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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?
00:55We get it.
00:55Go, go.
01:00Go.
01:04Mitch!
01:06Look at that, man.
01:07Hey.
01:08Too easy.
01:10Rig it up!
01:12How are you feeling?
01:13Good, not bad.
01:14Yeah?
01:14Not bad, yeah.
01:16Movement's all right,
01:17I've got my follow up tomorrow so I can start a bit more stuff,
01:19and I'm on the 25th.
01:22How 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 Blues U 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.
01:49Very nice.
01:52Oh!
01:54I'm like watching the sports right now.
01:58Let's go dinner!
02:02Yes, yes, shake my hand. That's very nice. That's very good.
02:05You're super good.
02:06I'll miss it like crazy, being on stage and having those moments of fun
02:11that make the hoop divers as famous as they are.
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 going to be sad.
02:40Yeah.
02:41Yeah, it'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 going to have a good day.
02:52But not as good as it could be.
02:54One 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 types of milestones with our big harbor crews all together.
03:34Hey, it's a little hot!
03:35It's in 130?
03:37It's hot.
03:38Yeah.
03:38With the integration, new ones, the repeats, the pressure to arrive in the city.
03:44God!
03:45I've got it.
03:46I've got it.
03:47I've got it.
03:48Yeah, but we're going to go one day before the wedding, so I can see the space and just
03:54imagine a little bit because 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 going to be a night like to just enjoy and to party and to dance.
04:12Oh, I love it.
04:15Of course, by the end of the city, we are all getting tired.
04:18People need to relax and have some fun.
04:22It just gives you an extra burst of energy.
04:25Oh, he's fast!
04:27He tried!
04:27He tried!
04:28He tried!
04:29He tried!
04:29I love it!
04:31With basically one week left, I'm going to miss Montreal a lot, a lot.
04:36I have lived so many things here in my twenties, now in my thirties.
04:41For me, it was a full circle to come back.
04:44Happy birthday!
04:46Yes!
04:46Hey, officially, today is our last night, eating together, alone, before we get married.
04:54Yes.
04:55We are getting married four days after the run in Montreal.
05:00I feel that I'm in one of the best moments of my life.
05:17To have someone that is taking care of me in this way is really amazing.
05:24And I also feel that it's going to be very nice that Sore comes with me on the flight.
05:28It gives me a lot of peace.
05:29He will help you with the clothes, with the bags.
05:32No, I don't know.
05:33If you don't imagine that the situation is in the airport.
05:36No, I'd be like a crazy girlfriend.
05:37Like that.
05:40Health.
05:41Health.
05:41Health for that.
05:45Let's toast together.
05:47After nine and a half years, we're back and we did it again.
05:51Coming back to Montreal was a huge lesson of acceptance.
05:56Cheers.
05:57Cheers, baby.
05:58Cheers.
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.
06:14Yeah!
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.
06:32So, after Montreal, you're going to Ohio and Nelson's going to Australia.
06:37Yeah.
06:38Oh, man.
06:39So, it's the start of the long distance.
06:42Five months, six months.
06:45Oh, my God.
06:46It'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 nights, basically.
06:54Yeah.
06:54Because it's, like, 16, 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?
07:04And he's my best friend.
07:05And so, to not have him, um, is very scary.
07:09You know, at least next city we'll be living together.
07:11Yes.
07:12And that's exciting.
07:13We'll be in the same apartment.
07:13So, that would be so, that would be so good.
07:15Yeah.
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.
07:28It'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?
07:37But 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.
07:43That's really cool.
07:43Exactly.
07:44Breaking up isn't really ever a question or an option.
07:48And, uh, so, yeah, 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.
07:56Cheers.
07:57Cheers.
07:59Cheers.
08:03Cheers.
08:08Cheers.
08:08Cheers.
08:09Cheers.
08:10Cheers.
08:10Cheers.
08:11After seeing Nadair, I realized I want to go back to my passion as a creator.
