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00:02What should we do after this year?
00:04It's a big question.
00:07I've done a tour already,
00:10and I'm about to do a second one.
00:12It makes me wonder, am I repeating something?
00:17I don't know.
00:19There's something going on a bit with my shoulder,
00:21and I think it's something we're gonna have to get looked at.
00:24So you'll do the surgery?
00:25Yes.
00:25A shoulder surgery always ends up being about six months off of you.
00:31It's not just affecting Nelson,
00:32it's affecting me and our relationship.
00:36Is your creativity satisfied?
00:40I'm living the dream, I travel the world,
00:43but creating?
00:44What happened to Dad?
00:46What about another project?
00:49Let's say, what if I quit?
01:04What?
01:06Look at that, man.
01:08Too easy.
01:10We're bringing it.
01:12How you feeling?
01:13Good, not bad.
01:14Yeah?
01:14Not bad, yeah.
01:16Movement's all right.
01:17I got my follow-up tomorrow so I can start a bit more stuff.
01:20And I'm on the 25th.
01:22Right on.
01:22Yeah. How are you?
01:23Good.
01:24The surgery, it hasn't been as bad as I was thinking it was going to be going into it.
01:29So it's the last week of Blue Zoo in Montreal.
01:32Five days from now, I go back to Australia to start the real serious part of my rehab.
01:39This is my last chance to be able to hang out with the hoop diving team while they train
01:42and so come in and have a bit of fun.
01:46Yeah.
01:49Very nice.
01:52Oh, I'm like watching the sports right now.
01:58Let's go to dinner!
02:00Oh!
02:02Yes.
02:03Yes, shake my hand.
02:04That's very nice.
02:05That's very good.
02:05You're super good.
02:06I'll miss it like crazy.
02:08Being on stage and having those moments of fun that make the hoop divers as famous as they
02:14are.
02:14But I'll be back.
02:22Me and Liv, we're just spending as much time as possible with each other as well.
02:26That's another reason that I'm here today, to just kind of milk that for all it's worth.
02:31Bravo, my beautiful!
02:35It will be the longest time that I've been apart from Olivia during our relationship.
02:39It's gonna be sad.
02:41Yeah.
02:41Yeah.
02:41It's not really something that I'm scared of.
02:43It's just something that I have to be ready for.
02:45You are good at making a good time.
02:48Of anything.
02:49We'll remember that.
02:50Every morning.
02:51I'm gonna have a good day.
02:52But not as good as it could be.
02:53But not as good as it could be.
02:55One key ingredient is missing.
02:57The special ingredient.
02:58Very special ingredient.
03:16Did it!
03:18It's our final week here in Montreal.
03:23Even though we still have seven shows ahead of us, it's our last opportunity to celebrate
03:27what we achieved this summer.
03:29We will celebrate those type of milestones with our big harbor cruise all together.
03:34Hey, it was very hot.
03:35It's very hot.
03:37Yeah.
03:38With the integration, new, repeat, the pressure of the city.
03:43No, no, no, no, no.
03:44Oh God.
03:49Yeah, but we're gonna go one day before the wedding
03:51so I can see, like, the space
03:53and just to imagine a little bit
03:55because I don't want to arrive, like...
03:58What?
03:59Yeah.
04:01I feel that everyone has been working so hard.
04:04So, so hard.
04:06So tonight is gonna be a night, like,
04:08to just enjoy and to party and to dance.
04:11Yeah.
04:12Oh, I love it.
04:16Of course, by the end of the city, we are all getting tired.
04:19People need to relax and have some fun.
04:22It just gives you extra burst of energy.
04:25Oh, it's nice!
04:27It's nice!
04:28It's nice!
04:31With basically one week left,
04:33I'm going to miss Montreal a lot, a lot.
04:36I have lived so many things here in my 20s,
04:40now in my 30s.
04:41For me, it was a full circle to come back.
04:45Happy birthday.
04:46Happy birthday!
04:46Oye, officially,
04:48today is our last night
04:51to dinner together,
04:52alone,
04:53before we can get married.
04:54Yes.
04:55We are getting married
04:56four days after.
04:58The world in Montreal...
05:00I feel that I am
05:01in one of the best moments of my life.
