Watch this video of Kevin and Andrew Atherton interviewed at Cirque du Soleil's international headquarters. The former British gymnasts are training for IRIS, a new Cirque du Soleil show that will be presented at the Kodak Theatre later this year. This is Kevin and Andrew's second creation with the company.

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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