Nouvelle Expérience
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| Company | Cirque du Soleil |
| Genre | Contemporary circus |
| Show type | Touring production |
| Date of premiere | May 8, 1990 (Montreal) |
| Final show | November 21, 1993 (Las Vegas) |
| Creative team | |
| Director | Franco Dragone |
| Director of creation | Gilles Ste-Croix |
| Set designer | Michel Crête |
| Composer | René Dupéré |
| Costume designer | Dominique Lemieux |
| Lighting designer | Luc Lafortune |
| Choreographer | Debra Brown |
| Sound designer | François Bergeron |
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| Featured acts |
Contortion Korean plank Solo trapeze Tightrope Acrobatics Aerial straps Trapeze Foot juggling Russian bars Trampoline Korean cradle Balancing on chairs |
Nouvelle Expérience was Cirque du Soleil's fourth touring circus show, which premiered in 1990. The show's tour ended in 1993 in The Mirage parking lot in Las Vegas, Nevada. Over 1.3 million people saw the production during its 3½-year run.
The acts of Nouvelle Expérience blended theatre, music, circus arts and dance:
The costumes of Nouvelle Expérience were designed to complement the wood theme of the set. Dominique Lemieux, costume designer, combined many different styles for the highly theatrical costumes, which makes it difficult to pin them down to any specific period. Surprisingly, some of the costumes worn are lined with upholstery material which make them very heavy. For example. the Flounes' medieval-esque costumes, made of a mix of lycra, velvet, and satin, weigh over 9 kilograms (20 lb).
The show's original score was composed by René Dupéré and performed live by five musicians. The show featured one singer, Cécile Ardail, who sang for the balancing on chairs act as well as played one of the Floune characters. A studio album of the music was released in 1990 and again in 1993, the tracks of which are listed below. It features two singers, Francine Poitras, who sang only for the album, and Cécile Ardail. The track of the Fil de Fer act is the only one which was not recorded on the album.
Nouvelle Expérience began its grand chapiteau tour of North America in Montreal on 8 May 1990 and ended it in Las Vegas on 21 November 1993. The following colorboxes indicate the region of each performance: NA North America
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