05:03Me va a dar un poco de nostalgia como que no estés aquí la última semana.
05:08Yo voy a estar preparando todo, dejándolo todo a punto, organizando todo.
05:15Ay, ¿quieres llorar y yo también?
05:18To have someone that is taking care of me in this way is really amazing.
05:24Y también siento que va a estar muy bonito que Sore viene conmigo en el vuelo, me da mucha paz.
05:29Te va a ayudar con el vestido, con las maletas.
05:31No, si no, imagínate la situación de la charlada del circo hasta el aeropuerto.
05:36No, estaría yo en novia loca, así.
05:40Salud. Salud, por eso.
05:45Let's toast together.
05:46After nine and a half years, we're back and we did it again.
05:52Coming back to Montreal was a huge lesson of acceptance.
05:56Cheers, baby.
05:59Nine years of this show made me a better performer, for sure.
06:03Well, in the end, I realized I need to get back to my role as a creator.
06:07So, yeah, I'm ready to give it a shot and create something for the company.
06:16Here in Montreal, it's nine shows a week for almost four months, nonstop.
06:21But I do think that being part of a show that is so full on and so intense, it adds
06:26more to the relationship and it adds more to the connection we have even on stage.
06:31So, after Montreal, you're going to Ohio and Nelson's going to Australia.
06:38So, it's the start of the long distance, five months, six months, it's going to be a long time.
06:47Is that the longest you guys have ever been apart?
06:49A hundred percent.
06:50Even like when me and Nelson have been long distance before, it's like morning and night, basically, because it's like
06:5516, 17 hours apart.
06:59Nelson leaving is definitely going to change my day-to-day life because it's the person that I do my
07:04life with, you know, and he's my best friend.
07:06And so, to not have him is very scary.
07:09You know, at least next city we'll be living together and that's exciting.
07:13Yes, we'll be in the same apartment, so that would be so, that would be so good.
07:16Yeah.
07:16Olivia and I, we booked in the same apartment building.
07:19And so, we're going to be like friends knocking on each other's door and, you know, hanging out with each
07:25other.
07:25And I think that's really important for Olivia and for me, too.
07:27It's, I mean, it's, it's not the easiest doing distance.
07:30I think that's the hardest part for me is like when on tour, I'm texting somebody like, do you want
07:36to do something, but they're already hanging out with their partner or doing something with their partner.
07:40So, at least now.
07:41Now we'll have each other.
07:42Yeah, we'll have each other.
07:43Exactly.
07:44Breaking up isn't really ever a question or an option.
07:48And so, yeah, I, I, I try to be mentally strong.
07:52And I'm really thankful that I'll have you.
07:54Yeah, I'm thankful I'll have you, too.
07:55That's going to be so fun.
07:56Cheers.
07:56Cheers.
08:12After seeing Nadair, I realized I want to go back to my passion as a creator.
08:19It was great to see you.
08:22While we're still here in Montreal, Miranda and I are going to see some shows.
08:26Yeah.
08:27We're here at Tohu and we're going to see a smaller independent circus because it's always inspiring to see what
08:36other people do.
08:39Merci.
08:40I think for Eric, I think for Eric, it's time to, to take the next step.
08:45Eric is a creator.
08:52To give up my control for other people.
08:56I have to trust for them to catch me.
08:58When I watch a show, I, I don't want to miss a thing.
09:04In time, I've learned to just soak it up and enjoy it.
09:09It's an incredible place to get inspiration for new shows.
09:24It's not now or never, but now it's the best time.
09:28It's now so close to the fire.
09:30Yeah.
09:46Of course, I'm part of the Cirque du Soleil family.
09:49Thank you very much.
09:50But it's not always clear where I stand or how far they would let me create a circus show.
10:00I have to declare my intentions to Cirque.
10:04We will see.
10:13I, um, performed here once.
10:15Ha, ha, once in my orchestral career.
10:18What is that?
10:20Eugene is one of my dear friends.
10:23She studied music.
10:25I think we got along because of our background, both in arts.
10:30And she had the chance to come to a few shows and watch me in the Adagio act.
10:36How was it for you for the first time you saw Luzia?
10:39And how did you think Adagio?
