Volta (Cirque du Soleil)

Volta
Logo for Cirque du Soleil's Volta
CompanyCirque du Soleil
GenreContemporary circus
Show typeTouring show
Date of premiereApril 20, 2017 (Montreal)
Final showMarch 8th, 2020 (Los Angeles, CA)
Creative team
Writer and DirectorBastien Alexandre
Director of CreationJean Guibert
Set DesignBruce Rodgers
ChoreographerJulie Perron
Lighting DesignerMartin Labrecque
Costume DesignerZaldy Goco[1]
ComposerM83
Video Content DesignerThibaut Duverneix
Sound DesignerJean-Michel Caron
Props DesignerAnne Séguin Poirier
Acrobatic Performance DesignerPhilippe Aubertin
Rob Bollinger
Acrobatic Equipment and Rigging DesignerJaque Paquin
Makeup DesignerEleni Uranis
Character’s guideManon Beaudoin[citation needed]
Other information
Preceded bySéptimo Día - No Descansaré (2017)
Succeeded byCrystal (2017)
Official website

Volta was a touring circus show by the Cirque du Soleil and was based on extreme sports; the principal character is a game-show host named Waz.[2][3][4][5]

It is the company's 41st production since 1984, and its 18th show presented under the Big Top.[citation needed] The director of creation is Jean Guibert; Bastien Alexandre is writer and director.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gendron-Martin 2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Woods, Allan (10 August 2017). "Circus meets extreme sports in Cirque du Soleil's Volta" – via Toronto Star.
  3. ^ "New Cirque Du Soliel show Volta shocks, awes". Toronto Sun. 19 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Cirque jolts the capital with Volta". National Observer. 4 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Volta: Cirque du Soleil pushes limits to the extreme in new show". Montreal Gazette. 4 April 2017.
  6. ^ "New Cirque du Soleil show Volta cycles across the generation gap". Montreal Gazette. 19 April 2017.