08:18thank you while we're still here in montreal miranda and i are going to see some shows
08:26yeah we're here at tohu and we're going to see a smaller independent
08:32circus because it's always inspiring to see what other people do
08:40i think for eric it's time to to take the next step eric is a creator
08:52to give up my control for other people i 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 it's incredible place to get inspiration for new
09:23shows
09:24it's not now or never but now it's the best time
09:28it's now so close to the fire
09:30now yeah it's just how to do it yeah before that we're going yeah
09:36ask for the headquarters yeah um the show to pitch
09:41of course i'm part of the circus family thank you but it's not always clear where i stand
09:54or how far they would let me create a circus show
10:00i have to declare my intentions to sir we will see
10:13i um perform here once once in my orchestral career what is that eugene is one of my dear friends
10:23she studied music i 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 lucia and how did you think adagio
10:43i found that quite interesting i feel like um you can be honest
10:50i feel like um your facial expression a little square i think the acrobatics is great you know i'm
10:57not commenting on that but i feel like it's really important to as the performer to be present on
11:04stage you know and that's something definitely to work on because this is like yeah actually i think
11:12of an artist is this is the this is the probably more the most challenging to spike something new
11:18you know this feeling of like you only do it once do you feel like circus still really excites you
11:24or
11:24it's kind of become my job sometimes you can put yourself in questions is circus something i really want
11:36to keep doing or i don't know if i want to explore something else it's mostly a time thing that
11:43you
11:44don't have energy no it's i feel like i'm very tired of doing this and then i want to do
11:48something
11:48different if you wanted to be maybe be an artistic director if i'm staying in the circus industry that
11:59would be the right i would go how would you kind of start to develop that i've already thought about
12:04we're doing maybe like a workshop to see how i feel with coaching there's a circus workshop i'm going
12:15to teach this week and i figured it would be a good way to step out of my comfort zone
12:21we'll see how how
12:35that goes
12:36in the final week we need to get ready for a transfer and i always need extra supports 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 come visit me
13:13she was a juggler and i know it makes her super super happy to go back into the circus environment
13:30my family in 1800 they were already doing circus
13:36so it was pretty normal for me to run away with this worker let's say
13:41that's all i was 21 years old i used to live on a trailer because we were ready to move
14:05from city to
14:06city so it was really this feeling of opening uh the door of the trailer and you have your cousin
14:13there your auntie there so definitely it was a big change when i started traveling around the world by
14:21myself
14:41it's been four years that i've been in the show and i would really love to go back to europe
14:46to be close
14:47to my family because every time that i see them i see them like older so it's hard to not
14:54get nervous
14:54about it
15:09my dream ultimately would be to have my own show together with my dad be able to perform different
15:17disciplines just like i was doing when i was a kid and that would also be a way to be
15:22closer to my family
15:32okay every time when we get into the end of the run charlie approaches us to do publicity we'll get
15:38going it's also a part of being an artist to do those photo shoots and since i'm the bendy one
15:44i'm
15:44being asked pretty often so this will be a scene maybe where you're looking around but you're trying
15:49to pick the right flowers and then you find one and you get into one you smell it today to
15:55boost ticket
15:56sales we are out in montreal to take a photo shoot for the soleil perfume in three two one yes
16:05perfect
16:07when it comes down to pr opportunities it's a big challenge because there's a lot of things going on
16:13in montreal during the summer time so making sure we're top of mind to the people in montreal
16:18yeah big project perfect he grabs it passes it to her she's intrigued smells it yep okay
16:25so carla pass it to him so we have three artists and we're visiting different location of the city
16:31with the social media team from our corporate team here at circ oh from this angle it looks amazing
16:36too uh they're going to use this for generic content on social media we're good that was beautiful
16:43perfect all right next location if 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
16:56as the people are coming in and out of the city during the entire summer yeah
17:06right yeah oh so dangerous
17:11he's warming up i'm just sitting on top of him
17:17cute perfect and when you lift me up don't hesitate to pull yeah because the more you pull
17:23the easier it is for me
