"I applied for Cirque du Soleil’s September 2009 Las Vegas auditions apprehensively. My biggest fear was that I may do myself an injustice, as up to that point their opinion of me had been formed through carefully screened and edited videos I had sent them." (…)

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It's an exciting moment for my life and career on a cold January night in Las Vegas. I'm lowering from the ceiling on a trapeze bar with full makeup that took me almost an hour to complete and the most beautiful costume I have ever worn fitting my body perfectly. I hardly notice the constricting harness around my hips as I look at the amazed people below through the colorful lights and loud, but now very familiar music. (...)

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Nicola Dawn, currently on tour with Saltimbanco, shares with Voice Council Magazine and vocalists what it is like to sing in Cirque du Soleil.

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LOVE skater Marco De Santi showed off his mad skills on July 31, at this year's Red Bull European in-line skating championships in Moscow. This competition was by invitation only to twelve in-line skaters from around the world, with six skaters making it to the final round. (...)

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2004 & 2008 US Olympian Raj Bhavsar shares his recent news with GYMNASTIKE at the 2010 Visa Championships

Cirque du Soleil is seeking professional singers for live performances in its current shows and upcoming creations. We will be hosting auditions in Toronto, Canada in November of 2010.

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"I first became interested in performing for Cirque du Soleil after going to the National Institute of Circus Arts in Melbourne, Australia the summer before my junior year at Penn State. I was then in touch with a talent scout whom I subsequently met at the 2009 NCAA Championships banquet. (...)"

"My journey with Cirque du Soleil began when my former teammate auditioned and then told me about it and suggested I try it. I was very interested and made plans to attend the Vegas auditions in September of 2009. (...)"

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Bom dia a todos nossos amigos brasileiros, temos uma mensagem especial para vocês:

Hello to all of our Brazilian friends, here’s a message for you:

Você é MÚSICO PROFISSIONAL e procura um novo lugar para a sua paixão?

O Cirque du Soleil está oferecendo oportunidades de carreira para instrumentistas e cantores em um dos nosos 21 espetáculos atuais ou nos outros que estão por vir!

Cirque du Soleil is seeking performers in acting and clowning to be part of their current shows and upcoming creations. We will be hosting auditions in New York City in September of 2010 for the following disciplines:

• Actors and clowns
• Contemporary mimes
• Physical actors
• Street performers
• Drag queens
• Artists with exceptional skills or unusual body types

Click here for more info and to apply online for this audition

The night before a Cirque du Soleil audition is one where you might not get a lot of sleep, because of excitement and of course nerves. This is exactly how I felt. I arrived at the audition knowing somewhat what to expect because of friends who had auditioned before. We all gathered to the floor and it began...

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