askland on May 8th, 2010

A ZAIA fan has recorded their own rendition of the song NOI from the show, complete with photos from the Zaia theater performances and pics of the band. (Hey, I’m in those pics!). Chicago Rose who performs this song in the show with the cast says “I love it”. And I think it’s pretty darn [...]

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askland on April 20th, 2010

The Associated Press Date: Tuesday Apr. 20, 2010 1:33 PM ET LOS ANGELES — First the Beatles and Elvis, now Michael Jackson. The acrobatic troupe Cirque du Soleil announced Tuesday that it will put on a live touring show featuring the songs of the King of Pop starting late next year. That will be followed by [...]

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askland on April 18th, 2010

A montage of the clowns of Cirque Du Soleil. I see Dimitri Hatton here from our ZAIA Cirque show doing his Montgolfiere passage and “Mad Conductor” act. I’m sure that Onofrio Colucci is also in this video but I’m not sure which clown he is (formerly with “O” and Zaia, currently with ZED in Tokyo). [...]

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askland on January 19th, 2010

Castles Made of Sand Music, Lyrics and Vocals by Karin Maria Andersson Guitar and video by Olivier Milchberg Macau (SAR) China, January 2010 This video has clips from the Cirque Du Soleil artists of ZAIA starting in Montreal, Canada from January 2008 during training (and lots of snow!) to late 2009 backstage, and during rehearsals [...]

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askland on October 18th, 2009

A sad day today for our Cirque family. This is the first time a Cirque artist has died while rehearsing/performing their discipline. Here in Macau at the ZAIA show it’s very quiet today. Artists are thinking of the family and their pain, as I’m sure artists in other Cirque shows worldwide are also doing today. [...]

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askland on October 16th, 2009

Performers take part in the closing act during a Cirque du Soleil OVO pre-opening show for family, friends and members of the media Wednesday, July 29, 2009 in Quebec City. A Cirque du soleil performer was injured after a fall on Friday. (Jacques Boissinot / THE CANADIAN PRESS) The Canadian Press Date: Friday Oct. 16, [...]

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askland on September 16th, 2009

Embedded video from CNN Video Lady Gaga performed in Macau at the Sands Venetian Casino (where I work with Cirque Du Soleil’s ZAIA show) as the final concert of her tour. There is an interview released by CNN here: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/25/lady.gaga/index.html?iref=intlOnlyonCNN Lady Gaga attended our Cirque ZAIA show the night before her performance.

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askland on July 16th, 2009

The cast of ZAIA performs at the Bollywood IIFA Awards Ceremony with a specially choreographed 5-minute opening segment on June 13, 2009. ZAIA is Cirque du Soleils first permanent show in Asia

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askland on July 11th, 2009

The Cirque Du Soleil ZAIA band, June 2009 in Macau, China. A rare moment where all the musicians are together for a photo opp. In this photo: Eduard Harutyunyan (percussion), Jay Elfenbein (viol, dare I say cello, strings, bass guitar), Darrin Johnson (drummer), Olivier Milchberg (guitar, Turkish banjo, plucked strings), Maria Andersson (singer), Steven Bach [...]

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askland on June 3rd, 2009

The Canadian Press MONTREAL — A website that covers NASA is reporting that Guy Laliberte, the founder of the Cirque du soleil, will visit the International Space Station this September. “NASA Watch,” which has no official links with the American space agency, says it has learned from multiple sources that Laliberte will fly into orbit [...]

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askland on May 29th, 2009

The official soundtrack for Cirque Du Soleil’s ZAIA show (Venetian Macau, China) was released on May 26, 2009. You can currently purchase on Amazon.com: ZAIA CD Amazon.com – or go to Amazon.com and search for “ZAIA”. A cut from the CD should also be on the Cirque Du Soleil 25th Anniversary CD which will also [...]

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Cirque Du Soleil ZED musicians at the Ginza Apple store in Tokyo. The bass player, now with ZED, is the former bassist for the Mystere show in Las Vegas.

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askland on March 13th, 2009

The soundtrack for the Cirque Du Soleil ZAIA show is completed and will be printed to CD soon and available to the public. I don’t know a specific release date, but somewhere around early Summer 2009. My part in the project was to play keyboards and arrange string parts recorded by members of the Hong [...]

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askland on February 19th, 2009

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askland on January 20th, 2009

30 second clip of our ZAIA special New Year’s Eve countdown party and Cirque performance in Macau.

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askland on December 21st, 2008

For Christmas 2008 Guy Laliberte had a fantastic gift for the artists of the Cirque Du Soleil ZAIA show (and other CDS artists worldwide): a handbag made from the tarp of a retired Cirque big top tent. The handbags are made of the recycled material and fit into Cirque “eco-friendly” attitude, as well as featuring [...]

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askland on December 21st, 2008

For Christmas 2008 the cast of Cirque Du Soleil’s ZAIA show, along with matching funds from Cirque, have raised over 45,000 MOP ($5,500 USD) to buy Christmas clothing packages for the babies and children of CRADLE OF HOPE and the FOUNTAIN OF HOPE groups in Macau (SAR) China. ZAIA artists and staff helped wrap the [...]

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askland on December 21st, 2008

Photo November 2008 at the ZAIA Theater – Venetian Macao. Manchester United visited Cirque Du Soleil’s ZAIA Theater in Macau, China as part of their promotion for the new Manchester United Interactive Football Experience located at the Venetian Macao. Here is the photo of MU with the ZAIA cast (I’m on the far right in [...]

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askland on December 1st, 2008

Cirque Du Soleil ZAIA excerpts from one month after opening at the Venetian, Macau (SAR) China.

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askland on November 24th, 2008

This was fun for me. I went to a local restaurant on Taipa Island in Macau, China and after the waitress takes my order she comes back and says “Can I have your autograph?”. In her hands is the Cirque Du Soleil ZAIA program and she has it opened to my picture for me to [...]

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