Mystère (Cirque du Soleil)

Mystère
Logo for Cirque du Soleil's Mystère
Company	Cirque du Soleil
Genre	Contemporary circus
Show type	Resident show
Date of premiere	December 25, 1993
Location	Treasure Island, Las Vegas Strip, Paradise, Nevada
Creative team
Director	Franco Dragone
Director of creation	Gilles Ste-Croix
Composers	René Dupéré Benoît Jutras
Costume designer	Dominique Lemieux
Set designer	Michel Crête
Choreographer	Debra Brown
Lighting designer	Luc Lafortune
Sound designer	Jonathan Deans
Make-up designer	Nathalie Gagné
Senior artistic director	James Hadley
Artistic director	Sandi Croft
Aerial cube act creator	Mikhail Matorin
Aerial high bar act creators	Andrei Lev, Pavel Brun
Other information
Preceded by	Fascination (1992)
Succeeded by	Alegría (1994)
Official website

Mystère is a Cirque du Soleil show in permanent residence at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It is one of six resident Cirque du Soleil shows in Las Vegas, the others being O, Zumanity, Kà, Love, and Michael Jackson: One. Mystère was first performed on December 25, 1993 and quickly won over audiences with its unique style of circus entertainment. As with many Cirque du Soleil productions, Mystère features a mixture of circus skills, dance, elaborate sets, opera, worldbeat music, and street theatre-style comedy.

The idea for Mystère started around 1990. It was originally planned for Caesars Palace with a theme based on Greek and Roman mythology. The plan, however, was scrapped by the casino executives, who thought the project would be too financially risky. Mystère was very different from the typical material they were used to in a Las Vegas show. According to Mystère set designer Michel Crête, "Vegas... was still very influenced by Folies Bergère, with the scarves, feather boas, etc. There was a European culture already in place, oddly enough, not an American one. The people who opened the door for something new were Siegfried and Roy. They were the first to move away from the Folies Bergère thing."