Cirque du Soleil behind the scenes – How to make it rain in the big top

– How to make it rain under a marquee

Full character of the show “Luzia” currently presented in Geneva, a liquid curtain leaves the public speechless. The secrets of an ingenious device.

Posted today at 2:59 p.m.

Simple downpour or impressive cloudburst, the rain is a real narrative force during different numbers of “Luzia”.

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She invites herself as if by magic right in the middle of a trapeze number, cascading onto the stage of the Cirque du Soleil. Sculptural, unprecedented for a production under a marquee, the rain is a character in its own right in the show. «Luzia» presented at the moment on the plain of Plainpalais.

Simple downpour or impressive waterspout, the liquid curtain leaves spectators speechless. Director of this show created in April 2016 in Montreal, the Ticino Daniele Finzi Pasca managed to give these poetic showers a real narrative force. A challenge that involves an ingenious and meticulous device. Behind the scenes tour.

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