17:31oh yeah gorgeous
17:41and you have a whole crowd here
17:46three two one go all right
17:51i enjoy this kind of thing i enjoy filming and photo sessions okay that was perfect hopefully after
17:57all these running around the city we will see a boost in the tickets in our final show
18:02i love it you love it okay boom perfect yes guys we're done
18:14when i started circus it was in an arena in 2003 they bought this church to create the space for
18:23training today my porter beto and i are teaching a workshop on adagio at the local circus school it's
18:30the place where i learned circus let's go let's go beto and i are closed because we are from the
18:37same
18:38circus background so i understand where he's coming from this is the main space that's super nice
18:44nice
18:46hi hi we're here to have a little bit of fun with you guys show you a little bit of
18:52what we do
18:58and bring her to the other side just warm up her shoulder do you want a short swing yes so
19:05the
19:06principle of the high swing is you want to keep your shoulders very strong try to resist not to like
19:14let them separate you you are trying to hold them together you can try so you can feel the students
19:22are
19:22so excited to learn it's funny to think about how when i was a student i would have done anything
19:29to
19:30get where i am today so in the swing it's all about bending the legs like bending the legs to
19:36have power
19:37after that to give the push yes if you're doing it everything with the torso you're losing the power
19:45after that if you want to push up for salto nice good good good it was really nice to see
19:54you coaching
19:55now for me in my perspective because i always saw you doing but i don't hear everything that you have
20:01in your head about not just the technique but what do you do it's nice to hear your words because
20:06in your exterior i was coaching here and then i was just like i love sharing i understand that i
20:17don't
20:17have yet a lot of experience teaching but when i do it i like it yeah that's nice nice nice
20:24nice in the
20:25workshop you get comprehension of what you do as you're sharing it i realize i'm not just hanging
20:32i hang and then i end up pushing i think that there is improvement in how i can relay information
20:43and this will definitely help when i will want to explain something to one of my quarters just having
20:49fun like being in that same energy it's like i can do it thank you guys thank you thank you
20:59so much
21:01thank you my player i'm super happy to be here no it was really fun
21:17all my life i've been creating shows so i i know i have the ability to create a show on
21:22this level
21:23so hello nice to meet you finally like likewise please come on in have a seat thank you i'm coming
21:30here to have a conversation with matt nickel because he's the chief creative and that's the one i need
21:37to talk to uh to declare my intentions to sir so tell me well um i have a lot of
21:46questions i'm i'm very
21:47interested in uh in the company yeah um because a circus going through a um an interesting time
21:58i uh i grew as a as a as a as in as a performer uh like oh come on
22:06and um well my main question is
22:12is is there a place for me in this company besides on stage
22:29it's like uh eric say something spit it out i'm trying to why don't you tell me what you
22:38want to do what i want to do um well i think uh i have something to add to the
22:47company i created my own
22:50shows for 20 years i created 20 shows for myself and um yeah that's that's what i miss here now
23:03what i'm hearing from you is your performance time your performance on stage you're thinking
23:09elsewhere now you've contributed what's the next step for eric so perhaps if we want to develop
23:15something further if you want to develop an act we can i i i have so much experience it lighted
23:22up
23:22the fire of of creating it you know my end goal is just is is create the whole show
23:28i told you i i would like to pitch that will be the ultimate goal obviously if you have work
23:36that
23:36you've done in the past we want to make sure that we either get the opportunity to see that or
23:41perhaps
23:41there's something upcoming that we can be part of this is really a first step of making sure that we
23:47communicate making sure that we understand that hey this is what i want to do eric you're putting up
23:51your hand yeah you are the moment that the audience relates to yeah so you you have the ability to
23:58pick up these data points from a creative perspective of what people respond to it's it's
24:04something that's important and yeah very open to that so many people have things that they want to
24:10say in different ways for them to to know the environment in which we deliver our our art is a
24:17huge
24:17benefit we look for that many of the people who have worked with us directed choreographed designed acts
24:25come from this world they want to be a part of it so it's always a great opportunity matt was
24:30very kind
24:32a boardroom is not the big top it's something different so that was new for me um you know it
