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  • 6/11/2025
As Cirque du Soleil reboots its flagship production, O, more than a year after an abrupt shutdown, performers and crew m | dG1fV2YtUXRwZjNEZ0E
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00:01Places, please, for the entire company.
00:03This is your Places call for the top of the show.
00:08There's nothing like what we do.
00:13O is part of my heart, part of my soul.
00:17Divers are good to go.
00:19We have rescue divers. Their job is just as dangerous as ours.
00:23There's just something unique about a stage made of water.
00:26Oh, the crown jewel of the surf universe has been shut down.
00:33For a moment, I thought, maybe this is the end.
00:37With the global pandemic, Cirque du Soleil is filing for bankruptcy
00:40and laying off more than 3,400 workers.
00:44It's really difficult to live without purpose.
00:47Mentally, it was tough not knowing when we would be able to go back to work,
00:51if we would be able to go back to work.
00:54I'm here to announce that the curtain will raise again.
00:59Tell the world we are back.
01:03Let's go.
01:06Now the hard work starts.
01:07We're gonna get our ass kicked.
01:09Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
01:10We've got eight weeks till opening night.
01:12We take it day by day.
01:13If it was easy, that wouldn't be fun.
01:16Anything can go wrong.
01:19Artis is falling.
01:20You okay?
01:21Okay.
01:22Now it's time that people get that 90 minutes of forgetting about their problems
01:27and dream a little bit.
01:29You have the responsibility to touch people.
01:31Happy place.
01:32Happy moment.
01:33As performers, you're not you anymore.
01:38Say good luck, mama.
01:40You're a part of this world.
01:45Until that curtain closes.
01:49And seeing the voices.
02:07See you soon.
02:11Bye.
02:14You have the influence of hoops.

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