10:43I found that quite interesting.
10:45I feel like, um...
10:48You can be honest.
10:49Ha, ha.
10:50I feel like, um, your facial expression is a little square.
10:54Mm-hmm.
10:55I think the acrobatics is great.
10:57You know, I'm not commenting on that.
10:58But I feel like it's really important to, as the performer, to be present on stage.
11:05You know?
11:06And that's something definitely to work on.
11:10Because this is, like, yeah, actually, I think, of an artist, this is the, this is the, probably the most
11:16challenging.
11:16To spike something new, you know?
11:19This feeling of, like, you only do it once.
11:22Do you feel like circus still really excites you?
11:24Or it's kind of become my job?
11:30Sometimes you can put yourself in questions.
11:33Is circus something I really want to keep doing?
11:38Or, I don't know, if I want to explore something else?
11:41It's mostly a time thing that you don't have energy.
11:44No, it's, I feel like I'm very tired of doing this and then I want to do something different.
11:51If you wanted to be, maybe be an artistic director?
11:56If I'm staying in the circus industry, that would be the route I would go.
12:00How would you kind of start to develop that?
12:03I've already thought about doing maybe, like, a workshop to see how I feel with coaching.
12:12There's a circus workshop I'm going to teach this week.
12:17And I figured it would be a good way to step out of my comfort zone.
12:23We'll see how, how that goes.
12:39In the final week, we need to get ready for a transfer.
12:43And I always need extra support when packing.
12:47And luckily I have my mom who is very experienced in this lifestyle.
13:07I'm always so happy when my mom comes visit me.
13:10It's the place of the circus that I tell you about here.
13:12We're going to see the place of here, it's true.
13:14She was a juggler and I know it makes her super, super happy to go back into the circus environment.
13:23It's the best.
13:24And that's how it started with the fifth generation.
13:28It's the little star.
13:30My family, in 1800, they were already doing circus.
13:36So it was pretty normal for me to run away with the circus, let's say.
14:00Until I was 21 years old, I used to live on a trailer because we were ready to move from
14:05city to city.
14:06So it was really this feeling of opening the door of the trailer and you have your cousin there, your
14:13auntie there.
14:15So definitely it was a big change when I started traveling around the world by myself.
14:41It's been four years that I've been on the show and I would really love to go back to Europe,
14:47to be close to my family.
14:48Because every time that I see them, I see them like older.
14:52So it's hard to not get nervous about it.
15:09My dream ultimately would be to have my own show together with my dad.
15:15Be able to perform different disciplines, just like I was doing when I was a kid.
15:21And that would also be a way to be closer to my family.
15:32Every time when we get into the end of the run, Charlie approaches us to do publicity.
15:37We'll get going.
15:38It's also a part of being an artist to do those photo shoots.
15:42And since I'm the brandy one, I'm being asked pretty often.
15:46So this will be a scene maybe where you're looking around, but you're trying to pick the right flowers and
15:50then you find one and you get into one, you smell it.
15:54Today, to boost ticket sales, we are out in Montreal to take a photo shoot for Fert de Soleil Parfum.
16:00In three, two, one.
16:04Yes.
16:05Perfect.
16:07When it comes down to PR opportunities, it's a big challenge because there's a lot of things going on in
16:13Montreal during the summertime.
16:14So making sure we're top of mind to the people in Montreal, yeah, big project.
16:20Perfect.
16:20He grabs it, passes it to her, she's intrigued, smells it.
16:24Yep.
16:25Okay.
16:25So Carla passed it to him.
16:27So we have three artists and we're visiting different locations of the city with the social media team from our
16:32corporate team here at Cirque.
16:34Oh, from this angle, it looks amazing too.
16:37Does it?
16:37Can I see Gips or Alexei?
16:38They're going to use this for generic content on social media.
16:42We're good?
16:42That was beautiful.
16:43Perfect.
16:44All right.
16:45Next location.
16:46If you move a little bit back this way.
16:52We do have to be relevant and we need to make sure that tourists know that we're here as the
16:56people are coming in and out of the city during the entire summer.
16:59Yeah.
17:00That's nice.
17:05Right.
17:07Yeah.
17:07Ooh.
17:08So dangerous.
17:11He's warming up.