24:39was not expecting a contract but let's put it that way the good thing is he wants to keep the
24:46conversation going that was basically the goal but it's a long way
24:59it's possible to do
25:05today we decided to just working on new things that never been done before the salto mortality
25:17we all pitched in a little bit of our theory what we're thinking that needs to be done
25:30we're practicing satam mortality 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 porter in
25:42a mermaid position
25:48just a little bit later and you won't fall when we're doing this because we have to kind of
25:54stabilize i was just a little bit in front because i 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
26:14being available since we did the workshop in quebec city somehow i started understanding a little bit
26:21more the perspective of anton chris and beto i 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 it's important to know that
26:44there's a place to grow and for whatever reason this has given me a new sense of purpose
26:59are you gonna serve coffee to me cold coffee no it's still warm but you can put a little bit
27:04more
27:05coffee in a little bit more it was a good meeting at zurg du soleil headquarters because we opened the
27:10conversation and that was my goal i still have some work to do on my pitch beautiful but i know
27:18i can
27:19do it cheers coffee thank look at the view not being at home is a substantial challenge we just follow
27:28the circus we look at our options for the upcoming cities and we realize that they're all in north america
27:35so that made us decide to buy an rv yeah cheers cheers this time you bring your home with you
27:48i love
27:49to travel around in our trailer and then we go back to the us again and start all over again
27:57i discussed with miranda and we decided to continue touring with lucia for some more time eric and i we
28:04do
28:04not like long discussions anyway so no um no it's not it's not a hard decision no you never know
28:12you never know what happened to any color and to the clown of lucia
28:26ladies and gentlemen tapirouge please we're almost done hi everybody oh my goodness it's our last tapirouge
28:36water bottle without 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 months
28:59straight
29:00and you guys are magic so yes what did i forget i forgot something more than 225 000 spectators more
29:10than 225 000 which is more than the first time in montreal and the second largest audience for lucia in
29:15the
29:28run all right what's the plan you do this but then you come out and then you go in the
29:32line and then
29:33for the high five i was thinking the same thing is it the best day ever this is the single
29:37greatest day
29:37of my life you get to feel what it's like to be a technician without any of the heavily
29:43i was just walking over here from home and uh on my way over i was like i think i
29:47should cheers with
29:47the technicians i haven't actually told anybody just give everyone a little bit of energy for the last
29:53show a bit of joy a bit of joy i love the joie de vivre or how they say it
29:57in this uh beautiful city
30:04the last montreal show yeah right now last one let's go
30:14house lights fade out go go
30:23the last show is all about precision like we're on a time crunch
30:27we have three days to tear down the big top put everything into the trucks and then transport it
30:32to another city okay next stop is coming out as soon as we're done with an element of props or
30:38set
30:39design or costume we pack it up and it goes to the next city
30:47it's a teamwork between the technical team and the artist 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 cast thank you you're welcome take care
31:11of
31:18the final show is always such mixed feelings any injuries fatigue you have to put it behind me
31:25this is big for me but it's bigger for the people who watch me do it
31:29great job landing certain tricks it really has to come from within yourself
31:50the porters and i we've reached a new level and we can really feel that together
31:57it feels amazing it feels very liberating it's magical to have that feeling again
32:05so now you'll be fine he's just trying to cause any more trouble all right
32:09man the last show is about change about saying goodbye and about accepting the next thing
32:17these chains are not always fun they are not easy but if you make peace with it it's okay
32:24oh my god
32:32oh my god
32:54that i won't touch the ball for at least one week and it's really to enjoy your life outside of
33:00working being back in montreal really happy to grow as artist performing after almost 10 years
33:08it reminds me how far we come we love montreal and it feels like home we've been here for a
33:17good
33:17four months when you're used to touring the capability of adapting becomes better but you
33:24never really get used to it fully to all these transfers where are you off to it's been four
33:37years that i've been sharing my days with these incredible talented artists and they became my
33:44friends and my family montreal was very very unique but it went super fast and i saw my parents maybe
