Friday Fun: Trampoline Wall Practice at Cirque du Soleil

10/22/09  Print This Post Print This Post    4 Comments      Written by Adam Roy
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A peek behind the scenes of one of the world’s most popular circuses.

If the Big Top has any cred today, it’s all thanks to Cirque du Soleil.

With its artistic direction and nutty gymnastics, the Montreal-based company has been doing wonder’s for the circus’ image. Since 1984, it’s replaced the top-hatted ringmasters and lion tamers of yesteryear with acrobatics, live music, and nuanced plots.

This behind-the-scenes clip of Cirque acrobat Oli Lemieux practicing on a trampoline wall gives an idea of the caliber of performers in Cirque du Soleil’s crew. Lemieux’s act, for the company’s record-grossing Dralion tour, is just too much.

Make sure to watch to the end: Oli’s flips get progressively sicker as the video goes on.

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Get a glimpse of what the final act looks like in the Dralion trailer, on Cirque de Soliel’s website.


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About the Author

Matador ID: adnroy

Chicago native Adam Roy is editor at Matador Sports and an aspiring renaissance man to boot. For more of Adam's writing, check out his blog at Ill-Advised Adventures.

4 Comments... join the discussion!

  • Elisa replied on October 23, 2009

    Nice!
    I´ll post it in Twitter
    Elisa, Argentina

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  • Hal Amen replied on October 23, 2009

    I love Friday Fun! Great stuff, Adam.

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  • JoAnna replied on October 25, 2009

    I absolutely LOVE Cirque du Soleil. Their performers are so graceful and beautiful. Thank you for sharing!

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  • XtremXpert replied on October 26, 2009

    just WOW

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