body
11:32becomes 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.
11:52A 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, just to measure upper body pulling
12:04strength.
12:04We're just going to be setting up over there.
12:07Pressure's on.
12:07Yeah.
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.
12:17Nineteen.
12:18Twenty.
12:19Let's go.
12:20Well done.
12:21Good.
12:22Easy.
12:23Yeah.
12:23There's a number where it meets expectations and outstanding, so we always go really 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.
12:45Put it up.
12:45Put 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.
12:55Come on.
12:56Come on.
12:56No pause.
12:56No pause.
12:57Good.
12:58Well done.
13:00Feels good.
13:01Feels strong.
13:04Yeah.
13:05Let's go.
13:05Let's go.
13:05Let's go.
13:06Let's go.
13:06Stay backstage.
13:07Come on.
13:07Come on.
13:08I 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, 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.
13:21It'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.
13:28Sir, what did you think about the picture?
13:30It sucks.
13:31It sucks this way.
13:32Yeah.
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.
14:00Never 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?
14:14Well, 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.
14:23Mix 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.
14:35What 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, but me being a bit
15:03younger and the fact that I'm an acrobat, I think I'll be all right.
15:08More?
15:28It's really nice with the tour because a lot of families, they have kids and they still
15:32make it work.
15:33High five.
15:34Oh, he seems to be so happy.
15:37Yeah, how 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
15:53tour all the time.
15:54My fiancée, Val, she's also a circus artist and she's more behind the scenes and she loves
15:58it.
15:59And you, after Montreal, you're done with touring?
16:03Yeah.
16:05Tough decision, huh?
16:06Yeah, it's hard.
16:08It takes me a while to think about it.
16:10Lee is one of our hoop divers.
16:11He decided to leave after Montreal because he wants to provide stability for his kid,
16:15Leo, who'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.
16:24Yeah.
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.
16:35Maybe 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, and I just hope to get cleared to perform.
17:15We 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.
17:53That is the word the 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.
18:19You've been cleared.
18:20The thing.
18:21Okay.
18:25Now I come back and I show them the best.
18:29Clown shoes are big, huh?
18:32Cool.
18:33I'm ready.
18:38I'm ready.
18:40I'm ready.
18:41Let's go.
18:42Let's go.
18:43Ladies and gentlemen, please gather around the Debbie Rouge.
18:46The results of the fitness evaluation.
18:48Hi, everybody.
18:49Hi, Grace.
18:49Let's go.
18:50A couple things will go around.
18:52Emerson?
18:52Thank you, everyone, for the fitness evaluation.
18:57So 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?
19:15Olivia!
19:16Olivia!
19:24Olivia had the highest score on the fitness of all.
19:27Of everyone, male and female, her 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,
19:45let alone circus or something like this.
19:48So saying, oh, this is what I want to do,
19:49people kind of look at you like you're crazy, like, what?
20:02Obviously, it's great to be back on stage.
20:04I love performing. That'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,
20:28make two steps, raise your hand, and they'll laugh.
20:31Only if you do that at the exact right time.
20:34Otherwise, nobody will laugh.
20:36And I think that is something that drives me to teach Nelson.
20:43And now I'm back, I'm thinking,
20:48I need to revisit my role as a mentor.
21:00Hello.
21:00Hello.
21:03Hey, baby, how are you?
21:04Good, you?
21:05So my boyfriend Tomic and I,
21:07we have, like, a six-hour time difference between us.
21:10And most of the time on Saturdays,
21:12when I have three shows and he has two shows,
21:14we start 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,
21:25doing these little things together really help us connect.
21:29Tomic got his offer for Cirque du Soleil's other show,
21:33Curious, 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
21:40that he was on, even if it's in a different 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,
21:59but I actually get kind of jealous of the couples
22:02that 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
22:31while we were touring.
22:32Honestly, if someone invites you to the show,
22:35like you're gonna want to see what they are doing, right?
22:38So I was trying to follow you around the stage
22:40and I was blown away.
22:44We knew that at some point we would have had to make a decision
22:48on whether he was gonna join me on tour.
22:53Alejandro is new to this lifestyle, the circus world.
22:57He works remotely, so he has the opportunity
23:00to be on tour with me while working.
23:04Everything just worked out.
23:05Now we're just creating this new life
23:08that 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,
23:21like when you have your partner on a different show
23:25and 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,
23:44Gracie 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
23:53and 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 is a choreographer in SÅ“ur du Soleil
24:05and she was responsible for staging a few acts in Louisiana
24:08and one of them was Contortion.
24:10Long time no see. How are you?
24:12Super. Super good. You?
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. Something like that.
24:21We didn't know each other back then, but we got to know each other
24:23through the creation.
24:24He was shy, but he was also very well-mannered.
24:28It was my first time when I traveled by myself
24:31and I was a bit scared because previously wherever we went
24:35I was traveling with my coach.
24:37And when we started working, my worries started going away
24:41piece by piece, little by little, because I was with Sylvia
24:45and I started enjoying the process alone.
24:47We really, with him, we had all these positions that were extreme positions
24:51and other positions that are also very challenging even to the eye.
24:54You need to show this.
24:56This one is more Picasso.
24:58He has this amazing body.
25:00There's moments that the legs are talking to him
25:03and the head is talking to the legs.
25:04We had like four or five months together
25:07and he was becoming this creature called Alebrije, you know?
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.
25:19Oh, yes.
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
25:25and 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
25:42that 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.
25:54The scorpion.
25:55So when I'm coming, split.
25:59Yes.
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?