17:12I'm just sitting on top of him.
17:17Cute.
17:17Perfect.
17:18Perfect.
17:18And when you lift me up, don't hesitate to pull.
17:21And pull?
17:21Okay.
17:22Yeah.
17:22Because the more you pull, the easier it is for me.
17:31Oh.
17:32Yeah.
17:33Gorgeous.
17:34Woo!
17:38Woo!
17:40We're clapping for you, Vanessa.
17:42We have a whole crowd here.
17:46Three, two, one, go!
17:49All right.
17:51I enjoy this kind of thing.
17:53I enjoy filming and photo sessions.
17:55Okay, that was perfect.
17:57Hopefully, after all this running around the city, we will see a boost in the tickets in our final show.
18:02I love it.
18:03You love it?
18:04Okay.
18:04Boom.
18:05Perfect.
18:06Yes.
18:07Good job, guys.
18:08We're done.
18:14When I started circus, it was in an arena.
18:18In 2003, they bought this church to create space for training.
18:24Today, my porter Beto and I are teaching a workshop on Adagio at the local circus school.
18:30It's the place where I learned circus.
18:32Let's go.
18:32Let's go.
18:34Beto and I are closed because we are from the same circus background.
18:39So, I understand where he's coming from.
18:42This is the main space.
18:43That's super nice.
18:46Hi.
18:47Hi.
18:47We're here to have a little bit of fun with you guys.
18:50Show you a little bit of what we do.
18:52Cool.
18:54Four.
18:58And bring her to the other side.
19:00Just warm up her shoulder.
19:02Do you want to do a short swing?
19:04Yes.
19:05So, the principle of the high swing is you want to keep your shoulders very strong.
19:12Try to resist not to let them separate you.
19:16You are trying to hold them together.
19:18You can try so you can feel.
19:21The students are so excited to learn.
19:24It's funny to think about how when I was a student, I would have done anything to get where I
19:30am today.
19:31So, in the swing, it's all about bending the legs.
19:34Like bending the legs to have power after that to give the push.
19:39Yes.
19:39Okay.
19:40If you're doing everything with the torso, you're losing the power after that if you want to push up for
19:47a salto.
19:51Nice.
19:52Good, good, good.
19:52It was really nice to see you coaching now for me, in my perspective, because I always saw you doing,
19:59but I don't hear everything that you have in your head about, not just the technique, but what you do.
20:04It's nice to hear your words, because in your exterior, I was coaching here, and then I was just like,
20:12I'm done.
20:14I love sharing.
20:16I understand that.
20:17I don't have yet a lot of experience teaching, but when I do it, I like it.
20:21Yeah, that's nice.
20:24Nice, nice, nice, nice.
20:25In the workshop, you get comprehension of what you do as you're sharing it.
20:30I realize I'm not just hanging.
20:32I hang, and then I end up pushing.
20:35I think that there is improvement in how I can relay information, and this will definitely help when I will
20:46want to explain something to one of my quarters.
20:49Just having fun, like being in that same energy.
20:51It's like, I can do it.
20:57Thank you, guys.
20:59Thank you so much.
21:01Thank you, my player.
21:02I'm super happy to be here.
21:05No, it was really fun.
21:17All my life, I've been creating shows, so I know I have the ability to create a show on this
21:22level.
21:23Hello.
21:24Nice to meet you, finally.
21:26Likewise.
21:27Please.
21:28Come on in, have a seat.
21:30I'm coming here to have a conversation with Matt Nickel, because he's the chief creative, and that's the one I
21:37need to talk to, to declare my intentions to Cirque.
21:42So tell me, well, I have a lot of questions. I'm very interested in the company.
21:50Yeah.
21:50Because a Cirque is going through an interesting time, I grew as a performer.
22:04Like, ah, come on.
22:06And, um, well, my main question is, is there a place for me in this company, besides on stage?
22:29It's like, ah, Eric, say something. Spit it out.
22:35I'm trying to...
22:36Why don't you tell me what you want to do?
22:40What I want to do? Um, well, I think, ah, I have something to add to the company.
22:48I created my own shows for 20 years. I created 20 shows for myself. And, um, yeah, that's, that's what
23:01I miss here now.
