La Nouba

La Nouba
Logo for Cirque du Soleil's La Nouba
CompanyCirque du Soleil
GenreContemporary circus
Show typeResident show
Date of premiereDecember 23, 1998
Final showDecember 31, 2017[1][2]
LocationDisney Springs, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Creative team
DirectorFranco Dragone
Creation directorGilles Ste-Croix
Composer and musical directorBenoît Jutras
Costume designerDominique Lemieux
Set designerMichel Crête
ChoreographerDebra Brown
Lighting designerLuc Lafortune
Sound co-designersJonathan Deans,
François Bergeron
Artistic guideGuy Laliberté
Make-up designerNathalie Gagné
Other information
Preceded byO (1998)
Succeeded byDralion (1999)
Drawn to Life (2021)
Official website

La Nouba was a Cirque du Soleil show that ran for 19 years in a custom-built, freestanding theater at Disney Springs' West Side at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. It was a contemporary circus performance featuring acrobats, gymnasts, and other skilled performers. The show's creation was directed by Franco Dragone, who also directed many of Cirque du Soleil's earlier shows. Its title derives from the French phrase faire la nouba, meaning "to party" or "to live it up".[3]

The show was succeeded by Drawn to Life, which premiered on November 18, 2021.

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  3. ^ "La Nouba Highlights" (PDF). Cirque du Soleil. Retrieved March 3, 2011.