It is the first Cirque de Soleil show resident in Latin America.ĭuring the lockdown, which lasted from the end of March until June, almost all of Joya’s artists, who come from 15 different countries, remained in Mexico, said Sullivan. “Joya” involves 30 artists and 280 technicians in a theatre that was especially built for the show, inspired by the migration of the monarch butterfly. The Montreal-based company last week accepted a purchase offer from its creditors, which will serve as the basis for its auction in August. It was only the second of Cirque du Soleil show to reopen following the global lockdown-the first was “The Land of Fantasy” in Hangzhou, China. “Joya” was inaugurated in 2014, in partnership with a Mexican hotel chain. “We’re delighted to be back on stage during this pandemic, to be here with the audience,” said Jamie Sullivan, the show’s director of operations. ![]() Attendance is limited to 30 percent capacity, or just 200 of the 650 seats. Contortionists, jugglers and skaters rehearsed for what will be their fifth show since the end of lockdown. The circus shut down 44 shows across the world due to the COVID-19 outbreak, furloughing 95 percent of its workforce and filing for bankruptcy protection.īut-after three months off stage due to the coronavirus lockdown-performers in the “Joya” show returned earlier this month to the theater in Riviera Maya on Mexico’s northeastern Yucatan Peninsula. Using face masks, sanitizing gel and social distancing, Cirque du Soleil artists in Mexico practise before a performance-a rare sign of hope for the famous Canadian circus company. ![]() ![]() Members of Cirque du Soleil train while preparing to resume presentations, in the Riviera Maya in Cancun, state of Quintana Roo, Mexico.
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