23:03What I'm hearing from you is your performance time, your performance on stage, you're thinking elsewhere now.
23:09Yeah.
23:10You've contributed. What's the next step for Eric?
23:13Correct.
23:14So perhaps if we want to develop something further, if you want to develop an act, we can...
23:19I, I, I have so much experience. It lighted up the fire of, of, of creating it.
23:25You know, my end goal is just, is, is create the whole show.
23:29I told you I would like to pitch. That will be the, the ultimate goal.
23:35Obviously, if you have work that you've done in the past, we want to make sure that we either get
23:39the opportunity to see that
23:41or perhaps there's something upcoming that we can be a part of. This is really a first step of making
23:46sure that we communicate,
23:48making sure that we understand that, hey, this is what I want to do. Eric, you're putting up your hand.
23:52Yeah.
23:52You are the moment that the audience relates to.
23:55Yeah.
23:56So you, you have the ability to pick up these data points from a creative perspective of what people respond
24:03to.
24:03It's, it's something that's important and, yeah, very open to that.
24:08So many people have things that they want to say in different ways. For them to, to know the environment
24:14in which we deliver our, our art is a huge benefit.
24:18We look for that. Many of the people who have worked with us, directed, choreographed, designed acts, come from this
24:26world.
24:26They want to be a part of it. So it's always a great opportunity.
24:30Matt was very kind. A boardroom is not the big top. It's something different. So that was new for me.
24:37Um, you know, I was not expecting a contract that I, let's put it that way.
24:43The good thing is he wants to keep the conversation going. That was basically the goal, but it's a long
24:49way.
24:59It's possible to do Salto Mortale.
25:05And today we decided to just working on new things that never been done before. The Salto Mortale.
25:17We all pitched in a little bit of our theory, what we're thinking that needs to be done.
25:30We're practicing Salto Mortale and we all have names for each sequence that we're doing.
25:35So it's a swing and then I'm doing Salto out of the boys and then landing on one quarter in
25:42a mermaid position.
25:48So just a little bit later and you won't fall.
25:51When we're doing this because we have to kind of stabilize, I was just a little bit in front because
25:57I didn't want to be too fast.
26:00I love Chris. He's got big opinions, but when I speak up now, he's here to listen.
26:07I'm very proud of us. What we've been through together and pushing through and then always being available.
26:16Since we did the workshop in Quebec City, somehow I started understanding a little bit more the perspective of Anton,
26:23Chris and Beto.
26:24I feel like it was a good way to bring us together.
26:29Doing this workshop, it definitely gave me confidence to keep it fresh, to keep it passionate.
26:37We haven't landed the Salto Mortale yet, but we will soon.
26:42It's important to know that there's a place to grow and for whatever reason, this has given me a new
26:49sense of purpose.
26:59Are you going to serve coffee to me? Cold coffee? Do you want more?
27:02No, it's still warm, but you can put a little bit more coffee in.
27:05A little bit more. It was a good meeting at Cirque du Soleil headquarters because we opened the conversation and
27:12that was my goal.
27:13I still have some work to do on my pitch. Beautiful. But I know I can do it. Cheers, coffee.
27:21Thank you. Look at the view.
27:24Not being at home is a substantial challenge. We just follow the circus.
27:29We looked at our options for the upcoming cities and we realized that they're all in North America.
27:35So that made us decide to buy an RV.
27:41Cheers.
27:45Cheers.
27:45Cheers. This time you bring your home with you.
27:48I love to travel around in our trailer.
27:52And then we go back to the U.S. again and start all over again.
27:56I discussed with Miranda and we decided to continue touring with Lucia for some more time.
28:02Eric and I, we do not like long discussions anyway. So, no.
28:09No, it's not. It's not a hard decision.
28:11No, you never know.
28:13You never know what happened.
28:14To any color.
28:15And to any color.
28:16The clone of Lucia.
28:26Ladies and gentlemen, Tapirouj, please.
28:29Hey.
28:30We're almost done.
28:32Hi, everybody.
28:33Oh, my goodness.
28:35This is our last Tapirouj.
28:36You want to know?