33:52twice in four months i'm always away and never get to see them i don't know when i'll get the
33:58chance
33:58to perform in montreal again it's always tough but we accept it because it's a part of our job
34:04thank you so much
34:08it's a tradition at service la on tear down sunday it's spaghetti
34:13it 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 i have a bit of a refreshed
34:30eye on the tour
34:32and the performance after doing this show for nine years it is a challenge but i'm very happy to keep
34:39going
34:40so i decided to stick with the tour i'm gonna miss a lot montreal i feel that this is a
34:50second home
34:51it was a full circle to come back in four days i'm gonna get married i'm so excited i'm going
34:59with
34:59soda to the airport we have the same flight to mallorca i'm so happy because i didn't want to travel
35:05by
35:06myself it's been a long city and we have all gone through it together i think that there's been a
35:14lot
35:14of challenges that we've each overcome individually between the show schedule training schedule and
35:22people from headquarters coming in there's very little personal time okay i'm sad that it's over
35:29because i really like the city i love montreal but i'm i'm ready to go
35:48goodbye to the montreal apartment there's a lot of memories in this building thank you montreal
35:54i'm leaving my head at home how many times did you wear it this summer i don't think one time
35:59didn't
35:59wear it to maho's special right yes one time i knew i had one time so i'm headed back to
36:08australia
36:10better start my uh rehab for my shoulder and i'm going to ohio which is home home
36:19the last everybody was crying maho's crying it's like hugged her while the rain was going
36:23i love those moments on stage olivia exists so much inside me already i kind of carry her wherever
36:33i am in the world if we're together or if we're apart i'll always have a little piece of her
36:38while
36:38i'm away so me and nelson have had the conversation of whether or not we are together because it's
36:45convenient or together because we want to be together and we are absolutely together because we want to be
36:50together we've got a pretty good system of two calls a day and it's either my morning and my
36:57afternoon or live's morning and her after show i'll stay on tour i'll do everything i do every day the
37:03same i'll just have lots of phone calls this isn't our first time doing long distance though we've seen
37:09our first rodeo we've had a couple of trial runs yeah first one was three and a half months and
37:14it was
37:14not a good time yeah that was the beginning of our relationship we just had an awesome trip in
37:18croatia together and then i went to turkey and immediately lost my phone and so that was just
37:24horrible yes
37:32it's the last day in montreal yeah i'm already looking forward to arrive at the next campsite
37:38yeah slide out the slide and uh have a beer have a beer it's in ons bloed
37:47then uh angel nomada altide nomada on the road again yeah yeah
37:57check boom
38:01hit the road baby let's go
38:06my legacy it'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
38:17in their own way but i would still like to create a show with sir
38:31somehow i don't know why it happens when 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
39:07who come watch circus we make people believe that impossible things are possible
39:16because circus art is very pure it's very genuine
39:20you cannot fake it if 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 every time every performance
39:36circus art is the most genuine art in this sense and to make circus art work
39:43to make it bring people happiness and other emotions artists should work really hard
39:50you have to start over every day so every day is a different show it's a different act a different
39:59performance because the real salary of an artist is the public reaction
40:10you 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 a pleasure
40:34the Cirque du Soleil here especially in montreal is part of the soul of this city so
40:40the people are happy to feast when we come back our job is to make our audiences happy we want
40:50this to be an escape for the audience they don't need to worry about
40:53things that are happening in the world they come into Cirque du Soleil they come into the big top
40:58they're escaping to louzia 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
41:22fatigue but it doesn't rain on memory lane so i'm going to look back on it like it's the best
41:26summer of my life
41:44i'm going to walk you to your gate thank you
41:49the circus circus is its own world or universe it makes people happy makes people believe it makes
41:57people perceive beauty and harmony in its different forms and shapes beauty of human body beauty of
42:05engineering beauty of music and voice beauty of education since four years old it was my dream to be
42:14a circus performer i just wanted to be part of this world and now i can say that i'm living
42:22through my dream
42:22that's that's amazing
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