Volta (Cirque du Soleil)

Volta
Logo for Cirque du Soleil's Volta
Company Cirque du Soleil
Genre Contemporary circus
Show type Touring show
Date of premiere April 20, 2017 (Montreal)
Creative team
Writer and Director Bastien Alexandre
Director of Creation Jean Guibert
Set Design Bruce Rodgers
Choreographer Julie Perron
Lighting Designer Martin Labrecque
Costume Designer Zaldy Goco[1]
Composer M83
Video Content Designer Thibaut Duverneix
Sound Designer Jean-Michel Caron
Props Designer Anne Séguin Poirier
Acrobatic Performance Designer Philippe Aubertin
Rob Bollinger
Acrobatic Equipment and Rigging Designer Jaque Paquin
Makeup Designer Eleni Uranis
Character’s guide Manon Beaudoin[2]
Other information
Preceded by Sép7imo Día - No Descansaré (2017)
Succeeded by Crystal (2017)
Official website

Volta is the title of Cirque du Soleil's big top show which is themed around extreme sports; the show story-line is about a popular game show host named Waz, who has been blinded by fortune and fame, but starts a personal quest to find again his true self by going through his memories, after discovering a group of free spirits who encourage him during this process.[3][4][5][6]

Volta is Cirque du Soleil’s 41st production since 1984, and its 18th show presented under the Big Top. Its creative team comprises 16 creators under the artistic guidance of Jean Guibert (Director of Creation) and Bastien Alexandre (Writer and Director).[7]

Acts

The show contains the following acts:[8][9] [10]

  • MR. WOW SHOW – Rope Skipping
  • Precision Walk, Roller Skates & Hand to Hand on Unicycle
  • Acro Lamp
  • Trampowall
  • BMX Flatland & Ballet Duo
  • Swiss Rings & Bungee
  • Acrobatic Ladders
  • Shape Diving
  • Hair Suspension
  • Baton Twirling
  • Contemporary Dance
  • BMX

Acts in Rotation

  • Aerial Hoop - in rotation with Hair Suspension

Retired Acts

  • Rope Duo
  • Tight Wire
  • Trial Bike
  • B-Ball
  • Parkour

Music

Anthony Gonzalez, from the French music band M83, was asked to write the music score for this show.[7] The show's official soundtrack was released on 20 Sept 2017, on digital format and on streaming services.[11]

Track titles, as they appear in order on the official soundtrack, are:

  1. To the Stars (Acro Ladders)
  2. Dancing Ants
    • Roller Skates & Manipulation (Batons Edition) (April 24, 2017 – November 27, 2017)
    • Roller Skates & Manipulation (Basketball Edition) (August 3, 2017 – November 26, 2017)
    • Roller Skates & Unicycle Duo (November 28, 2017 – present)
  3. The Bee and the Wind (BMX Flatland & Ballet Duo)
  4. Man Craft (Acro Lamp)
  5. Modern Jungle (Shape Diving)
  6. Inside Me (Contemporary Dance)
  7. The Change (Swiss Rings/Bungee)
  8. Suspension (Acro Lamp)
  9. Elevation (Hair Suspension)
  10. Lone Soul (Precision Walk)
  11. Battle of the Man
    • Rope Duo (April 20–23, 2017)
    • Unicycle Duo (April 24, 2017 – November 27, 2017)
    • Batons (November 28, 2017 – present)
  12. Like Kids (BMX)

Vocalists

  • Darius Harper - From April 2017 (Montreal) to Present[12]
  • Camilla Bäckman - From April 2017 (Montreal) to Present

Incidents

Death of Yann Arnaud

On March 17, 2018, Cirque veteran aerialist Yann Arnaud died of the injuries endured when he fell 20 feet during an aerial straps performance in Tampa Bay, Florida. As a result, Cirque du Soleil cancelled the two remaining performances in Tampa Bay[13] and postponed their opening in New Jersey[14]

Tour

Volta began its Grand Chapiteau tour in North America in its newly designed white and grey Big Top[15][16] designed to help reduce environmental impact by reducing heat penetration into the tent.

The following colorboxes indicate the region of each performance:
 EU   Europe  NA   North America  SA   South and Central Americas  AP   Asia/Pacific  OC   Oceania  AF   Africa

Grand Chapiteau tour

2017 schedule

  •  NA   Montreal, QC - From 20 Apr to 23 Jul 2017 (show premiere)
  •  NA   Gatineau, QC - From 3 Aug to 27 Aug 2017
  •  NA   Toronto, ON - From 7 Sep to 26 Nov 2017
  •  NA   Miami, FL - From 15 Dec 2017 to 4 Feb 2018

2018 schedule

  •  NA   Tampa, FL - From 14 Feb to 18 Mar 2018a
  •  NA   East Rutherford, NJ - From 19 Apr to 6 May 2018a
  •  NA   Uniondale, NY - From 17 May to 1 Jul 2018
  •  NA   Oaks, PA - From 12 Jul to 19 Aug 2018
  •  NA   Redmond, WA (near Seattle) - From 7 Sep to 4 Nov 2018 at Marymoor Parkb
  •  NA   San Francisco, CA - From 15 Nov 2018 to 13 Jan 2019
  • ^a The final two shows in Tampa were cancelled and the East Rutherford premier was postponed to 19 April as a result of the death of Yann Arnaud.
  • ^b The first show in Redmond was cancelled due to an equipment malfunction.[17]

2019 schedule

  •  NA   San Jose, CA - From 30 Jan to 17 Mar 2019
  •  NA   San Diego, CA - From 3 Apr to 5 May 2019
  •  NA   Chicago, IL - From 18 May to 6 Jul 2019
  •  NA   Denver, CO - From 18 Jul to 25 Aug 2019

References

  1. ↑ Gendron-Martin, Raphaël (15 April 2017). "Onirique, poétique et moderne". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Cirque du Soleil announces its 41st original production, a new touring show under the big top VOLTA starting April 20th 2017". Cirque du Soleil.
  3. ↑ Woods, Allan (10 August 2017). "Circus meets extreme sports in Cirque du Soleil's Volta" – via Toronto Star.
  4. ↑ "New Cirque Du Soliel show Volta shocks, awes". Toronto Sun. 19 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Cirque jolts the capital with Volta". National Observer. 4 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Volta: Cirque du Soleil pushes limits to the extreme in new show". Montreal Gazette. 4 April 2017.
  7. 1 2 "New Cirque du Soleil show Volta cycles across the generation gap". Montreal Gazette. 19 April 2017.
  8. ↑ https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/press/kits/shows/volta/acts.aspx
  9. ↑ "Cirque du Soleil's new production Volta brings hair-rising spectacles to Zibi Site in Gatineau". Ottawa Citizen. 3 August 2017.
  10. ↑ Le Grand Chapiteau: Volta http://www.richasi.com/Cirque/Volta/index.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ "VOLTA by Cirque du Soleil on Apple Music". itunes.apple.com.
  12. ↑ "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com.
  13. ↑ CNN, Artemis Moshtaghian and Dakin Andone,. "Cirque du Soleil performer dies after fall during show in Florida". CNN. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  14. ↑ "Cirque du Soleil postpones N.J. shows after death of performer". NJ.com. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  15. ↑ "Montreal's Cirque du Soleil Tent is Back! - EC Montreal Blog". 3 May 2017.
  16. ↑ Lavoie, Joanna (5 September 2017). "Cirque du Soleil's Volta pitches its tent at Toronto port lands - InsideToronto.com".
  17. ↑ Pacheco-Flores, Agueda; Groover, Heidi (September 7, 2018). "Opening Cirque du Soleil show Volta canceled". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
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