Cirque di soleol update#
Ĭhoreographer Yanis Marshall was hired for the refresh to create new and update old choreography throughout the show.
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The "Rose Boy" striptease act was converted into a special agent themed striptease act called "Magnum". The aerial hoops, " Dance on TV", and the aerial silks duo acts were replaced with " Aerial Dream", " Chains", "Perfect Jam", and Aerial silks solo act. The "refresh" was apart of Cirque du Soleil updating their Las Vegas productions with Mystère in 2013 and The Beatles: Love in 2016. On January 20, 2015, a planned "refresh" of Zumanity was introduced to the public in which roughly 30% of the show was changed from its original concept. MGM Mirage wanted to make the New York-New York Casino feel more "trendy, more Generation X, and more underground". When pitching Zumanity to MGM Mirage, the concept of a more adult Cirque du Soleil show appealed more to the casino. Zumanity deals with some of those new experiences." With Zumanity, Laliberté states "the subject matter reflects who we really are. Laliberté felt that their past productions were more "family-oriented and politically correct".
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The creation of Zumanity for Laliberté was to create a show that explored human sexuality and offered the chance to work with riskier "edgier" subject matter. Lalibertéwanted to create something completely new and original rather than create multiple similar shows that would "cannibalize off of each other's sales and audiences". In 2003, Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté had been offered the chance to create two new shows in Las Vegas by MGM Mirage, one for The New York-New York Hotel and Casino and The MGM Grand.