28:40without getting emotional four months here was incredible and you guys are so
28:47gracious and generous and we achieved so many things we had new show callers new show operators
28:53new technicians new lights we had new flyers we have new birds and you guys did it all four
28:59months straight and you guys are magic
29:05so yes what did i forget i forgot something more than 225 000 spectators more than 225 000 which
29:11is more than the first time in montreal and the second largest audience for lucia in the whole run
29:29you do this but then you come out and then you go
29:32and then for the high five i was thinking the same thing is it the best day ever this is
29:37the single
29:37greatest day of my life you get to feel what it's like to be a technician without any of the
29:41anything i was just walking over here from home and uh on my way over i was like i think
29:47i should
29:47cheers with the technicians i haven't actually told anybody just give everyone a little bit of
29:52energy for the last show a bit of joy a bit of joy i love the joie de vivre or
29:56how they say it in this
29:57uh beautiful city
30:03the last montreal show yeah right now
30:08last one let's go
30:14house lights fade out go
30:23the last show is all about precision like we're on a time crunch we have three days to tear down
30:29the
30:29big top put everything into the trucks and then transport it to another city okay next up kiosk is
30:35coming out as soon as we're done with an element of props or set design or costume we pack it
30:40up
30:41and it goes to the next city
30:47it's a teamwork between the technical team and the artists to start packing up
30:52those pieces as the show is going on
31:01and as for the performers as soon as they're finished they are free to go and most of them
31:06are going to run to the airport snake is going to the road guys thank you you're welcome take care
31:11of
31:12my snake i will always
31:18the final show is always such mixed feelings any injuries fatigue you have to put it behind
31:24me this is big for me but it's bigger for the people who watch me do it
31:34landing certain tricks it really has to come from within yourself
31:50the porters and i we've reached a new level
31:53and we can really feel that together it feels amazing it feels very liberating it's magical to have
32:02that feeling again
32:05he said no you'll be fine he's just trying to cause any more trouble all right man the last show
32:10is about
32:11change about saying goodbye and about accepting the next thing these chains are not always fun they are
32:20not easy but if you made peace with it it's okay
32:30oh my god
32:33oh my god
32:33oh my god
32:48oh my god
32:53i was a long run i won't touch the ball for at least one week and it's really to enjoy
32:58your life outside of working
33:00being back in montreal really helped me to grow as artist performing after almost ten years it reminds me how
33:10far we come
33:12we love montreal and it feels like home we've been here for a good four months
33:19when you're used to touring the capability of adapting becomes better but you never really get used to it fully
33:25to all these transfers
33:28where are you off to Italy to see my mom my dad and my doggy
33:36it's been four years that i've been sharing my days with these incredible talented artists
33:42and they became my friends and my family
33:45and they became my friends and my family
34:12it's spaghetti it doesn't matter which show you're on it's spaghetti
34:17i think for me the highlight of montreal was to have my family come again for the second time which
34:25was you know a long time ago since they came to see it
34:28i have a bit of a refreshed eye on the tour and the performance after doing the show for nine
34:35years it is a challenge
34:36but i'm very happy to keep going so i decided to stick with the tour
34:45i'm gonna miss a lot montreal i feel that this is a second home it was a full circle to
34:53come back
34:54in four days i'm gonna get married i'm so excited i'm going with sora to the airport
35:00we have the same flight to mallorca and i'm so happy because i didn't want to travel by myself
35:08it's been a long city and we have all gone through it together
35:13i think that there's been a lot of challenges that we've each overcome individually
35:18between the show schedule training schedule and people from headquarters coming in
35:23there's very little personal time
35:26i'm sad that it's over because i really like the city i love montreal
35:31but i'm i'm ready to go
35:48goodbye to the montreal apartment
35:50there's a lot of memories in this building
35:51thank you montreal
35:54i'm leaving my head at home
35:55how many times did you wear it this summer
35:57i don't think one time
35:59didn't you wear it to maho's bachelorette
36:01yes one time i knew i had one time
36:06so i'm headed back to australia
36:10go to start my uh rehab for my shoulder
36:13and i'm going to ohio
