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
Yes, Mexicans are great, British are very enthusiastic but it's because they get very drunk, Japanese are reserved but appreciative, Chinese watch a show like a TV set, no response. Different culture.
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I heard Love was good. I thought ZED wask freaking amazing. The show i was in, Zaia, wasn't my favorite.
People enjoy different shows I guess.
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Just keep your material updated, if your on the database as a potential you'll still be there.
It's best to upload a new skills video every 6 months to show them your still fit and top of your game.
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I have no first hand insight into vegas operations.
Off the cuff and totally a personal opinion? People doing crazy shit around heavy machinery and rigging night after night are going to get hurt sometimes.
I'm sure theres always *something* that could have been done better... but its pretty hard to completley surpress human error with up to 500 shows a year.
That doesn't mean it shouldn't be improved. I didn't actually follow the stories at all but heard of some incompetance. I don't know. People get tired. I certainly did and occasionally paid the price.
But I heard Dragone can be even tougher. Its a tough buisness, but I'm sure nearly every artist you ask will say its worth it.
Personally I experienced very good OH&S with Cirque.
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MBA Student
Is business school a party compared to law or med school?
Birthday Party Clown
OK seriously, how DOES the clown car thing work?
Special Education Teacher
Does it bother you when people use the R-word?
Casts change. Not because of the tour, if your cast on a touring show you know you'll be on the move, but injuries, end of contracts, show changes etc.
It would actually be pretty rare to see the exact same show on two different nights due to the rotations.
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You should definitely encourage her if she's enjoying it, even if it doesn't become a career. Too many people are out of touch with their body, at the very least it's beautiful to have a passionate way to keep fit.
On a work level it's a job you should be doing because you love it, not for the money. It's often insecure, transient, hard work... but if your good you may get to travel the world and see amazing places more than you could ever dream. I've performed in 37 countries around the world, and thats not a particularly high count for peers at my level.
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We were rated yearly.
Performance, physical maintenance, how we worked with the other artists and stage management, how proactive we were in development, of ourselves and new skills and how many new ideas we came up with, our makeup (that was an important one) punctuality, how well we followed performance medicines physio directions etc etc. all reviewed based on reports from various depts. throughout the year.
Same as any job in a big company I guess. Sometimes it made sense and sometimes it felt like just a procedure.
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