| Varekai | |
|---|---|
 Logo for Cirque du Soleil's Varekai | |
| Company | Cirque du Soleil |
| Genre | Contemporary circus |
| Show type | Touring show |
| Date of premiere | April 24, 2002 (Montreal) |
| Final show | December 23, 2017 (Frisco, Texas) |
| Creative team | |
| Director | Dominic Champagne |
| Director of creation | Andrew Watson |
| Set designer | Stéphane Roy |
| Composer | Violaine Corradi |
| Costume designer | Eiko Ishioka |
| Lighting designer | Nol van Genuchten |
| Choreographers | Michael Montanaro Bill Shannon |
| Sound designer | François Bergeron |
| Makeup designer | Nathalie Gagné |
| Aerial acts designer | André Simard |
| Rigging designer | Jaque Paquin |
| Clown act creator | Cahal McCrystal |
| Projections | Francis Laporte |
| Artistic director | Michael Smith |
| Other information | |
| Preceded by | Dralion (1999) |
| Succeeded by | Zumanity (2003) |
| Official website | |
Varekai was a Cirque du Soleil touring production that premiered in Montréal in April 2002.[1] Its title means "wherever" in the Romani language, and the show is an "acrobatic tribute to the nomadic soul".[2]
The show begins with the Greek myth of Icarus, picking up where the myth leaves off, reimagining the story of what happened to Icarus after he flew too close to the sun and fell from the sky. In Varekai, rather than drowning in the sea below him, Icarus lands in a lush forest full of exotic creatures.
- ^ "Varekai: Press Kit" (PDF). Cirque du Soleil (Press Kit). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
- ^ Clément, Ronald (2009). Cirque du Soleil 25 Years of Costumes (in Chinese, English, French, and Japanese). Canada: Dépôt légal, Bibliothèque et Archives Canada. pp. 68–73. ISBN 978-2-9803493-4-8.