Cirque du Soleil: IRIS

A Journey through the World of Cinema

This production from Cirque du Soleil is a lyrical, fanciful, kinetic foray into the seventh art. Bringing together dance, acrobatics, live video, filmed sequences and animation, the show takes spectators on a fantastic voyage through the history of cinema and its genres, taking them into the heart of the movie-making process. From illustration to animation, black and white to colour, silent films to talkies, fixed shots to swooping camera movements, spectators witness the poetic construction/deconstruction of this art as an object and as a way of transcending reality.

Cast

John Gilkey

Clown

Ekaterina Pirogovskaya

Praxinoscope / Violet

Olga Pikhienko

Scarlett (Hand Balancing)

Raphael Cruz

Buster

Crew

Nathalie Gagné

Makeup Designer

Jean Rabasse

Production Design

Danny Elfman

Music

Philippe Decouflé

Director

Daphné Mauger

Choreographer

Jean-François Bouchard

Director of Operations

Philippe Decouflé

Writer

David Rudd

Director

Charles F. Joron

Executive Producer

Philippe Guillotel

Costume Design

Clips & Videos

IRIS by Cirque du Soleil - A Journey through the World of Cinema - Official Trailer