Corteo

Corteo is a spectacle of the Cirque of the Sun whose North-American round started in 2005. Corteo (which means “Italian procession”) is a merry procession, a festive parade imagined by a clown.

Combining lifting prowesses, comedy and set of actors, Corteo the spectator in a theatrical universe plunges impresses ludic behavior and of spontaneousness, located in a strange space between sky and ground. In an environment of fun fair, the clown evokes his own funeral, under the attentive glance of a flight of benevolent angels. Opposing the large one and the small one, the ridiculous one and the tragedy, the magic of the perfection and the charm of the imperfection, the spectacle calls upon the force and the brittleness of the clown, but also with its wisdom and its tenderness, to illustrate the share of humanity of each one of us. Carried by sometimes lyric sonorities, sometimes cocasses, Corteo are a timeless festival where the illusion tickles reality.

Originators

Guy Laliberté - Guide, president-founder of the Circus of the Sun
Daniele Finzi Pasca - Creative and directing
Line Tremblay - Directing of creation
Roger Hewett - Band Leader
Philippe Leduc - Musical director and type-setter
Maria Bonzanigo - Musical director and type-setter
Jean Rabasse - Decorator
Dominique Lemieux - Costume

Numbers

Artist Puppet
air Belts
Dance lifting Helium
Duet
Duet Adagio
Scale
Wire
Golf
Juggling
Beds trampolines
Glosses
Paradise
Small horses
Board saltire
Wheel Cyr
Teatro Intimo
Tournik
Glasses of crystal and wood tibétais

Musicians

Roger Hewett Leader, keyboards
Gerard Cyr Keyboards
Michel Vaillancourt Low Guitar
Buddy Mohmed
Suzie Gagnon Accordion
Kit Chatham Battery
Scale Hess Violin/Clarinet
Paul Bison Singer, singer
Marie-Michelle Faber Singer, singer

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