By Caroline Fontein VEGAS.com As the Entertainment Capital of the World, Vegas is home to numerous grand-scale productions, but the performers aren’t the only stars of these shows. The stages are equally impressive. Stages for “O,” “KÀ,” “LOVE” and “Le Rêve,” which cost millions of dollars to create and take large staffs of technicians to [...]
Puppetry may appear to be an incongruous fit with a town whose nickname is “Sin City.” It is often stereotyped as “for the kids.” For many, children’s televisions shows like “Howdy Doody,” “The Muppet Show,” and “Sesame Street” were their first introduction to puppetry. But puppetry occupies headline roles in numerous top Las Vegas shows including Disney’s [...]
Go backstage with the performers of “KÀ” as they demonstrate the acrobatics necessary to transform a man into a crab.
Go backstage with the performers of “KÀ” as they demonstrate shadow puppetry.
By Jennifer Whitehair Vegas.com In 1989 a puppet army invaded the Las Vegas Strip. Using classic puppetry techniques, designer Michael Curry transformed 12 female dancers into a golden army of more than 160 marching figures for Siegfried & Roy’s show at the Mirage. Twenty years later, puppetry occupies headline roles in numerous top Las Vegas [...]
Go backstage with the performers of “KÀ” as they demonstrate shadow puppetry.
Go backstage with the performers of “KÀ” as they demonstrate the acrobatics necessary to transform a man into a crab.
By Kristine McKenzie Vegas.com Guitar player Lionel Hamel is positioned in front of the mirror in his dressing room, makeup brushes in hand, by 3 p.m. to transform his face in time for his 7 p.m. performance in Cirque du Soleil’s “KÀ.” Multimedia Look At Makeup Watch a video of “Disney’s The Lion King” star [...]
Part of a Cirque du Soleil performer’s job is to do their own makeup, so workshops in makeup techniques are part of the training provided to artists. Guitar player Lionel Hamel has one of the more complicated makeup designs in “KÀ” and it takes him about an hour and a half to apply it. He [...]
