Dan
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Male, 33
Lead artist, feature act and fire coach for Cirque Du Soleil. Recently for the ZAiA production in Macau from 2010 to 2012. Currently freelancing while between Cirque contracts.
I'm a fire dancer / fire manipulation specialist. I use flaming props such as fire swords, fire ropes, fire staffs, with special effects and pyrotechnics in a combination of dance and martial arts style movements. Ask me anything, and check my website... www.sparkfiredance.com
Not that I know of. Not in the sense of full shows. Most have their acts which they perform with other companies.
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Keep doing what your doing. No doubt about it.
You can be on the database for years before the right position opens up for your particular skillset and profile, no matter how talented you are.
Plus Cirques just cut a lot of artists positions, around 80 in total from various shows, so they're not really in an expansive phase right now and they'll have alot of experienced talent on the side lines so to speak.
Just keep your material updated in case that opportunity comes.
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Adrenilne always comes. Trust your muscle memory. Rehearsed it enough and your body knows what it's doing.
Cirques a tough stage because you feel like you have to deliver not just for yourself or for the audience, but for every other artist and technician and every bit of sweat and love they've put into making the show work. It's high pressure because you respect and value your fellow artists and crew so highly.
Day in day out, it's tough to find the balance between that push and your own energetic limits.
Have your physical and metal routines to prepare yourself. Take some deep breathes, thank the universe for the chance to challenge yourself once again...
For general corporate gig work, as long as I've got fire in my hands I know I'm all good, more fire is always better than less, got the tap on that raw power and can ride it. Better for me to come off stage with burns than feeling like I didn't bring enough.
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Worst, Chinese. Very unresponsive. Different social backgrounds.
Best, to be honest I love performing at festivals best, when there's some fat dubstep or drum n bass rockin out and I can go wild and the crowds there with me for every drop... Like this:
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From 30K USD for new recruits in certain acts, up to 250K USD for established artists who hold exclusive rights to their act.
Sources:
- Brian d Johnson, Macleans magazine, "cirque du soleil" July 27 1998
- Cirque_du_Soleil HRM Practices ICMR center for Management Research, Manasi Pawar 2007
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Yeah their act actually used to be alot more hardcore, they're getting old. Check out their earlier stuff.
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No special training. My discipline is a self taught one. When I started there wasn't even youtube videos to learn from, which I think gives you a special something, to have to learn and discover the hard way from scratch.
I was performing at festivals from my early teens, during and after finishing high school. Work wise most jobs I've had felt like a waste of time compared. I prefer to spend my hours developing something that expands myself, my learning, abilities, or buisness acumen... and often that only comes from running your own buisness.
I certainly had much more of a home base and stable life before performing full time though. I had to give up a lot to follow the performance path, it's a tough choice to make, but lifes full of those.
Still on the lookout for what to do next. The toughest question for any performer as it's not a great career to grow old with!
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