askland on November 14th, 2008

A film by Davy McGuire 2008 showing the cast of Zaia from training in Montreal to opening in Macau at the Venetian Casino. The Zaia artists saw this for the first time in the green room at the Cirque Du Soleil Zaia Theater in Macau in October 2008.
At 1:19 there’s a photo of me outside [...]

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askland on November 13th, 2008

Thoughts from Macau (SAR) China:
“11,000 To Lose Casino Jobs in Macau” - front page featured news at CNN.com today. They are referring specifically to the Sands Venetian.
Well now, not the best news for us working at the Venetian in Macau - but insiders have known it was coming. The dream to make Macau the Vegas [...]

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askland on October 14th, 2008

*Someone just wrote me and said “this could’ve been a C-flat”. Ouch, that’s bad!*
I finally got to ride the elephants! That was one of the things I wanted to do while visiting Thailand. This was my first full vacation since relocating to China with Cirque Du Soleil. We spent three days in Bangkok and four [...]

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askland on October 14th, 2008

Cirque Du Soleil auditions in Hong Kong October 20-21, 2008. Visit http://www.CirqueDuSoleil.com for details on future audition locations and job openings.

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askland on October 14th, 2008

Congratulations to the cast and crew of Cirque Du Soleil’s Mystere on their 7000th performance September 15, 2008. This was the first Cirque Du Soleil show I ever saw performed live - and it was an inspiring and jaw dropping experience. Go get ‘em!

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askland on October 5th, 2008

Roman Tomanov (at this stage 15 years old) performing at the straps in 2004 at the International Circus Festival in Budapest (Hungary) where he won the bronze medal.
He’s currently a member of Cirque du Soleil’s latest resident show “Zaia” based at The Venetian Macao

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askland on March 14th, 2008

Here is my personal “Conrad update” post that I’ll keep stickied on the top of my blog until our Cirque show opens. Click the “Read the rest of this entry” link to read current status, or the rest of the blog for tidbits on our new Cirque Du Soleil adventure in Macau, China. Sorry, no [...]

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