36:15which is home
36:17home
36:19the last show everybody was crying
36:20maho's crying
36:21it's like hugged her while the rain was going
36:23i love those moments on stage
36:28olivia exists so much inside me already
36:31i kind of carry her wherever i am in the world
36:33if we're together or if we're apart
36:36i'll always have a little piece of her while i'm away
36:40so me and nelson have had the conversation of
36:42whether or not we are together because it's convenient
36:45or together because we want to be together
36:47and we are absolutely together because we want to be together
36:51we've got a pretty good system of two calls a day
36:54and it's either my morning and my afternoon
36:57or live's morning and her after show
37:00i'll stay on tour
37:01i'll do everything i do every day the same
37:04i'll just have lots of phone calls
37:06this isn't our first time doing long distance though
37:09this ain't our first rodeo
37:10we've had a couple of trial runs
37:12yeah
37:12first one was three and a half months and it was not a good time
37:15yeah that was the beginning of our relationship
37:16we just had an awesome trip in croatia together
37:19and then i went to turkey and immediately lost my phone
37:22and so that was just horrible
37:25yes
37:26it was the last day in montreal
37:34yeah
37:35i'm already looking forward to arrive at the next campsite
37:38at the next campground
37:38yeah
37:39slide out the slide
37:41and uh
37:42uh
37:43have a beer
37:43have a beer
37:44it's in ons bloed
37:46we're
37:47we're
37:48we're always a nomad
37:49we're always a nomad
37:50we're always a nomad
37:50on the road again
37:51yeah
37:52yeah
37:57check
37:58boom
38:01hit the road baby
38:02let's go
38:06my legacy
38:07my legacy
38:08it's bigger than one show or one meeting
38:11i kind of helped build this family and it's great to see that all the family members are thriving in
38:17their own way
38:19but i would still like to create a show with sir
38:31somehow i don't know why it happens
38:33when we finish the city i cannot sleep for a couple of nights
38:37and this night i had thoughts and i decided to write them down i can read them
38:43sometimes i ask myself does anyone really need it
38:49is it important what we do
38:53maybe we should have done something else
38:57and after a little contemplation i come with the answers
39:01yes it's important what we do
39:05because we bring emotions and happiness to people who come watch circus
39:10we make people believe that impossible things are possible
39:16because circus art is very pure it's very genuine
39:20you cannot fake it
39:22if you have a trick you show it
39:25if you can do a salto you do a salto
39:28if you do a triple fold you don't fake it you do it real
39:33every time every performance
39:35circus art is the most genuine art in this sense
39:39and to make circus art work to make it bring people happiness and other emotions
39:46artists should work really hard
39:50you have to start over every day
39:53so every day is a different show
39:56it's a different act a different performance
40:00because the real salary of an artist is the public reaction
40:09you have to earn it by the level of performance the level of emotion
40:15and that's why artists are able night after night to deliver a great performance
40:25this beautiful tension is fragility this joy this pleasure
40:33this joy this pleasure
40:34the Cirque du Soleil here especially in Montreal is part of the soul of this city
40:40so the people are happy to feast when we come back
40:46our job is to make our audiences happy
40:48we want this to be an escape for the audience
40:52they don't need to worry about things that are happening in the world
40:55they come into Cirque du Soleil they come into the big top
40:57they're escaping Toulousia and we present that
41:02Montreal has been a challenge but it's also been really rewarding just to see
41:08how much love people still have for this show after so many years
41:18there was an added layer of fatigue but it doesn't rain on memory lane
41:24so I'm going to look back on it like it's the best summer of my life
41:43I love you
41:44I love you
41:45which way are we going I'll walk you to your gate
41:47thank you
41:49Cirque du Soleil
41:53it makes people happy
41:55makes people believe
41:57makes people perceive beauty and harmony
41:59in its different forms and shapes
42:03beauty of human body
42:04beauty of engineering
42:06beauty of music and voice
42:08beauty of education
42:11since four years old it was my dream to be a circus performer
42:15I just wanted to be part of this world
42:18and now I can say that I'm living through my dream
42:22that's amazing
42:26that's amazing
42:51that's amazing
43:09whoo
43:10wow
43:14yeah
43:15yeah
43:16it's so good
43:18yeah
43:18woo
43:20that's amazing
43:21yeah
43:21yeah
43:21it's so good
43:22yeah
43:51Transcription by CastingWords
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