26:18And I remember that I was feeling a bit shy, a bit nervous
26:22because I was like, okay, what do I do?
26:30We put on music that was like opposition
26:32because we wanted to find your dark side
26:35or to see what kind of dark side he has
26:38because you're such a nice, gentle person,
26:40but in your number, the scene is a little bit darker,
26:43mysterious, right?
26:46Now you wanna 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,
27:19his own director, he's evolved the act.
27:22If you ask me how I evolved over these nine years,
27:25it's really hard to say from my part
27:26because I've been with myself all this time,
27:29but I'm happy to hear from different people.
27:31They say, oh, Alexei did it differently.
27:33You added a new trick, that looks amazing.
27:35And it makes me understand that I'm still evolving.
27:40I think that's it.
27:41I think that's it.
27:42That's it.
27:50So the idea I bring, when I finish my solo, so I would be like this, and then hold.
27:57I think that's it.
27:59I think that's it.
28:00I think that's it.
28:01I think that's it.
28:33So today is a day where I'm going to practice my solo version.
28:40Yeah, 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 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.
29:39And the Superman.
29:40And I don't know, maybe you do it later.
29:41For your regular solo time, you can do it there so you can breathe a little bit.
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, to 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 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.
30:43Step up, up, up.
30:44Ah, no, no.
30:47Our job is to make it look easy.
30:51Being funny, doing funny is the difference between ego, no ego.
30:59Tension, 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, and this is my ball.
31:30You can throw the ball, catch the ball, and it's a good ball.
31:36All I had to do was introduce myself.
31:39It's rambled on.
31:40Should I try again?
31:41No, it'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.
31:52No, make us laugh.
31:54Okay, um...
32:01Come on.
32:03I haven't laughed.
32:07Just like, here's a ball, be funny.
32:10Like, oh, they're designed to catch you off guard.
32:31It's tough, huh?
32:32It's horrible.
32:33Absolutely horrible.
32:34And you do a good job, I 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, which always feels good.
33:04Surprise, break the expectation to keep them with you.
33:09Nelson grew a lot.
33:11He came in as a kid, and then I taught him some tips and tricks, and he took that.
33:18And that is very nice to see.
33:28But I'm really hyped.
33:31Keep it, keep it, keep it, keep it.
33:32We're so close.
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.
33:47I 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.
33:57You feel your weight shifted very far forward, and you can't see the floor.
34:01No.
34:11It's just frustration.
34:16It's like the voice in your head, like, failure, failure.
34:31It's like a side.
34:32I'm done.
34:33Not doing anyone.
34:34No.
34:59I don't even know what I did.
35:02It's a fraction of the second from, okay, I'm going to give up until I have the trick.
35:08It's just an amazing feeling.
35:10Let's do it super easy.
35:13Sarah did something totally different than what we were both doing.
35:18This.
35:20Engaged.
35:35My dad used to say that before you put a trick in the show, you have to do it ten
35:39times
35:39and 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
36:01really experience 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?
36:19But 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.
36:32Bienvenue.
36:32Bienvenue.
36:33Can you believe it?
36:34Nine years after.
36:35It's crazy.
36:36A lot of things happened during all this time, like, before I arrived to Saint-Denisoleil,
36:41I was always alone, and having those groups where I see people help each other and working
36:47together and sharing this experience together, I think it made me progress as artist.
36:53All 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.
37:07I 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, and I'm now 52.
37:28I'm still the same Eric.
37:30I still do my job, but my energy level is different.
37:37It's not like Nelson's energy.
37:43I changed.
37:45I won't say I'm slower, but there's a different energy.
37:51Think 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.
38:02But 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?
38:43Are you guys ready?
38:44Yeah.
38:53For me, it's really important to not forget where I come from.
38:58And when you arrive in the street,
39:00you have, like, a 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.
39:16You're so good, girl.
39:17I can tell it's you.
39:19Yeah, thank you.
39:20I've heard people are telling me,
39:21hey, you are doing street just right now.
39:23You don't need to be on the street.
39:24So I said, no, this is where I started.
39:28I have that confidence.
39:30It's part of me.
39:33So I will do everything to bring that smile to people.
39:42I had no choice to do the solo,
39:44but I think I'm ready for the challenge.
39:47It will be cool.
39:59I need to really keep the show at the same level
40:04as 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 audio.
40:18All the eyes are audio.
40:45When you realize that before going on stage,
40:48you don't have the adrenaline feeling anymore,
40:51that's when you're like,
40:52okay, 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.
41:01That'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.
41:18And everyone was cheering.
41:21It's a challenge that we put to ourselves
41:23with nobody asking for it.
41:25You know, there's nobody that told us all.
41:27You have to do a harder trick than you're acting.
41:33We got the trick
41:34and 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
41:45in Montreal and 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 life.
42:04I've traveled the world.
42:05I see everything.
42:06People project themselves in our way of living,
42:10but then go back to their safe couch
42:15in their own home.
42:17You 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.
42:27Scooby-the-harness is better.
42:29Okay.
42:29Add and help.
42:31Yeah, I think a little.
42:32Of course, it's a luxury problem.
42:34It's a choice.
42:36Yes.
42:36True.
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,
42:59oh, yeah, this is torn, that's torn,
43:01this is busted, that's busted, this is that.
43:03And I was like, whoa.
43:05So you'll do the surgery?
43:06It's not normal to have pain every day,
43:08but we accept it because we're like,
43:10oh, that's my job.
43:14Oh, 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,
43:26it 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.
44:04We'll see you later.
44:05We'll see you later.
44:09We'll see you later.
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